Sam's Oceanic 120 - DIY solutions

[F i s h y]

Algae clip... do I win?

 

[Projects with Sam]

Algae clip... do I win?

good guess!

 

[Stang67]

Algae clip??

 

[Stang67]

Darn it read the whole thread first......some kind of foldable filter gizmo

 

[StatelineReefer]

I know what it is! I know what it is... it's a....

Spoiler

Secret....

 

[rmorris_14]

I know what it is! I know what it is... it's a....

Spoiler

Secret....

Fell for it

plank

 

[Projects with Sam]

replaced my kalk yesterday. I was getting nervous about my Kalk dosing so I decided to look into it... Turns out the Pickling Lime condensed around the stirrer blade like a puck; so the whole thing would spin but not really mix. Guess I need to increase the stirring to keep it suspended in the water. lowered dosing back to ~100ml/hr; 110ml/hr 6-11am.

Thanks to Steve at PrecisionConverting I can run my tank for another year!


Carving out a sign/light shade for a Canary Blenny...


found a spot to store my sign

 

[crusso1993]

replaced my kalk yesterday. I was getting nervous about my Kalk dosing so I decided to look into it... Turns out the Pickling Lime condensed around the stirrer blade like a puck; so the whole thing would spin but not really mix. Guess I need to increase the stirring to keep it suspended in the water. lowered dosing back to ~100ml/hr; 110ml/hr 6-11am.

Thanks to Steve at PrecisionConverting I can run my tank for another year!
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Carving out a sign/light shade for a Canary Blenny...
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found a spot to store my sign
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Happy you discovered the puck problem early!

Which Precision Converting? WI or FL?

 

[Projects with Sam]

Happy you discovered the puck problem early!

Which Precision Converting? WI or FL?

Precision converting, llc

Custom rolled rayon filter paper, coolant filtration filter rolls, filter paper, fleece. Deep bed gravity filter filtration.

preconfilter.com

Puck problem a known thing? Guess I should search for kalk-stirrer gripe pages to save myself some learnin'.

 

[Goaway]

Precision converting, llc

Custom rolled rayon filter paper, coolant filtration filter rolls, filter paper, fleece. Deep bed gravity filter filtration.

preconfilter.com

Puck problem a known thing? Guess I should search for kalk-stirrer gripe pages to save myself some learnin'.

Actually, it very much is. I never had to deal with one. I know lack of experience has no right to talk. I've seen reports of it. Not hard to find if you look for a problem. Hard to find a problem until you run into it.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Ok; stirrer will go for 2 seconds every 3 minutes. hope it doesn't annoy me. I need to add the LEDs like I have for Adam's - Disco stirrer. I hope I don't oversaturate and precipitate out the Calcium? (Something bad happens if you over stir your calc in atmosphere.)

 

[Fish Styx]

Ok; stirrer will go for 2 seconds every 3 minutes. hope it doesn't annoy me. I need to add the LEDs like I have for Adam's - Disco stirrer. I hope I don't oversaturate and precipitate out the Calcium? (Something bad happens if you over stir your calc in atmosphere.)

Have your mix at 2 tablespoons per gallon. That provides a fully saturated mix. Check the ph weekly for drop to clue you in on when to add more kalk. Exposure to air won't precipitate the calcium out of solution, but will degrade the potency, so make sure your stirrer is sealed. I'm not sure that two seconds every few minutes will do the trick. I set mine to stir (via magnetic stir plate) for 2 minutes every hour. That keeps the solution saturated and it from caking up.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Have your mix at 2 tablespoons per gallon. That provides a fully saturated mix. Check the ph weekly for drop to clue you in on when to add more kalk. Exposure to air won't precipitate the calcium out of solution, but will degrade the potency, so make sure your stirrer is sealed. I'm not sure that two seconds every few minutes will do the trick. I set mine to stir (via magnetic stir plate) for 2 minutes every hour. That keeps the solution saturated and it from caking up.

I'm going to put in the LEDs before I put out any more videos on it. Its a DIY high-capacity version I made myself.

 

[rmorris_14]

I'm going to put in the LEDs before I put out any more videos on it. Its a DIY high-capacity version I made myself.

 

[Soren]

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That baby sailfin tang (I'm assuming it's veliferum not desjardini?) is quite cute and beautiful!

 

[crusso1993]

Precision converting, llc

Custom rolled rayon filter paper, coolant filtration filter rolls, filter paper, fleece. Deep bed gravity filter filtration.

preconfilter.com

Puck problem a known thing? Guess I should search for kalk-stirrer gripe pages to save myself some learnin'.

Precision Converting is obviously a pretty well-used name!

Have your mix at 2 tablespoons per gallon. That provides a fully saturated mix. Check the ph weekly for drop to clue you in on when to add more kalk. Exposure to air won't precipitate the calcium out of solution, but will degrade the potency, so make sure your stirrer is sealed. I'm not sure that two seconds every few minutes will do the trick. I set mine to stir (via magnetic stir plate) for 2 minutes every hour. That keeps the solution saturated and it from caking up.

B-I-N-G-O!

 

[Projects with Sam]

Before I left on Saturday:

A friend gave me an awesome rainbow bubble tip anemone which went into the 15gallon.

And I traded some light shades to Jim@ ReefWISE for a canary blenny, a green mandarin a flame scallop and a ton of cleanup crew! He hooked me up.



Timmy is getting to be chunky! He’s definitely transitioning

 

[Projects with Sam]

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I'll clean my clam.

 

[F i s h y]

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I'll clean my clam.

Twss

 

[Projects with Sam]

photo dump! frag tank 1/4 clean... playing with the macro lens...