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  1. New Additions

    I now have three fish. I went looking for a first fish and ran across some blue reef chromis damsels. I got three of them. These things seem to be hungry all the time. I guess that s a good thing though. They are active during the day and are always out above the rocks. All seem to be getting along OK. They always seem to be hungry. When I got home I tested the water salinity the new fish were in and got 37 mS. I rechecked it with a refractometer and got 24ppt. Is it normal for LFS's to keep their ...
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  2. 42 Gallon Hex build

    I mentioned the leak detect float switches in my last blog. So I figured I would post so information on them here. In the first photo is one bracket assembles and the parts for the second bracket. The second photo has the marks used to drill the hole for the float switch on the small part and the holes for the mounting screws on the long part. For this I used a combination square. I admusted it to near center to make the marks. This got me 2 parallel line. I just drilled the holes in the center ...
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  3. 42 Gallon Hex build

    I ran a leak simulation this weekend. I actually ran my Drinking water RO output to the tank and let it run down the outside of the tank to simulate an overfill, splash down the side or a leak at the seam of the tank. I let it run until the leak detection float switch was tripped. I only had a little puddle on the bottom outer frame at one of the side doors and a trickle in the front electronics compartmant where the conduit enters. A single drop ran down the back panel of the compartment. I have ...

    Updated 09-22-2015 at 08:12 PM by n2585722

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  4. 42 Gallon Hex build

    The first few photo's are of the stand during the build. You can see the 2 PVC conduits that will have the wiring that runs from the front to back of the stand. There are 2 sets of hangers that are mounted between the 2 conduits. The return manifold is mounted to the hanger between the 2 conduits. The return manifold was shortened by one output and raised and mounted above the hangers after these photos. This was to allow removal of the skimmer from the sump without going to a lot of trouble. The ...

    Updated 09-05-2015 at 05:53 AM by n2585722

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  5. 42 Gallon Hex build

    The first 3 photo's are of a completed side panel for the stand. A panel was added to the back of the doors to help protect the raised panel door from water and salt spray. These panels have the same rubber coating that is on the stand and they are painted white. The side doors are all the same except for the direction the door swings. There are 2 side panels on each side. There is also 2 covers to protect the hinge assembly when the door is closed attached to the side panel. When I had this running ...

    Updated 08-30-2015 at 03:59 PM by n2585722

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