RamPuppy's 120 cube - Oceans Motions - Replacing

[donniekim]

Hey Ram check this link out! Really affordable option which I'm gonna use on my system! And he's a MARSH Sponsor

http://www.top-off.com/index.php?PHP...7ac866ac839210

Donnie

[Ram_Puppy]

Thanks Donnie, That is one of the nicest, and best documented as far as workings go, systems I have seen to date.

I think I might just have to place an order. (No cash for it until next week though. :( )

[Ram_Puppy]

oh, I don't think I mentioned this yet.

i have moonlights with a lunar tracker on them, and they were a great price.

http://thelebos.com/

I will be working on my canopy this weekend.

[Chicken_Eye]

Hey I know with my setup I am loosing about 1/2 to 1 gal a day between my DT my fuge and my sump
Ram what is a good set of least inexpensive 36" lights for a 72 gal corner bow front my uncle is wanting to try corals and is wanting a good set of lights

[Ram_Puppy]

Bump your gums Chicken_Eye! lol.

Lighting is dependent on what you want to keep. if he want's SPS I think he would probably want to just go with a 250 watt MH, and maybe some Actinic lights... if memory serves those corner bowfronts are a pain in the hind end to light, tight space. he might have to go with two very short VHO actinics on each side... not sure... someone else might have a better idea.

[Ram_Puppy]

Well yesterday the oceansmotions started making a 'click-thunk' sound. I called oceans motions and as always, the support was great even though Paul is down in florida playing in a golf tournament.

He had me remove the drum as he thought it was having problems because of my having plumbing hoses of a different length. When I got the drum out though, it was all torn up. it obviously got some aragonite grit in it somehow and that acted like sandpaper. the problem is, that the material the oceans motions is made out of actually holds the grit, so the aragonite is still in the drum.

I polished the hosings inside out, mase sure it wasn't to roughted up, and then sealed it back up w/out the drum (OceansMotions is sending me a new one at no cost.) unfortunately, my infinte strength and intelligence caused me to overtighten one of the nylon screws and it snapped. now it won't maintain a seal and I am up a creek w/ a very small paddle.

When I get home tonight i will try to cut a notch into the remains of the nylon screw and back it out with a flathead screwdriver. fi that doesn't work i will have to take it out to the ranch and tap the screw out. that would be a major pain in the butt.

so as of now, closed loop is down. :(

Clowns are back home and seem to love the little cave under the rocks though.

lesson of the month. 'let your aragonite storm settle before turning on your closed loop.' ;|

[Ram_Puppy]

well, there was a mix up with my drum at oceansmotions, apparently Cassie is under the weather and some guy in washington got my drum, and I got his shafts for his 8-way.

Anyway, being the adventursome person I am, I took a new razor blade and smoothed out the rough edges on the damaged drum and put it back in, presto, it works.

In another unexpected happy moment, 2 of the 4 1" omni-flex systems I hadn't gotten around to pay-palling paul came in as well. for reference, these are 1" diameter lock lines.

here is a pic, I threw my refractometer in there as a size reference.



So, the closed loop is on, stirred up some detrius wo the tank got a little cloudy, and it smells a little from the water that went anoxic in the CL when it was off, but everone seems to be doing fine. once the water has cleared up a little bit I will go ahead and screw those puppies in.

progress is slow, but it's coming!