I've Been Thinking!(NEVER A GOOD THING)

[JR]

Scott you will love a reef tank. The only tank I have left up at this time is my 400 gal reef tank. In SW bigger is always better.

[b125killer]

Your absolutely right JR, I was told if you can't swim in the tank it's to small. The main goal of this tank is to cure rock for the 180 bow. I have a hundred pounds curing now. I'll be putting it in the tank next weekend. I still need to figure out what I want to do with the two big freshwater tanks that are running now. My problem is I like both tanks. I don't want to give up any of my fish. I also don't want to run three tanks that are 150 plus gallons. I know what I need to do, I just can't stand the through of letting fish go.

[Mugwump]

Your absolutely right JR, I was told if you can't swim in the tank it's to small. The main goal of this tank is to cure rock for the 180 bow. I have a hundred pounds curing now. I'll be putting it in the tank next weekend. I still need to figure out what I want to do with the two big freshwater tanks that are running now. My problem is I like both tanks. I don't want to give up any of my fish. I also don't want to run three tanks that are 150 plus gallons. I know what I need to do, I just can't stand the through of letting fish go.

Aw shucks....run the three big tanks...

[big b]

Are there any reasons to n run all the tanks?

[LizStreithorst]

He works all the time, B.  But, from what I've heard about salt water, once you've got it going right maintenance is an exercise  in restraint.  About the opposite from Discus keeping.

[big b]

An exercise in restraint? You mean like it's hard to not do any maintenance?

[sschind]

I just got a text today asking if I was interested in a 90 gallon reef tank with refugium and all.  I replied that unless it was free I wasn't interested.  Strange thing is I have no idea who it was from.

[Mugwump]

I just got a text today asking if I was interested in a 90 gallon reef tank with refugium and all.  I replied that unless it was free I wasn't interested.  Strange thing is I have no idea who it was from.

should have had my name on the mssg... 

[Mugwump]

I just got a text today asking if I was interested in a 90 gallon reef tank with refugium and all.  I replied that unless it was free I wasn't interested.  Strange thing is I have no idea who it was from.

should have had my name on the mssg... 

and I think I pm'd Scott too....?....

[b125killer]

Big b, I don't want to run three big tanks mostly because of time. The discus take up a lot of my time. Also it cost almost the same to run my tanks now as it did to run 11 or so tanks when I was breeding. I'm also quickly finding out the true cost of running saltwater. There's a lot of stuff on them tanks. It seems every time I turn around I'm shelling out more money for something I forgot or didn't do correctly to begin with.

[b125killer]

Ok I got the rock into the tank. The skimmer is going and the heater is on. That's The plus the bad is I had to take the sump out and redo it. It seems I put the first two baffles above the hight of the incoming water chamber. That created all kinds of problems. The biggest being the water was only trickling into the return chamber.
I got the sump back together and tested the system again, more problems. I can't get the flow right. If I turn it up to where it needs the overflows sound like a waterfall. If I turn it down to stop the "waterfall" I don't get good return flow. The only way I can think to stop this is plum the overflows with a durso method. It would work but also requires me to drill the tank. I don't have the space in my diy overflow to plum it this way. So I ordered the drill I need to drill glass two bulkheads and a real overflow box. So far with what this tank has cost me I could of got a breeding pair of discus! 

[big b]

Oh

[Mugwump]

Ok I got the rock into the tank. The skimmer is going and the heater is on. That's The plus the bad is I had to take the sump out and redo it. It seems I put the first two baffles above the hight of the incoming water chamber. That created all kinds of problems. The biggest being the water was only trickling into the return chamber.
I got the sump back together and tested the system again, more problems. I can't get the flow right. If I turn it up to where it needs the overflows sound like a waterfall. If I turn it down to stop the "waterfall" I don't get good return flow. The only way I can think to stop this is plum the overflows with a durso method. It would work but also requires me to drill the tank. I don't have the space in my diy overflow to plum it this way. So I ordered the drill I need to drill glass two bulkheads and a real overflow box. So far with what this tank has cost me I could of got a breeding pair of discus! 

The better part of the lesson is the journey. It's hectic sometimes as problems are discovered and resolved....but at the end, this will provide you with the most pleasure.....the accomplishment...... Have fun, can't wait to see it all completed..... good job 

[wsantia1]

Ok I got the rock into the tank. The skimmer is going and the heater is on. That's The plus the bad is I had to take the sump out and redo it. It seems I put the first two baffles above the hight of the incoming water chamber. That created all kinds of problems. The biggest being the water was only trickling into the return chamber.
I got the sump back together and tested the system again, more problems. I can't get the flow right. If I turn it up to where it needs the overflows sound like a waterfall. If I turn it down to stop the "waterfall" I don't get good return flow. The only way I can think to stop this is plum the overflows with a durso method. It would work but also requires me to drill the tank. I don't have the space in my diy overflow to plum it this way. So I ordered the drill I need to drill glass two bulkheads and a real overflow box. So far with what this tank has cost me I could of got a breeding pair of discus! 

The better part of the lesson is the journey. It's hectic sometimes as problems are discovered and resolved....but at the end, this will provide you with the most pleasure.....the accomplishment...... Have fun, can't wait to see it all completed..... good job 

Hang in there Scott. You can do this.

[Mugwump]

Ok I got the rock into the tank. The skimmer is going and the heater is on. That's The plus the bad is I had to take the sump out and redo it. It seems I put the first two baffles above the hight of the incoming water chamber. That created all kinds of problems. The biggest being the water was only trickling into the return chamber.
I got the sump back together and tested the system again, more problems. I can't get the flow right. If I turn it up to where it needs the overflows sound like a waterfall. If I turn it down to stop the "waterfall" I don't get good return flow. The only way I can think to stop this is plum the overflows with a durso method. It would work but also requires me to drill the tank. I don't have the space in my diy overflow to plum it this way. So I ordered the drill I need to drill glass two bulkheads and a real overflow box. So far with what this tank has cost me I could of got a breeding pair of discus! 

The better part of the lesson is the journey. It's hectic sometimes as problems are discovered and resolved....but at the end, this will provide you with the most pleasure.....the accomplishment...... Have fun, can't wait to see it all completed..... good job 

Hang in there Scott. You can do this.

+1.....