Last Thursday we closed on the new house in Charlotte. The family and I went to the mountains of NC for the weekend and I snuck down to the Atlanta Reef Club for their frag swap and presentations. The swap was great, lots of fraggers and some vendors with their products up on display. Not only were they there to help explain their products but many of them contributed to the raffle. The presentations were on sumps, plumbing, and aquascaping. Marc Levenson spent about two hours on his topic ...
I was in the new house last night doing some measuring and snapped a few pictures to show you guys where the tank is going. The location of the new tank. Sorry for the grainy picture, it was semi dark in there and I didn't turn on flash. We don't officially close on the how until Thursday so I can not start demolition until after that. What? Demolition you say? Yes in fact, ...
This entry will discuss equipment that I pan on using for my 300g build. Automation will be handled by the APEX controller that I already have. I will be adding an EB8 and possibly a 2nd ph probe to handle the Calc reactor. The return pump is Reeflo Dart that has been collecting dust in the garage. SMR1 Bio-pellet Reactor, I already have this running on the current setup. ...
Well unfortunately the Family and I have decided that we have to move into the city of Charlotte, NC. This will eliminate her just over an hour commute. That being said, I am going to have to tear down the tank and sell it to the highest bidder. Fortunately I have never been happy with the current tank, and so it is with pleasure, a lot of begging, and a little whining, That I have just finalized ...
So today I decided to deal with the Cyano that started in my new frag tank that was connected to the system during the summer. I believe the initial outbreak was a combination of: 20 lbs of new sand and the new acrylic frag tank itself. It has been mentioned in a few publications that new plastic parts initially leach a few things like silicates and such into the water column. Anyway the Cyano started there and only moved to the display upon me moving some frags to the display. ...