SeattleDarko
REEFER
OK so I got a sweet deal on this and it's really cool because I get to redo all of the stupid mistakes I made the first time instead of living with my mistakes. Like making sure the stand is exactly what I want. So this brings me to my first :?: question what if anything would you change or do differently? So here is where I am at, I am working on refinishing the stand, I have started on the hood because I am still not sure how the shelves are going to work with the sump. I hate refinishing things!!! I worked on the thing for about 5 hours today uggggg. So the first thing that I did was I used Killz on the inside of the hood I used 2 cans, the lady at the paint store said I should seal it with something so I think I will just hit it with the Krylon touch it with white. I also used Killzs on the inside of the stand well I ran out so I will finish that tomorrow, I am going to Krylon touch that in a light grey so it will stay bright but hide dirt better then white. As for the outside of the stand I have about 1500 coats left to do. But I am doing it to match this coffee table that I got from South Africa so its going to take me a while to get the colors how I want them it will be a range of light brown to black.
Now on to the fun stuff. D2Mini thank you I have read your build a few times since I am doing almost the same thing and I have picked up a few pointers. So here is a look at the lack of space I hvae to deal with.
I am going to have the sump break down like this right refuge, left skimmer, middle return. Hopefully this will work, that is a 10gallon tank in there right now. Not a lot of room! I can't afford to have something custom made, but that would be nice. So right now I am looking for any options or ideas. I was going to use the Mag 3 for the return pump so it’s not very big. I was thinking about have a HOB skimmer too? Then I could have more room for the refuge. Anyone have anything to say why or why not? It would be out of site and that is my personal driving force for having a sump under the tank.
Today I ordered my RO+DI Unit. pretty stoked about that.
http://www.purewaterclub.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=178
Also we took down our big planted tank and I swipped the digital PH Meter its this one Milwaukee Instruments pH Monitor/Controller, SMS122 but I am having a problem. It will not turn on? It had been working fine anyone ever have this problem?
Now on to the fun stuff. D2Mini thank you I have read your build a few times since I am doing almost the same thing and I have picked up a few pointers. So here is a look at the lack of space I hvae to deal with.
I am going to have the sump break down like this right refuge, left skimmer, middle return. Hopefully this will work, that is a 10gallon tank in there right now. Not a lot of room! I can't afford to have something custom made, but that would be nice. So right now I am looking for any options or ideas. I was going to use the Mag 3 for the return pump so it’s not very big. I was thinking about have a HOB skimmer too? Then I could have more room for the refuge. Anyone have anything to say why or why not? It would be out of site and that is my personal driving force for having a sump under the tank.
Today I ordered my RO+DI Unit. pretty stoked about that.
http://www.purewaterclub.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=178
Also we took down our big planted tank and I swipped the digital PH Meter its this one Milwaukee Instruments pH Monitor/Controller, SMS122 but I am having a problem. It will not turn on? It had been working fine anyone ever have this problem?
