Diy stand for 30 gallon

[Tobykourtney]

Tested the flow rate today and it came out to 140 gph. I also ordered sand,salt,hygrometer,ro unit,test kits,circulation pumps,and skimmer. Man my wallet hurts lol

 

[Tobykourtney]

Purchased 30 lbs of base rock today. What do y'all think?

 

[jwh0818]

Tested the flow rate today and it came out to 140 gph. I also ordered sand,salt,hygrometer,ro unit,test kits,circulation pumps,and skimmer. Man my wallet hurts lol

Wow that's awesome!! $


the ro units what killed ya huh?

Purchased 30 lbs of base rock today. What do y'all think?

It looks great!!!

 

[Tobykourtney]

Thanks man the ro unit was only 68 bucks. They were out of di attachment hopefully it'll be fine. Everything just added up plus I just ordered lights. Everything I need is bought though and only went over my 500 dollar budget by 100 bucks.

 

[jwh0818]

Wow awesome man!!! Not too bad!

 

[Tobykourtney]

The epoxy didn't hold so now I have this.

 

[jwh0818]

ahhh dang. Use more?

 

[Tobykourtney]

I won't attach to the rock for some reason

 

[Tobykourtney]

ahhh dang. Use more?

This is what I ended up with. It's zip tied together. What do you think?

 

[jwh0818]

Hey that's a smart idea! I like it!

 

[Tobykourtney]

I don't really no how I feel about it maybe I'll like it better when I have it completely set up

 

[Tobykourtney]

And the cycle begins

 

[jwh0818]

That's the hard part! No live rock to seed?

 

[Tobykourtney]

Working on it. My plan was to put live rock rubble in the refugium. Would this work just as well as putting it in the display?

 

[jwh0818]

Working on it. My plan was to put live rock rubble in the refugium. Would this work just as well as putting it in the display?

That's a question I can't really answer! I imagine it would work just about the same. People add the rubble to the refugium for more bacteria surface area if I'm not mistaken!

 

[Tobykourtney]

I'm going to try it I don't see how it would be any different. I'm probably only going to use a few pounds since I'm going to let it cycle til I get back from vacation in June so the extra time it will take won't be a problem.

 

[jwh0818]

I'm going to try it I don't see how it would be any different. I'm probably only going to use a few pounds since I'm going to let it cycle til I get back from vacation in June so the extra time it will take won't be a problem.

then I wouldn't add any! Just let it cycle with a dead shrimp in a filter sock or panty hose. That way when you get back, if it's still not cycled, you can add the rubble

 

[Tobykourtney]

That sounds like a good idea. I may just add some base rock rubble in the refugium. Sweet thing about having a 10 gallon sump on a 20 gallon is I can run the the sump water level 2 inches from the top so I have a lot of room lol

 

[jwh0818]

Yeah I don't see that tank overflowing in an outage!

 

[Tobykourtney]

So the skimmer doesn't fit in the sump and the heater doesn't either :-(. I guess my sump is just a refugium now. The skimmer is working great right out of the box so I guess that counts for something.