Manny Tavan Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 DOS is officially offline. My pH sucks now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Update tank shots. The reef is now 1 year old 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorW Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 [emoji54] now this is what I'm talking about! Beautiful peice! Where did you find it? I'm an LPS fan and have been keeping an eye out for nice big LPS peices like this. And a year already, wow that flew by. Your tank looks amazing, I really like your aquascape and your fish choices. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willapa Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 That’s all there is. Co2 tank, reactor and control box. So the control box feeds the reactor and monitors pH and everything? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 control box controls effluent rate and C02 into the reactor. C02 is regulated on and off by a float switch (no ph or bubble counter) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willapa Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 control box controls effluent rate and C02 into the reactor. C02 is regulated on and off by a float switch (no ph or bubble counter)Wow, that’s pretty cool. You can integrate it with the trident somehow as well?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 No update for the last six months cause the tank was struggling. Lots of corals not growing and lots of corals dying. Unless I did weekly water changes, a lot of things were starting to die. Last week I found the reason why. The back up heater was broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaywood Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Might be worth doing an ICP test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 hours ago, shaywood said: Might be worth doing an ICP test I did one last month is everything was fine except for increased aluminum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hey Manny - how's the tank doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Cobalt said: Hey Manny - how's the tank doing? I saw it today actually! It’s breath taking in person!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefsakes Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, Cobalt said: Hey Manny - how's the tank doing? I gotta say the tank is rocking and it feels good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I was surprised to hear you ran into some troubles back in October, so this is great to hear. My 50g has been struggling ever since I had an algae bloom and with an upcoming move across town I am debating to reboot or not. Your tank and setup is an inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 19 hours ago, Cobalt said: I was surprised to hear you ran into some troubles back in October, so this is great to hear. My 50g has been struggling ever since I had an algae bloom and with an upcoming move across town I am debating to reboot or not. Your tank and setup is an inspiration. I would reboot. I would love to find an excuse to reboot just for the fun of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 What are your thoughts on the Aquarium Engineering carx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 7 hours ago, Higher Thinking said: What are your thoughts on the Aquarium Engineering carx? Mixed thoughts - the owner is hard to deal with. If you order from him. Don’t expect to receive it for a year or two unless you do what I did. I filed a dispute with PayPal and got mine in 3 month. - the recirculating feature is nice but noisy. Kinda sick of your sump is under the tank in a living space -my ph kinda sucks 7.7-7.9 - it’s not totally hands free. My system needs to be purged frequently to get air out which someone enters the reactor and decreases the effluent potency other than that it works well and it grows corals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Tank looks amazing! Surprised the AE guy is such a pain, it’s definitely a premium price for his stuff, you’d think customer service would be a higher priority. You tried a CO2 scrubber for your pH yet? Heard mixed things but mostly good about them, debating adding one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 8 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: Mixed thoughts - the owner is hard to deal with. If you order from him. Don’t expect to receive it for a year or two unless you do what I did. I filed a dispute with PayPal and got mine in 3 month. - the recirculating feature is nice but noisy. Kinda sick of your sump is under the tank in a living space -my ph kinda sucks 7.7-7.9 - it’s not totally hands free. My system needs to be purged frequently to get air out which someone enters the reactor and decreases the effluent potency other than that it works well and it grows corals Dang that sounds like a few too many issues than you should be running into with a piece of equipment that is so expensive. Sucks about Bill... He always seemed like a chill dude from his videos, albeit a bit mad-scientisty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Blue Z Reef said: Tank looks amazing! Surprised the AE guy is such a pain, it’s definitely a premium price for his stuff, you’d think customer service would be a higher priority. You tried a CO2 scrubber for your pH yet? Heard mixed things but mostly good about them, debating adding one myself. I had a recirculating co2 scrubber for a month. Went from a ph of 7.7-7.9 to 7.9-8.0 but last night it filled up with water when the skimmer overflowed so I took it town. I don’t want to risk that happening again and crashing my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Higher Thinking said: Dang that sounds like a few too many issues than you should be running into with a piece of equipment that is so expensive. Sucks about Bill... He always seemed like a chill dude from his videos, albeit a bit mad-scientisty. Yes Bill is a smart guy but could learn some people skills to make his business more successful. Or hire a sales/support person 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: I had a recirculating co2 scrubber for a month. Went from a ph of 7.7-7.9 to 7.9-8.0 but last night it filled up with water when the skimmer overflowed so I took it town. I don’t want to risk that happening again and crashing my tank. Yes, this is one hesitation I’ve had as well. One idea I had was to make the equivalent of an oil catch can in between the recirc and the media. That could be used to house a fail safe switch of some sort. I suppose as long as you aren’t seeing any significant benefit from the higher vs lower pH probably not worth chasing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Top down shots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 Newest addition to the tank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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