Started Fillin the Tank

Seehag · 03/24/2007, 04:02 PM

2:47 pm Pacific time.......Started the Ro/di flowing, 0ppm going in. Hope I got everything set up right. Can't get the Heater's to stay stuck to the sides of the sump maybe when it get's water in there. This should take all day and most of tommorrow aprox. 150 gallons......

Wish me luck

Art

drummereef · 03/24/2007, 04:11 PM

No pics?

Congratulations on the tank setup. You must be excited. And yes, 0 tds is a great feeling.

Seehag · 03/24/2007, 04:12 PM

No pic's you say....

Art

WaterKeeper · 03/24/2007, 04:13 PM

Good Luck Art. You are on your way. And, BTW, many of those suction cup heaters won't stay stuck unless you get a bigger suction cup.

Seehag · 03/24/2007, 04:23 PM

Bigger cup hehehe I got Waterkeeper to say "bigger cup" hehehe

Sorry Waterkeeper in a good mood... I will get bigger ones soon maybe tonight before it get's too full.

Art

Nano Chris · 03/24/2007, 05:19 PM

Congrats! Hope everything goes well for you!

Seehag · 03/25/2007, 10:18 AM

Wow this is taking along time. I know in my head that @ 75 gal a day it should take 2 days to fill the tank but it is agonizing watching the water trickle into the tank..... Drank several Beer's last night watching it... This is like watching grass grow.

Art

OldSchoolNewbie · 03/25/2007, 10:45 AM

Seehag, 75g per day is a theoretical number, which is affected by your water pressure and water temp. The one I used yrs ago (havent bought one yet, just getting started back in the hobby) was more like 75g per week , uugh! barely got anything from it.

Lotus99 · 03/25/2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by Seehag
Wow this is taking along time. I know in my head that @ 75 gal a day it should take 2 days to fill the tank but it is agonizing watching the water trickle into the tank..... Drank several Beer's last night watching it... This is like watching grass grow.

Art

Practicing your patience?

Much better that you test your plumbing before adding salt and rock, though. I'm so glad I did it, as there was a small leak in our system, ad the tank had to be drained.

silverwolf72 · 03/25/2007, 12:18 PM

I know your pain I started mine 12:00 yesterday. About 3/4 done now. days never felt so long!!!

WaterKeeper · 03/25/2007, 12:25 PM

You think filling the tank is slow. Just wait till you start curing rock and battle algae outbreaks.

Welcome both of you into the hobby and the, or so it seems, constant waiting.

Seehag · 03/25/2007, 12:59 PM

Lotus,

Done all that 2 or 3 times now. I didn't change anything this time so it should be fine. All I did was fill it up with tap water and ran it for a couple of weeks, I filtered it with carbon to get all the little bits of stuff out. Then drained cleaned and dried it real good, to get all the stuff out of it. Drained all the lines for the closed loop. Now I am re-filling it.

Art

Seehag · 03/25/2007, 01:01 PM

Here's a shot of so far about 1/2 way on the tank but nothing in the sump yet.

Art

Seehag · 03/27/2007, 06:52 PM

Done,,,,,,

Finished last night but had to top off early this morning. Now it is running and bringing it up to temp before adding the salt. will test after that and add whatever it need's. My pump for my protien skimmer is making all kinds of noise. are Iwaki's quieter?

I have a aquac ev 180.. it is installed in the sump..

Art

barngeatbayman · 03/27/2007, 07:15 PM

no reason to run the skimmer yet

Seehag · 03/27/2007, 07:49 PM

just running it to test.

Art

gburton · 03/27/2007, 07:54 PM

Seehag, is that stand home made? It looks like it is. Good job if it is. It looks great. Cool

Seehag · 03/27/2007, 07:56 PM

yep home made there is a thread out there with all the pictures on the build...

Art

gburton · 03/27/2007, 09:41 PM

Which thread is it? Again, nice job.

Seehag · 03/27/2007, 10:10 PM

Here's a link:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=740900

Art

PatMayo · 03/27/2007, 10:27 PM

I just lay my heaters in the sump. I find no real reason to even mess with suction cups. Not worth the effort.

Good luck with the tank.

Regads,

Pat

drummereef · 03/27/2007, 11:39 PM

Ahh, there's the pics of the tank filled up. Very nice.

Seehag · 03/28/2007, 06:11 PM

Pic's....

full tank with left over salt that hasn't disolved yet..

sump/ fuge set up and running. Notice my bubble trap didn't work so well...

Another shot of Bubble trap not working...

Protien skimmer running and getting gunk from something must have been something in the salt I guess...?

My attempt to quiet everything down is not working due to the fact that the priotien skimme does not have a 90 elbow on the outflow. I read I should not impeded that flow any but I need t put the elbow back because it sounds like a water fall in there. Also I am getting no micro bubbles back through the sump so I am happy about that. I hopefully will order the rock fro TBS next week to arrive on next weekend, can't wait..

Art

Seehag · 03/29/2007, 08:21 PM

put the elbow back on the skimmer and directed the water down below the waterline that helped. I think the bubble trap is quieter than the reverse duso so I will make another one this weekend for the skimmer section.

I still have some vibration noise from the pump so I need to put something between it and the side of the sump, hte pipe is tied there with tie wrap to make it tight.

Art

03/24/2007, 04:02 PM	#1
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Started Fillin the Tank 2:47 pm Pacific time.......Started the Ro/di flowing, 0ppm going in. Hope I got everything set up right. Can't get the Heater's to stay stuck to the sides of the sump maybe when it get's water in there. This should take all day and most of tommorrow aprox. 150 gallons...... Wish me luck Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/24/2007, 04:11 PM	#2
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	No pics? Congratulations on the tank setup. You must be excited. And yes, 0 tds is a great feeling. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

03/24/2007, 04:12 PM	#3
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	No pic's you say.... Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/24/2007, 04:13 PM	#4
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	Good Luck Art. You are on your way. And, BTW, many of those suction cup heaters won't stay stuck unless you get a bigger suction cup. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

03/24/2007, 04:23 PM	#5
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Bigger cup hehehe I got Waterkeeper to say "bigger cup" hehehe Sorry Waterkeeper in a good mood... I will get bigger ones soon maybe tonight before it get's too full. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/24/2007, 05:19 PM	#6
Nano Chris Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,758	Congrats! Hope everything goes well for you! __________________ Chris ------- 34 Gallon Red Sea Max 130! Setup (Just got back into the hobby) Current Tank Info: 34 Gallon RedSeaMax!

03/25/2007, 10:18 AM	#7
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Wow this is taking along time. I know in my head that @ 75 gal a day it should take 2 days to fill the tank but it is agonizing watching the water trickle into the tank..... Drank several Beer's last night watching it... This is like watching grass grow. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/25/2007, 10:45 AM	#8
OldSchoolNewbie Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 68	Seehag, 75g per day is a theoretical number, which is affected by your water pressure and water temp. The one I used yrs ago (havent bought one yet, just getting started back in the hobby) was more like 75g per week , uugh! barely got anything from it. __________________ JTCCB (jebo tuners club for cheap bastards) "Live each day like it is your last, because, someday it will be" "Watch Him Folks He's A Fairly Dangerous Man" Current Tank Info: 58g Oceanic RR, Odyssea 36" 442W

03/25/2007, 12:18 PM	#10
silverwolf72 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lake Forrest CA Posts: 1,732	I know your pain I started mine 12:00 yesterday. About 3/4 done now. days never felt so long!!!

03/25/2007, 12:25 PM	#11
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	You think filling the tank is slow. Just wait till you start curing rock and battle algae outbreaks. Welcome both of you into the hobby and the, or so it seems, constant waiting. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

03/25/2007, 12:59 PM	#12
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Lotus, Done all that 2 or 3 times now. I didn't change anything this time so it should be fine. All I did was fill it up with tap water and ran it for a couple of weeks, I filtered it with carbon to get all the little bits of stuff out. Then drained cleaned and dried it real good, to get all the stuff out of it. Drained all the lines for the closed loop. Now I am re-filling it. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/25/2007, 01:01 PM	#13
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Here's a shot of so far about 1/2 way on the tank but nothing in the sump yet. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/27/2007, 06:52 PM	#14
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Done,,,,,, Finished last night but had to top off early this morning. Now it is running and bringing it up to temp before adding the salt. will test after that and add whatever it need's. My pump for my protien skimmer is making all kinds of noise. are Iwaki's quieter? I have a aquac ev 180.. it is installed in the sump.. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/27/2007, 07:15 PM	#15
barngeatbayman Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: freehold, nj Posts: 380	no reason to run the skimmer yet

03/27/2007, 07:49 PM	#16
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	just running it to test. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/27/2007, 07:54 PM	#17
gburton Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cascades in Oregon Posts: 134	Seehag, is that stand home made? It looks like it is. Good job if it is. It looks great. Cool __________________ Thanks, GB Remember that Life is short, Play hard Current Tank Info: 75gal, 240w lites, sump, 52lbs LR, 100lbds sand, coralife 125 gal. skimmer, ocean runner 650gph pump, 2 maxijet 1200, turbo, narsarius, bumble bee snails, hermit, emerald crabs, 1 tomato, 1 sebea clown, 1 watchman Gobie.

03/27/2007, 07:56 PM	#18
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	yep home made there is a thread out there with all the pictures on the build... Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/27/2007, 09:41 PM	#19
gburton Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cascades in Oregon Posts: 134	Which thread is it? Again, nice job. __________________ Thanks, GB Remember that Life is short, Play hard Current Tank Info: 75gal, 240w lites, sump, 52lbs LR, 100lbds sand, coralife 125 gal. skimmer, ocean runner 650gph pump, 2 maxijet 1200, turbo, narsarius, bumble bee snails, hermit, emerald crabs, 1 tomato, 1 sebea clown, 1 watchman Gobie.

03/27/2007, 10:10 PM	#20
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Here's a link: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=740900 Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/27/2007, 10:27 PM	#21
PatMayo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,843	I just lay my heaters in the sump. I find no real reason to even mess with suction cups. Not worth the effort. Good luck with the tank. Regads, Pat __________________ 90 AGA Megaflow (Setup 1-24-06) 120 Lbs. Liverock EuroReef RS 100 Skimmer 2 X 150 MH 2 X 96 watt PC Actinic 2 Clarki Clowns (31 months old) 1 Niger Trigger (Owned 6 months) 2 Tunze 6055 PH Current Tank Info: 90 AGA Megaflow To Be Mixed Reef

03/27/2007, 11:39 PM	#22
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Ahh, there's the pics of the tank filled up. Very nice. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

03/28/2007, 06:11 PM	#23
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	Pic's.... full tank with left over salt that hasn't disolved yet.. sump/ fuge set up and running. Notice my bubble trap didn't work so well... Another shot of Bubble trap not working... Protien skimmer running and getting gunk from something must have been something in the salt I guess...? My attempt to quiet everything down is not working due to the fact that the priotien skimme does not have a 90 elbow on the outflow. I read I should not impeded that flow any but I need t put the elbow back because it sounds like a water fall in there. Also I am getting no micro bubbles back through the sump so I am happy about that. I hopefully will order the rock fro TBS next week to arrive on next weekend, can't wait.. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef

03/29/2007, 08:21 PM	#24
Seehag Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 351	put the elbow back on the skimmer and directed the water down below the waterline that helped. I think the bubble trap is quieter than the reverse duso so I will make another one this weekend for the skimmer section. I still have some vibration noise from the pump so I need to put something between it and the side of the sump, hte pipe is tied there with tie wrap to make it tight. Art __________________ 100 gal Tru vue acrylic tank Home made sump refugium Aquac Ev-180 skimmer Velocity t4 closed loop pump 6 3' compact flourescent 10k lamps Tbs Package for 110 gal Current Tank Info: Just started my Reef