16ANA 240G starfire mixed reef (1 Viewer)
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so just get drywall and paint over it?
That's what I did. Although I do not plan to have as much condensation on my walls as what you have described. But one would think if you create a solid enough barrier with the paint you should be safe.
Just looked in the back (I keep my leftover paint back there). I don't have any left. But I do have a couple chunks of sheetrock left over. If you want to grab a chunk and get a small can of the paint you can do some testing to see if gives you the protection you're looking for.
Just looked in the back (I keep my leftover paint back there). I don't have any left. But I do have a couple chunks of sheetrock left over. If you want to grab a chunk and get a small can of the paint you can do some testing to see if gives you the protection you're looking for.
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The reason I'm expecting condensation is, everyday esp in winter about 5-8 gallons evaporates.. depends on how dry/cold the outside air is. since warm air needs to cool down/lose steam it will have to condense.
My guess is with the setup being enclosed the rate of evaporation should go down, by how much? I dont know..
Original plan was to have a fan circulate the air inside and this movement will cause air exchange. I intend to leave the bottom 12" open to allow the room to breathe.
My guess is with the setup being enclosed the rate of evaporation should go down, by how much? I dont know..
Original plan was to have a fan circulate the air inside and this movement will cause air exchange. I intend to leave the bottom 12" open to allow the room to breathe.
Saw this one after almost a month... never saw it swimming in open waters before... must have been depressed with no company.. I kept an eye on it for almost 3 hours.. well 2 days later it was nice n crispy :doh:
Bye bye
Bye bye
reef junkie
Senior Member
Look into a mold resistant sheetrock, green board or purple rock. Then pick up some FRP. Its comes it 4x8 sheets, Glue it to the rock. Can cut it with a utility knife on the back, then snap it. Use this stuff all the time in showers or in wet areas of restaurants, they have corners and edges to seam the sheets together. Use it on the walls and the ceilings. As a safety measure could use some poly behind the rock to help keep moisture in. But now with all this moisture if there is no vent to the outside or some sort of air to air exchange i would be concerned with surface mold.
FRP = Fiber reinforced plastic? I've been looking into that also but trying to keep costs down as much as practical...esp since its not lifeline critical.
right now it appears that green board plus mold resistant paint is cheaper.
I'm also looking into one more option...it will be a lot cleaner and easy to clean. waiting to hear back from a CL post.
right now it appears that green board plus mold resistant paint is cheaper.
I'm also looking into one more option...it will be a lot cleaner and easy to clean. waiting to hear back from a CL post.
Today! I suffered a reefers worst nightmare... hair on fire :flamethrower::eek4:
How on earth did you manage that?!
LOL I am not sure what happened, I was working on the tank tidying things up and then there's smell of burning hair. First reaction... take both hands not caring if they're caked in kalkwasser slurry and check the top of your head :rotflmao:
Then I went sniff sniff sniff sniff to find the source... well somehow from somewhere a drop or two of saltwater made it to the apex head unit still unsure how that happened.. but that's how a burning apex smells like.. burnt hair.
Crazy as I am, 2013 was not going to be different.. opened it up and did a quick check... everything looked ok, cleaned up the saltwater and hooked it right back. as far as I can tell no damage except for a the pins on a variable speed jack lost their shine but still work. the entire setup works. things happen when you're not watching.. sigh
Then I went sniff sniff sniff sniff to find the source... well somehow from somewhere a drop or two of saltwater made it to the apex head unit still unsure how that happened.. but that's how a burning apex smells like.. burnt hair.
Crazy as I am, 2013 was not going to be different.. opened it up and did a quick check... everything looked ok, cleaned up the saltwater and hooked it right back. as far as I can tell no damage except for a the pins on a variable speed jack lost their shine but still work. the entire setup works. things happen when you're not watching.. sigh
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LOL! Sounds like an interesting day off, never a dull moment in this hobby!! Glad you didn't fry the apex, crossing my fingers for you!
Thanks Dude, its always fun and frolic here :rotflmao:
continuing with the spirit- more DIY! take a good long look at the pic and shoot holes in it.. I want to know why it wont work or what is wrong with it.
The magnet - Tunze 6045 magnets, I had them lying around otherwise I swear I would DIY that too :kackle:
The floats -Total of four, from top to bottom 1 being top and 4 being bottom. 2 and 3 are hooked to a relay. 3 is the ATO level (cant really see the float in the pic but its there), 2 is backup for 2.
1 & 4 floats will connect to a break out box, 1 is backup for 2.. switch everything off :bow:.. not really
just cut the power completely to the ATO and send an alarm.
4 is low water, send alarm and cut power to return pump.
Will 1 have issues with it being so close to the magnet?
If something looks really wrong or I need more floats.. I am armed and ready
The magnet - Tunze 6045 magnets, I had them lying around otherwise I swear I would DIY that too :kackle:
The floats -Total of four, from top to bottom 1 being top and 4 being bottom. 2 and 3 are hooked to a relay. 3 is the ATO level (cant really see the float in the pic but its there), 2 is backup for 2.
1 & 4 floats will connect to a break out box, 1 is backup for 2.. switch everything off :bow:.. not really
just cut the power completely to the ATO and send an alarm.4 is low water, send alarm and cut power to return pump.
Will 1 have issues with it being so close to the magnet?
If something looks really wrong or I need more floats.. I am armed and ready
Howdy!
cubetankguy
its hip to be square
hi :gay2:
Back from a nice vacation, and here's some boring obligatory tank pics lol
Some nice green garden taking off in the sump, spring time soon YAY -
If the corals are good, so the HA should be pretty too
ATS blah blah blah, ever seen an ATS at 4.5 weeks? I did not.... until now -
Side A
Side B
Notice one thing on both sides.. really bald spots.. some of the spots were clean.. nothing on the plastic at all. at some point past the 2.5-3 weeks stage the algae started to die and seems went fast. however it appears new algae was making a come back where the old had died AFTER the old was completely gone.
some close ups of the rotting algae, it also appears at some point the ATS had become a detritus trap as I never detritus in there before
There was easily more than 6cups of harvest. the entire screen cleaned off rather too easily.. it almost appeared the side A had nothing to do with side B :idea:
The body of the ATS sprung a leak.. time for a new body.. the next version has been due anyway
Some nice green garden taking off in the sump, spring time soon YAY -
If the corals are good, so the HA should be pretty too
ATS blah blah blah, ever seen an ATS at 4.5 weeks? I did not.... until now -
Side A
Side B
Notice one thing on both sides.. really bald spots.. some of the spots were clean.. nothing on the plastic at all. at some point past the 2.5-3 weeks stage the algae started to die and seems went fast. however it appears new algae was making a come back where the old had died AFTER the old was completely gone.
some close ups of the rotting algae, it also appears at some point the ATS had become a detritus trap as I never detritus in there before
There was easily more than 6cups of harvest. the entire screen cleaned off rather too easily.. it almost appeared the side A had nothing to do with side B :idea:
The body of the ATS sprung a leak.. time for a new body.. the next version has been due anyway
Main Display... ?:gay2:
Obituaries -
Bugger never was good at posing for the camera... I'm guessing natural death as it he/she was the tanks boss for a while and had been in my tanks for almost 3yrs, not sure how long in the previous owners tank.
Favorites among corals for me, there's still life left but for now the colony is gone. guessing a freak accident.. change in tides + a innoucous nudge by a fast swimmer -
Also gone, two tiny O's we picked up at the last frag swap.. no pics
Bugger never was good at posing for the camera... I'm guessing natural death as it he/she was the tanks boss for a while and had been in my tanks for almost 3yrs, not sure how long in the previous owners tank.
Favorites among corals for me, there's still life left but for now the colony is gone. guessing a freak accident.. change in tides + a innoucous nudge by a fast swimmer -
Also gone, two tiny O's we picked up at the last frag swap.. no pics