Did you use an ABS sheet to protect the bottom of the nuvo 10’s or no? Considering bare bottom for mine
i did not, bare glass bottom.
but i do not stack rocks, so not afraid of rocks falling.
J.
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Did you use an ABS sheet to protect the bottom of the nuvo 10’s or no? Considering bare bottom for mine
and i moved two cerith snails and two small hermits into the left LPS tank.
So I ordered that uv sterilizer.
Then I thought, 1ml of H2O2 a day isn't going to hurt anything...
My uv sterilizer got delivered today.
And the bloom is gone! Looks like the peroxide took care of it.
but it looks like some, or most of the corals are trying to tell me that they are getting too much light. even on the bottom.
so i dialed the lights down a bit. going from 50% peak power on the uv, violet and blues to 30%
and from 15 to 10% on the white. not using the green and red at all.
i still haven't decided what ATO i'm going to be using.
Myself, I've settled on a pressure-based normal level sensor from Avast, it's been foolproof for me in this role. I have an optical one for overfull protection (they have never failed open) then an under full sensor that's mechanical because they typically only fail at the waterline where Kalk turns solid.
That's the pump I have on mine! The parastolic pump. I LOVE it!!! I'm sure it won't be an issue for you, but I really struggled with the Aqualifter pumps. My tank was larger and cooled by evaporation so it toped off allot and the aqualifter would wear out. Now I have a chiller.AH! yes, the ATO on my very first tank, a Spectrapure LiterMeter III, used a pressure switch too. worked flawlessly, until the day that i dropped the dang thing, and it shattered into many pieces of sharp plastic
J.
That's the pump I have on mine! The parastolic pump. I LOVE it!!! I'm sure it won't be an issue for you, but I really struggled with the Aqualifter pumps. My tank was larger and cooled by evaporation so it toped off allot and the aqualifter would wear out. Now I have a chiller.
i wanted something that was low flow. the aqualifter barely makes it, pumping slightly over it's rated head pressure i only evaporate around 300-400ml per day per tank. and it's surprisingly quiet, i usually don't hear the pump, but i notice the trickle of water entering the tank
i'm going to order the same setup for the other tank, so i can stop the manual top-offs.
J.
found one pice that will look a bit better.
it's narrower, and taller. this will make a nice psp island/pillar!
11 inches tall! so this will almost stick out of the top of the water.
the bad news... it's never been wet, so this will take a few weeks before it is ready for the tank
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well, that didn't work out as expected...
by the time i had glued enough frag plugs under it in order to level it out so it wasn't leaning and uncomfortably unbalanced, it was just too tall.
so... i took my saw to it, and took the bottom off
back into the curing bucket it went.
J.