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06-04-2008, 05:52 PM
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#291 (permalink)
| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 24
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Originally Posted by missionsix66  Salt creep will cure a slow seep. LOL! But seriously, I've had leaks (dreaded ones) that have fixed themselves by the salt creep. | Hey Kris, I got some I you can have!!  Thanks mission, just that much more of a reason to get some water in there!!!  _________ 55 gallon reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, False Percula Clown, Foxface, Whitecheek Tang, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast Born 1/3/08 CHECK OUT: My Tank Thread My Tank Video My 2nd Tank Video | 
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06-05-2008, 05:40 AM
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#292 (permalink)
| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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Well the seepeage hasn't stopped but it hasn't gotten any worse either.
I'm going to go ahead and drain the tank a third of the way when I get home tonight and pull the bulkhead out and re tape everything. Worked on the other one right? While I've got it drained I'm going to install the strainers on the top of the OF boxes and the strainers in the durso's...
After that I'll fill it and let it run for a couple hours. if everything is good to go I'll completely drain the tank and start gearing up to add all of the rock work back in. Planning on working on that all day Saturday... _________ Kris
180 gallon AGA display re-born on 7-1-08. If I listed all of my equipment my wife would know what I've spent on this thing. Don't want to sign divorce papers.  My 180 Tank Thread | |
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06-05-2008, 05:48 AM
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#293 (permalink)
| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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I need to come over tonight and check things out. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | |
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06-05-2008, 07:07 AM
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#294 (permalink)
| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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Sounds good Otty.
Man I've been trying to figure out how many watts this new VHO set up I got is. There is nothing on the marine depot site. It's a four bulb set up (24 inch bulbs) with a ice cap 430 ballast. 
Guess it doesn't really matter just curious | |
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06-05-2008, 07:29 AM
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#295 (permalink)
| | Bikers are a dying breed!
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06-05-2008, 09:51 AM
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#296 (permalink)
| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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If its the male adapter threads leaking ? no need to drill the tank, Just plug the inside with a stub and blind cap may dripple a bit but not much most don't wrap enough teflon on them most times when I have read people telling how to tape a joint like Bob Villa or the little fix it lady on the T.V DYI station (: they say just use enough for 2 wraps LOL . I wrap them all 5 to 7 times depending on how tight I can get it .. Then a little oil on that to slick it up or good old spit soap even plain water will help, there is also a certain way to wrap it . (: Just tricks of the trade.. I watched the T.V lady one LOL she was rolling it on backwards (: as for the VHO why not just 2 72 in bulbs ? every end cap is a weak spot.. all I use is the 2. 72 bulbs .. and these have been in since Oct 06 when I gut them VHO's on _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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06-05-2008, 11:57 AM
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#297 (permalink)
| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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Originally Posted by Otty | I'm not concerened with my watts per gallon. Just curious. Someone asked me on saltwaterfish.com and I hated to say Uh, I don't know. I guessed 300 watts so guess I'm in the clear...
Tangster, I can't unscrew the male adapter from the bulkhead becasue the the pvc coming out of it. In hindsight I'd like to cut all of these hoses and put unions in for quick access. As for the VHO's with the endcaps I can't fit them in the canopy and get the bulbs out of the socket.  In hindsight I should have thought that through a little better. I wrapped them about 4 times. Watched my plumber buddy re do the one that was originally leaking and I swear he didn't do anything different than me other than not use a wrench to tighten them... learn stuff everyday I guess. | |
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06-05-2008, 07:41 PM
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#298 (permalink)
| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 24
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I'm gonna hafta try to run by Saturday if I'm not in the hospital! She's not feeling good tonight, you never know!!
How many watts per gallon do you have just out of curiosity?? I'm running about 13, you should hear people throw a fit when I tell them that!!! If my figures are right you should be at 6... hmmm... you must not like dealing with heat as much as me  Not concerned, just laughing about it   see, even smileys laugh about watts per gallon!! | |
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06-06-2008, 03:32 AM
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#299 (permalink)
| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Yea you can tell he has been surfing on swf again. | |
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06-06-2008, 06:26 AM
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#300 (permalink)
| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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Originally Posted by bmshehan I'm gonna hafta try to run by Saturday if I'm not in the hospital! She's not feeling good tonight, you never know!!
How many watts per gallon do you have just out of curiosity?? I'm running about 13, you should hear people throw a fit when I tell them that!!! If my figures are right you should be at 6... hmmm... you must not like dealing with heat as much as me Not concerned, just laughing about it see, even smileys laugh about watts per gallon!! | Running 8.2 watts per gallon but that's neither here nor there. Par is the important measurement. So with me running a 400 in the center of my tank my tank is actually getting more light than yours even though you have more wattage per gallon. I Don't need the extra heat from more wattage anyhow. | |
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