Busy weekend......
I had several things on my list to get done this weekend. I got most of it done.
First was to quiet the overflow. I was able to add two "Maggie Mufflers" which helped me raise the water level in the overflow. The way it is set up, there is no secondary barrier once the water goes through the teeth. So it is a free fall and makes it sound like a waterfall. Once the level was raised, it is very quiet. However..........the mufflers caused a very annoying Gurgle. I had seen a few people using tubing to get the air intake lower in the drain, so I tried it. I drilled the two pre-drilled holes in the muffler a bit bigger to accomodate air tubing I had lying around. I made them very long to reach to the bottom, however ended up raising them a few inches from the bottom for the best result. This worked VERY well. I did have to drill a third small hole to prevent the "toilet flush effect" that was happening about every 1/2 hour. So far so good. Very quiet and this makes me VERY happy!!
Took some pics
WHAT A MESS!!!
Lovin the skimmer. Working very hard for me.
Changed out the light with my 36" from the 65 gallon. 2 actinic 96w power compacts and 150W metal halide. The MH just went off before I took the pic. Thus the dark spot. LOL!
And a few of the corals moved from the 65.......
Cup coral......approx 4-5" accross. Had it for many years.
Frogspawn.......started with 1 head about 3 years ago. Now about 12 heads. One of my favorite corals.
Got a bit fed up with the algae issues on my 65 gallon.........had the GFO running for about 5 weeks and it was still getting worse. Several large water changes, etc, etc, etc. LOL! I'm ready to cook the Hell out of that rock!! Anyway, I moved a couple pieces that were being overtaken by the algae and ended up moving the whole thing. No fish though. Hope I don't regret it. :~
Moved the GFO / Carbon reactor over to the new tank and excited to see if it keeps my phosphates moving in the right direction. Did a water change on the big tank today and happy to report the fish are all lookin good. I will take a video in the next week sometime and get it up.
Todays params...
Nitrate = approx 5ppm
Nitrite = 0ppm
Amonia =