The Nano Reefs DIY thread... - Page 2

MandM · 02/06/2006, 08:51 PM

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...l=cassette+mod

Very easy and cheap.

Agu · 02/27/2006, 12:05 PM

Shows how to make an internal overflow,

Internal overflow

phenom5 · 02/27/2006, 12:32 PM

that reminds me...

Tigahboy's Overflow diagrams

UTR's $10 battery powered auto top-off

the overflow diagrams are handy to have.
i haven't tried the auto top-off yet, but it might set one up...

chrismunn · 03/11/2006, 10:01 PM

if your interested, this isnt a good idea for a small tank, but was made for the application....

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...78#post6934478

chrismunn · 03/11/2006, 10:10 PM

whoever came up with that 10$ battery powered auto top off must have been smoke a ton of meth!

jcopp24 · 03/21/2006, 03:22 PM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=805501

chocolateblnt · 03/22/2006, 12:43 AM

myakkareef · 04/13/2006, 01:12 PM

Added a cooling fan in the Feeding hood of my new 12g Nano cube. Mod came out pretty well and now my temps stay very stable. This tank is outside on a patio and it was heating up pretty bad. Evaporation did go up to about 1/4 cup aday...

NanoCube-boy · 04/14/2006, 12:02 AM

nice....

dga · 05/10/2006, 12:59 AM

how do you plan on keeping the water from ruining your newly installed fan? which it will.

Quote:

Originally posted by myakkareef
Added a cooling fan in the Feeding hood of my new 12g Nano cube. Mod came out pretty well and now my temps stay very stable. This tank is outside on a patio and it was heating up pretty bad. Evaporation did go up to about 1/4 cup aday...

NanoCube-boy · 05/11/2006, 10:44 AM

maybe with a plastic shield?

chocolateblnt · 05/14/2006, 07:05 PM

NanoCube-boy · 05/15/2006, 12:02 AM

What kind of water output nozzle you have there chocolate.

chocolateblnt · 05/15/2006, 12:06 AM

I'm not sure I understand ... You mean the Tetra Air Check Valve connected to the "green" air hose?! PM me for more info to keep this sticky thread short and sweet!

Agu · 06/06/2006, 09:03 AM

How to drill a glass tank with a dremel tool,

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...t=drill+dremel

god910 · 06/26/2006, 01:02 AM

My 5g OEM hood lighting Retro (21 watts)

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=873471

DRC69 · 06/27/2006, 02:26 PM

We need mods here for the 24 AquaPod from someone.

god910 · 06/28/2006, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DRC69
We need mods here for the 24 AquaPod from someone.

"The Female" is buying one soon I believe, and I can't keep my hands off anything.

kass03 · 08/09/2006, 01:21 AM

Easy way to make the surface skim in a 12 gallon aquapod

Look for my name near the bottom of this thread
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=3

kass

chocolateblnt · 10/04/2006, 10:54 AM

Hello ... I am writing to let you guys know that the Digital Timer in my design has burnt out the same capacitor twice in 6 months ... Make sure you keep your receipt so you can return/trade for a new one at Osh. You can also use an analog one ... I tried. However it doesn't give you the flexibility and precision a digital does. You can also use a coralife power center digital/analog to power this entire system

Note to Float Switch users in Sumps ...

IF you have an Urchin be advised that they can chew threw the plastic protective cover of the wiring the float switches have ... I discovered this when my friends strawberry urchin ate through the plastic and exposed the wire ... Danger Danger!

brvheart · 10/04/2006, 08:56 PM

Hey Chocolate..
So in your system, the timer turns on at a predetermined time for a predertimined duration of time.. There is no float switch turning something on to top off. I assume you have a pretty predictable amount of evaporation.

My questions are based on your picture that you posted.

I would think you would almost HAVE to use a digital timer to have the necessary precision and adjustment capabilities, which you don't really have with an analog..

chocolateblnt · 10/06/2006, 04:05 PM

Yes I do have a predictable amount of evaporation ... but so do many others ... sure it changes seasonally due to weather or room warming if you don't have A/C so you just add/deduct another minute to each cycle and Ta Da! If you have A/C well then you almost never have to touch the timer. I have no A/C so I lose 5 gallons per week every summer and 2.5 gallons per week during other seasons so I just ran the system into another 5 gall. jug and timed how long it took to empty/transfer and divided the time out over the week. I programmed the timer to do most topping during day when their is the most amount of heat/equipment use.

That's exactly what I said "You can also use an analog one ... I tried. However it doesn't give you the flexibility and precision a digital does." If you are merely topping off well then an analog still works however if you are topping off/dosing calcium in your top off then you need more precision with a digital timer ... it's easy to dose just figure out your weekly calcium consumption if you are losing the entire jug per week and add that calcium in.

Remember you can run the top off for even an hour with an analog timer just turn down the pressure your AIR PUMP is making so instead of the water flowing out of the tube it'll just drip. You have lots of flexibility with this system as long as you get a pump that has that wheel adjustment. If you want super flexibility/programmability for days down to the min. then get the digital timer but keep your RECEIPT. Otherwise you can get a Coralife Digital Power Center, which I am considering if this digital timer breaks again.

badgers034 · 10/10/2006, 07:48 PM

One question for chocolateblunt, what is that white circular thing in your DIY topoff??

brvheart · 10/10/2006, 11:06 PM

I'll let chocolate give you the official word, but my bet is that he's gonna tell you that's the lid to the water container.

chocolateblnt · 10/11/2006, 11:31 AM

It's a jug cap ...

you people make me laff! Brvheart has the right idea!

... I had to show a way of how the rest of the air-hosing is connected to the cap in order for it to pressurize and top off correctly, because as you can see some hoses go all the way down and some just past the cap. It Wouldn't hurt to put all of them all the way down but every time you top off it would make a bubbling noise

02/06/2006, 08:51 PM	#26
MandM sick yet brilliant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,497	http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...l=cassette+mod Very easy and cheap. __________________ Sheila I was emo when emo wasn't cool If your not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Current Tank Info: 120g, 8g

02/27/2006, 12:05 PM	#27
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	Shows how to make an internal overflow, Internal overflow __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

02/27/2006, 12:32 PM	#28
phenom5 Unregistered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,096	that reminds me... Tigahboy's Overflow diagrams UTR's $10 battery powered auto top-off the overflow diagrams are handy to have. i haven't tried the auto top-off yet, but it might set one up... __________________ Rob Current Tank Info: DSA 155 Pro \| ATI Sunpower \| ATB 840 v2 \| Apex \| Wav

03/11/2006, 10:01 PM	#29
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	if your interested, this isnt a good idea for a small tank, but was made for the application.... http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...78#post6934478 __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

03/11/2006, 10:10 PM	#30
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	whoever came up with that 10$ battery powered auto top off must have been smoke a ton of meth! __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

03/21/2006, 03:22 PM	#31
jcopp24 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 341	20 GH Filter - Refugium / Heater Hide Away http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=805501

03/22/2006, 12:43 AM	#32
chocolateblnt Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, Nor*CAL Posts: 1,736	Chocolateblnt's Universal DIY Top Off-Doser

04/13/2006, 01:12 PM	#33
myakkareef Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bradenton, Fl Posts: 1,570	12 Gal Nano Cube Cooling Added a cooling fan in the Feeding hood of my new 12g Nano cube. Mod came out pretty well and now my temps stay very stable. This tank is outside on a patio and it was heating up pretty bad. Evaporation did go up to about 1/4 cup aday... __________________ Scotty In My Spaceship, I am the Captain.. Current Tank Info: 90 Gal AGA Corner Bowfront, Aquactinics 36" Tx5 T5 Setup, PCI 1/6th Hp Chiller, Euro-Reef CS6-1, 2xLG 4MDQX-SC, All Plumbing Outside

04/14/2006, 12:02 AM	#34
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	nice....

05/11/2006, 10:44 AM	#36
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	maybe with a plastic shield?

05/14/2006, 07:05 PM	#37
chocolateblnt Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, Nor*CAL Posts: 1,736

05/15/2006, 12:02 AM	#38
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	What kind of water output nozzle you have there chocolate.

05/15/2006, 12:06 AM	#39
chocolateblnt Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, Nor*CAL Posts: 1,736	I'm not sure I understand ... You mean the Tetra Air Check Valve connected to the "green" air hose?! PM me for more info to keep this sticky thread short and sweet!

06/06/2006, 09:03 AM	#40
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	How to drill a glass tank with a dremel tool, http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...t=drill+dremel __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

06/26/2006, 01:02 AM	#41
god910 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Muncie, IN Posts: 173	My 5g OEM hood lighting Retro (21 watts) http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=873471 __________________ Jay- Of the Jay and Nicole Show. If we keep drinking much longer, this drag race is going to become a slalom. Current Tank Info: 210 FW, 75g Reef, 5g SW, and the New 46g Frag Tank!

06/27/2006, 02:26 PM	#42
DRC69 Oh Well Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: RSM, CA Posts: 3,430	We need mods here for the 24 AquaPod from someone. __________________ Thanks, D Current Tank Info: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have" ----- Thomas Jefferson

08/09/2006, 01:21 AM	#44
kass03 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kaukauna, Wi Posts: 2,937	Easy way to make the surface skim in a 12 gallon aquapod Look for my name near the bottom of this thread http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...5&pagenumber=3 kass

10/04/2006, 10:54 AM	#45
chocolateblnt Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, Nor*CAL Posts: 1,736	Hello ... I am writing to let you guys know that the Digital Timer in my design has burnt out the same capacitor twice in 6 months ... Make sure you keep your receipt so you can return/trade for a new one at Osh. You can also use an analog one ... I tried. However it doesn't give you the flexibility and precision a digital does. You can also use a coralife power center digital/analog to power this entire system Note to Float Switch users in Sumps ... IF you have an Urchin be advised that they can chew threw the plastic protective cover of the wiring the float switches have ... I discovered this when my friends strawberry urchin ate through the plastic and exposed the wire ... Danger Danger!

10/04/2006, 08:56 PM	#46
brvheart Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 524	Hey Chocolate.. So in your system, the timer turns on at a predetermined time for a predertimined duration of time.. There is no float switch turning something on to top off. I assume you have a pretty predictable amount of evaporation. My questions are based on your picture that you posted. I would think you would almost HAVE to use a digital timer to have the necessary precision and adjustment capabilities, which you don't really have with an analog..

10/06/2006, 04:05 PM	#47
chocolateblnt Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, Nor*CAL Posts: 1,736	Yes I do have a predictable amount of evaporation ... but so do many others ... sure it changes seasonally due to weather or room warming if you don't have A/C so you just add/deduct another minute to each cycle and Ta Da! If you have A/C well then you almost never have to touch the timer. I have no A/C so I lose 5 gallons per week every summer and 2.5 gallons per week during other seasons so I just ran the system into another 5 gall. jug and timed how long it took to empty/transfer and divided the time out over the week. I programmed the timer to do most topping during day when their is the most amount of heat/equipment use. That's exactly what I said "You can also use an analog one ... I tried. However it doesn't give you the flexibility and precision a digital does." If you are merely topping off well then an analog still works however if you are topping off/dosing calcium in your top off then you need more precision with a digital timer ... it's easy to dose just figure out your weekly calcium consumption if you are losing the entire jug per week and add that calcium in. Remember you can run the top off for even an hour with an analog timer just turn down the pressure your AIR PUMP is making so instead of the water flowing out of the tube it'll just drip. You have lots of flexibility with this system as long as you get a pump that has that wheel adjustment. If you want super flexibility/programmability for days down to the min. then get the digital timer but keep your RECEIPT. Otherwise you can get a Coralife Digital Power Center, which I am considering if this digital timer breaks again.

10/10/2006, 07:48 PM	#48
badgers034 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 448	One question for chocolateblunt, what is that white circular thing in your DIY topoff??

10/10/2006, 11:06 PM	#49
brvheart Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 524	I'll let chocolate give you the official word, but my bet is that he's gonna tell you that's the lid to the water container.

10/11/2006, 11:31 AM	#50
chocolateblnt Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, Nor*CAL Posts: 1,736	It's a jug cap ... you people make me laff! Brvheart has the right idea! ... I had to show a way of how the rest of the air-hosing is connected to the cap in order for it to pressurize and top off correctly, because as you can see some hoses go all the way down and some just past the cap. It Wouldn't hurt to put all of them all the way down but every time you top off it would make a bubbling noise