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Dangerdave’s reef
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DangerDave
NJRC Member
So I lost the hydnophora colonies, and a fairly large cyphastrea in the DT. Most of the sps in the frag tanks either bleached or grayed out. I think I’m mostly ok, nems faired better than expected so far, but I gotta figure out what happened to the oxydator.
Also, sorry again @Jon but I wasn’t comfortable with you picking up until I knew what was wrong. Everything you wanted seems fine, but I’d like to give it a week Or two to be sure.
Also, sorry again @Jon but I wasn’t comfortable with you picking up until I knew what was wrong. Everything you wanted seems fine, but I’d like to give it a week Or two to be sure.
Hockeynut
NJRC Member
Crap Dave hope it rebounds quickly.
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Thanks fellas! I think it’ll be ok for the majority of the reef.
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Most everything is ok. 80% of my sps bleached or grey/browned out. Even the alien eye and Hollywood stunner look terrible. Zoas and palys came right back. Euphyllia too, in fact they were the first to open again (this had me sweating).
Some things really surprised me. I have this lobo that @Sponge gave me (It’s a lobo right Matt?). It was pulled so tight that the skeleton was pushed though the flesh. Amazingly, today it looks good about half opened, color mostly back.
Moving on, I built the right side add onto the manifold.
Some things really surprised me. I have this lobo that @Sponge gave me (It’s a lobo right Matt?). It was pulled so tight that the skeleton was pushed though the flesh. Amazingly, today it looks good about half opened, color mostly back.
Moving on, I built the right side add onto the manifold.
Hockeynut
NJRC Member
Your system never stops amazing me. Crazy in a good way
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Thx pal
deepblue68
POTM Winner
oh man that blows Dave! I have some pumps hanging around iwakis and I think a dart would have to double check
DangerDave
NJRC Member
All good bro, this is just for expansion.
The issue I had last weekend was a huge peroxide overdose from a malfunction of my oxydator (which I didn’t think was possible).
The issue I had last weekend was a huge peroxide overdose from a malfunction of my oxydator (which I didn’t think was possible).
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Moved the original manifold and installed it off the left side of the feed pipe. I temporarily hung the right manifold, but haven’t connected it. I added the gfo reactor and took out the pump that was feeding it. Everything from the original plumbing is running aside from the carbon and the chiller.
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Yes. Lobo
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Yes. Lobo
that thing is so pretty, it looked like a goner. The skeleton was sticking through the flesh in 25-30 places over both heads. Today you’d never know by looking at it.
That’s awesome.
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Algae scrubber is up and running. Still gotta get a quick release, even though it’s the soft silicone hose the small diameter is a pain to get off.
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Well those lights are getting replaced. When you cycle the power the default position is off. I can’t use with apex. I found a few good options on amazon, but ended up going with two Chaetomax leds from brs since they can be here much faster.
DangerDave
NJRC Member
That’s gonna be one dead paly...
DangerDave
NJRC Member
here’s the new right side manifold mounted properly.
Even before I set up the right side, the old manifold that was reused as left side has a ton of increased flow. Increasing the pump to manifold Pipe to 1.5 really made a huge difference.
here’s the scrubber, 5 days running, 2 with the correct lights.
still needs to drill out the main drain, but can’t until I’m ready to mount in it’s final resting place. The current drain will be the emergency drain when all is said and done.
Here is what I went with for the quick disconnect:
Even before I set up the right side, the old manifold that was reused as left side has a ton of increased flow. Increasing the pump to manifold Pipe to 1.5 really made a huge difference.
here’s the scrubber, 5 days running, 2 with the correct lights.
still needs to drill out the main drain, but can’t until I’m ready to mount in it’s final resting place. The current drain will be the emergency drain when all is said and done.
Here is what I went with for the quick disconnect:
What size pipe did you run before ?
1” pipe
I was thinking about 1” all around but maybe I should go from my pump to the manifold with a 1 1/2 pipe
That Looks really nice