xinu's 375g tank

[xinumaster]

I just replaced my old euroreef CS12-1 skimmer a week ago with an ATB "Large" model skimmer.

Here is the CS12-1 skimmer.

And this is my new ATB skimmer.

Break in period

24hr worth of skimmate.

 

[LeviT]

Very cool. That seems like a lot of water and not a lot of skimmate? I'm just basing that on what I'm used to so it's at a much smaller scale but I was expecting it to be dark like your old one. Is that because it's new still?

 

[xinumaster]

Yap, it is wet skimmate but ideal for a Bare Bottom Tank setup. I can probably adjust the gate in the output pipe to make the skimmate darker; that way I won't have to empty the waste cup every 24hrs but instead every 48hrs. A problem I see with darker skimmate is that hard waste sticks on the skimmate neck that can cause reduction in the performance of the skimmer.

 

[Raddogz]

Nice addition Perry!

The scicci pumps rock!

 

[xinumaster]

Eileen, ATB don't use Sicce pump. This pump was base from Laguna pumps; the same pumps that were used on BK.

 

[Elite]

Nice

Are you going to sell the ER?

 

[xinumaster]

Yes I will be selling the euroreef cs12-1.

 

[PhotoSniper]

Kickass tank man. I can't wait to set up my new 140 g tank.

 

[xinumaster]

And here is more picture of this nasty waste from my euroreef CS12-1.

 

[Raddogz]

I've heard people using the sludge from the skimmer as fertilizer for your garden.

 

[xinumaster]

A peanut butter substitute maybe

 

[sfsuphysics]

5 bucks if you eat that dude!

 

[xinumaster]

Nah! I'm not ready to give up my JIF brand peanut butter, yet.

 

[PhotoSniper]

It actually works great, but you have to dilute it a bit, and/or mix it with other compost to get optimal results.

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I've heard people using the sludge from the skimmer as fertilizer for your garden.
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[xinumaster]

The other update I made to my current setup is the addition of a Sulfur Denitrator reactor. The reactor uses 10kg of sulfur beads and a gallon of Seachem Matrix De-nitrator reactor.

Here is a picture of the reactor.

It took about a week to bring down the N03 level from +100ppm to 0ppm at the reactor effluent. The test on the left vial is from my reactor effluent. The right vial (+100ppm) come from my main tank.

I'm hoping the NO3 in my main tank will drop to atleast a 50ppm in a couple more weeks.

 

[xinumaster]

Got my nitrate down from +100ppm then 50ppm after my initial setup.

The sulfur were getting compacted inside the chamber. When that happens water does not circulate in side anymore. I mod the reactor by mixing sulfur and denitrator media in the second half of the chamber to create pockets and to allow water to flow freely.

I also mod the direction of the flow so that water curcluate now from bottom to top of of the reactor.
The new mod brought the nitrate down from +100ppm to 10ppm in the tank and 0ppm in the reactor effluent. After two weeks got my nitrate down from +100ppm to 50ppm. But last night I check it again and nitrate is down to 10ppm.

Here is new picture of the modded sulfur de-nitrator reactor.

 

[xinumaster]

Pictures of some recently aquired corals.

Oregon tort that I just got over the weekend from Alan. Nice to have a reefer who is also your neighbor.

Next to OT is a Setosa that I picked up from the BAR frag swap. Luckily it survived after falling on top of a favia.

A frag of this chalice might be going to DBTC soon. So watch for it. Does it qual as semi Xtreme?

A dendro trying to devour a krill.

ORA german blue green acro. I love ORA.

Miami Orchid. Another ORA.

Pink Smoothie -- still under evaluation. Picked up this one last Monday.

 

[LeviT]

Looking good Perry. Is that dendro what some people are calling micro or nano dendro? opposed to normal sun coral.

 

[xinumaster]

Not the micro. It's the large head dendrophyllia.

 

[Apon]

Perry are you still looking for a large gigas? coralb4bills is selling a 10 incher and OT is selling a 20ish? incher, its been there for over a month, its too big for me.