Gimmito's 450 gal L-shaped tank

[gimmito]

Good stuff Jim! :beer:

Thanks John...always welcome to check it out in person.

 

[gimmito]

Over a hundred posts early? Don't you think you are rushing things!?

Looks good, have a lot of fun aquascaping!

Yeah I know I'm early, but we had a lot of rain to fill up the tank.

I'm looking forward to the challenge of aquascaping.

 

[gimmito]

This many excited people deserve some video!
Put some bath toys in there, and lets check it out

Coming soon.

Noise ok?
Pump handling that high head ok?

Noise is around 60 db on my spl meter. It's about a normal conversation within a meter. Pump handles the head with no problem. I actually have to dial it down a bit, but I don't have any reactors or chillers hooked up either so we'll see. Also, I still have to play around with the drains a bit. I have a backup snapper pump that Jake Adams recommended for my system also.

Flood in the garage yet?
I am not up to 3 times. (I flooded it a bit breaking down the old tank)

Thankfully no flooding. :bigsmile:

Congrats!

Thanks Mark.

 

[JAR]

885!

 

[gimmito]

Now what am I going to do for a 1000 post ???

 

[xcaret]

Now get your Speedo, snorkel, mask and post a picture of yourself !

 

[JAR]

Now what am I going to do for a 1000 post ???

Is there salt in the water?

 

[xcaret]

Nope, he saved the rain water from the past few days.

 

[JAR]

Nope, he saved the rain water from the past few days.

Oh no!
Did you check it with a Geiger counter?

 

[JAR]

If you post every time you ad a cup of salt you will hit 1000 before 1.026 specific gravity is reached.

 

[rygh]

Sweet vids.

What is with all the bubbles coming out of one of the returns in the first video though?

A suggestion is to test it with no eductors, and see how overall flow changes.
They really reduce flow. For that pump, you might want more than 3.
And the more you have, the better you can control tank flow.

 

[gimmito]

Sweet vids.

What is with all the bubbles coming out of one of the returns in the first video though?

It's the drain from the fuge...I'm getting a little bit of micro bubbles.

A suggestion is to test it with no eductors, and see how overall flow changes.
They really reduce flow. For that pump, you might want more than 3.
And the more you have, the better you can control tank flow.

The educators are temporary until I get a pair of Sea Swirls or Wavy Seas.

 

[gimmito]

Nope, he saved the rain water from the past few days.

Oh no!
Did you check it with a Geiger counter?

I was wondering why there was a green tint to the water. :Sp

 

[gimmito]

If you post every time you ad a cup of salt you will hit 1000 before 1.026 specific gravity is reached.

Genius. :glasses:

 

[Erick]

So there is no salt yet? You just might get to 1000 posts before salt water yet!

 

[gimmito]

Now get your Speedo, snorkel, mask and post a picture of yourself !

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It's not me in a speedo, but I thought you guys might like the new additions I got.

 

[gimmito]

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Part 1 of water test.

 

[gimmito]

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Part 2 of water test.

 

[JAR]

Sign them up for the apnea worlds!

 

[Erick]

Nice guess they aren't wild caught, it's good to get captive bred, helps the world out I hear.