What have you done to your set up today?

Built the frame to my custom stand this weekend. Time to start finishing it!

 

Successfully split my oversize piece of LR into 2, using a hammer and a padded screwdriver. I was on the verge of selling big piece cause it wouldn't fit, but now I Love the 2 smaller pieces!

 

I finally made my DIY Kalc doser.

Instead of mixing pickling lime in a cup and pouring it into my sump- in less that 20 secs.,

now I add it over hours.



DIY doser:
I built a small shelp above my Sump, which is already on a stand in my basement.
I used a clear plastic grape juice bottle
fill it with ro or ro/di (both of mine are 0tds)
Add about 2 tsps pickling lime- SHAKE
Let it settle for hours/overnight
Then, using only gravity, I drip it in slow with some IV tubing I got from work.
It has a little wheel and slide that can make it run in a steady stream, or drip various times per second - which slowly doses that Kalc mixture into my sump.

NO pumps, no electricity, etc.

 

A friend of mine is building a new house and asked if I could babysit his corals for a year, since I have extra room in my sumps. His 90 gallon reef is now condensed down into a 40 breeder. Since he insisted on monetary compensation, I ordered a big honkin' Avast CS3 skimmer.

 

I did a water change and tested both tanks (QT and DT) for No2, No3, and NH3/NH4. Everything was good, QT finally is cycling!

Here are the results of the tests, if anyone is interested.

 

Doh my Lord!!!!!!!!!

 

Well as for myself, I have done nothing to my setup in a week or two other than just dosing my vinegar. My system has become pretty much self maintaining. I have added a coral here and there, a fish or two but nothing major. I am thinking of ordering another dosing pump for vinegar since I am so happy with the results I am getting from it.

 

As much as I'm trying to stay out of the tank, this week I've 1. started dosing Alk to address my ever-rising Ca, and 2. added few "reef pets", here is a pic of my favorite so far, the hammer frog

 

Now that's a good idea! I might blow the back of the tank instead of my normal painful cleaning processes.

 

I did a water change yesterday! lol....I know, I'm amazing