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The RC post is updated with new pictures. I am almost complete. Just need to finish up the PEX heat exchanger and install it in the sump. Thanks

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johara where you located? I have a 300g rubbermaid stock tank you could borrow and hold everything in another room of the house until the floor is done. I keep it on hand just incase I have a tank crack, etc. Let me know. I am just over in San Ramon.

It really is. 1 gallon of water evaporation is 2369 watts of heat loss. So for all of you having open top tanks or sumps cover them up if your heaters are running!! It will save you a bundle. My first cold winter month with this tank 4 years ago it was nearly $500 to heat it. By covering up...

I have everything insulated that I can besides the underground plumbing. I found today a manufacture back east that makes Sch 40 insulated 2" PVC Pipe. They are working on a quote for me. The problem is about 1/3 of the run to my shed is under the concrete slab foundation of the shed. If the...

Just a heads up. I started my Natural Gas heater build thread over on RC. It is at http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1771510 Feel free to ask any questions here or there. Hopefully some other large tank owners will find this useful. -Chris

What size tank? If its a smaller tank just go for the ROX as you will not go through that much. I use the normal stuff for my systems as I go through so much of it. As for the GFO the best bang for the buck is the pellets (Po4 removal capacity vs cost). Again if its a smaller tank you could...

I guess my karma is zero as I have never put into but never taken anything out of DBTC. :o I "created" two very small frags mounting the Echinata today as Echinatas are just a PITA to mount without damaging them. If the frags start to grow, I suspect atleast one will make it to the DBTC early...

Robert, I know both Osh and Home Depot up here in the east bay (san ramon) sell 2" PVC gate valves. They unfortunately are not the type that you can disassemble to clean though.

So whats next week?? :)

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I have a spare IC250 if you need to borrow one. I am located over in San Ramon though. -Chris

Thats what I am thinking of doing. Its just the amount of time it would take me to do it. Work is such a zoo right now I barely have time to feed my fish :(

My problem with keeping my FOWLR system warm is that the system is split between my dining room and a shed outside which is the filter room. In my dining room I have the 600g tank. From there it has 2 x 2" drains that run out the side of the house, then underground about 12' and then up...

Will do. I was planning on doing a DIY thread on it. But here is the math real quick To heat 100g of water by 4 degree F it takes 1kw of heat. Electric heaters are near 100% efficient due to the fact they are in the water. Gas heaters are going to be closer to 80% efficient so it takes...

The biggest thing you guys can do to keep your tank temperatures up during the winter is to stop as much evaporation of water as possible. Every gallon per day of evaporation from your tank is equivilant to a 100 watt heater running 24x7. I was able to drop the heating bill during the dead of...

What ever brand heater you go with make sure to run an external controller like a Ranco. I have never seen a heater that has even a decently reliable and accurate thermostat. There is just no way to build a 20$ heater with a quality thermostat. I just use two heaters on each controller of...

Robert so sorry to hear about this. I wish you luck in tracking down these folks.

Tank 1 Tank 220g Sump 55g Fuge 100g Tank 2 Tank 600g Sump 300g Fuge 200g Water Change Tank 900g :)

Well it finally happened last night. I had a fish jump out of my tank. Luckily I was in the kitchen and heard my triggers going at it in the big tank. Well my smallest trigger (8" Female Crosshatch) lost and landed on top of the tank on the middle support under MH light. So I rushed in there...