Ordering New 440/480 any advice?

[dr exum]

I completely agree with the Germ thing that was the reason I bought it. Now I have more fish than I know what to do with, all my QT are filled with baby peacocks, I have a 29 gallon with about 80 baby's from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2, a 20 gallon with about 60 1 inch and a 40 gallon with about 80 1 inch.
And that is just what I caught and spit i stopped doing that very quickly and now thay are surviving in the big tank there are baby peacocks everywhere, under all the rocks and in all the small spaces. Well i think most of them are peacocks but I know a rusty cichlid had baby's not to long ago and that was mixed with a hap I think, the colors are crazy. They look so good I stopped buying fish, now I have some insane hybrids that know one else has and they just keep breeding, at any given time I have at least 5 pregnant fish lol dont mind all the floating stuff just turned on the wave makers stir up all the stuff. The only think I hate it the filter socks anyone know a better way I am going through two 200 microns, 7 inch filter socks, in anywhere from 2 to 18 hours average is about 12 hours. I need to find a better way I was thinking of stuffing the socks with Polyester fill.

Your tank looks amazing I wish mine was that neat I just wanted mine up, I still need to make my canopy for it. Your at the best part now, picking all the fish.

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that’s a ton of babies! i only raised 3 or so batches - so many - it would be easy to fill up heaps of tanks!

i’ve got nothing on the filter socks, i use pad / course pond filter - lasts a week or so before clogging -

 

[yellowfinfmb]

I ordered a 760 gallon from fish tank direct I don't have it yet but I went and drove there and looked at .it looks great I just have to tell them when I want it delivered it is 10' long 4'wide 30"high with aluminum stand and 6' sump

 

[Tj203]

I ordered a 760 gallon from fish tank direct I don't have it yet but I went and drove there and looked at .it looks great I just have to tell them when I want it delivered it is 10' long 4'wide 30"high with aluminum stand and 6' sump

I would check the Thickness of the acrylic. The tank i have they wanted to do it in 1/2 but I would not do that. I had mine made from 3/4 and as you can tell by the picture it doesn't bow at all. It is worth the extra money.

 

[Tj203]

I ordered a 760 gallon from fish tank direct I don't have it yet but I went and drove there and looked at .it looks great I just have to tell them when I want it delivered it is 10' long 4'wide 30"high with aluminum stand and 6' sump

Also thats a 670 gallon

 

[dr exum]

i’ll be ordering from Fish Tanks direct from now on.... local guy here is a nutsack....


anywho....

nitrate reactor is reacting - ?

reading on left is from reactor / right is tank

 

[Tj203]

i’ll be ordering from Fish Tanks direct from now on.... local guy here is a nutsack....


anywho....

nitrate reactor is reacting - ?

reading on left is from reactor / right is tank

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Won't be long now just keep it nice and slow. Save up for the ORP this way you can tell in real time what it is doing. I can turn the valve and watch the numbers move instantly. I am happy it is working for you in a few weeks you should be able to increase the flow to 5 times the media amount an hour. So if you had o gallon of sulfur you shod be able to put about 5 gph through it. Thats a 110 gallon a day water change. I dont know if this is needed but I read people let the output go through some GFO to convert something I forgot what. I do it just for the hell of it GFO is cheap. Congrats!

 

[dr exum]

Won't be long now just keep it nice and slow. Save up for the ORP this way you can tell in real time what it is doing. I can turn the valve and watch the numbers move instantly. I am happy it is working for you in a few weeks you should be able to increase the flow to 5 times the media amount an hour. So if you had o gallon of sulfur you shod be able to put about 5 gph through it. Thats a 110 gallon a day water change. I dont know if this is needed but I read people let the output go through some GFO to convert something I forgot what. I do it just for the hell of it GFO is cheap. Congrats!

you have a link to the ORP sensor you got? it lfs wifi and goes into that little black fitting on top?

 

[Tj203]

you have a link to the ORP sensor you got? it lfs wifi and goes into that little black fitting on top?

Here is the ORP and the ORP and the PH one. If you can use the ph probe I would get it having 2 is not bad to verify each other but is is not that much more. I makes fine tuning them much easier like a sead before I can open the valve and watch the numbers changes in seconds.

They are the milwaukee Mc510 and MC 125


https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-MC510-Controller-Mounting-Accuracy/dp/B007Z4JBCC

Milwaukee MC125 PRO 2-in-1 Digital pH / ORP Controller

Milwaukee is your best source for pH, TDS, ORP testers, meters, monitors and controllers. Upgrade to Milwaukee for affordable, high performance digital measurement.

milwaukeeinstruments.com

 

[dr exum]

Here is the ORP and the ORP and the PH one. If you can use the ph probe I would get it having 2 is not bad to verify each other but is is not that much more. I makes fine tuning them much easier like a sead before I can open the valve and watch the numbers changes in seconds.

They are the milwaukee Mc510 and MC 125


https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-MC510-Controller-Mounting-Accuracy/dp/B007Z4JBCC

Milwaukee MC125 PRO 2-in-1 Digital pH / ORP Controller

Milwaukee is your best source for pH, TDS, ORP testers, meters, monitors and controllers. Upgrade to Milwaukee for affordable, high performance digital measurement.

milwaukeeinstruments.com

thanks! i’ll have to read up on this

 

[TheWolfman]

Neat little unit there is this just for monitoring and controling ph reactors? That unit does tds too?