Smitty's Reef

[d2mini]

Cool, hope it comes back. I love my slimer!

Here's what it SHOULD look like. Good luck! :D

 

[Smitty]

Hahaha...thanks Erin. :) I can always use those.

 

[Smitty]

Whoa...that's awesome Dennis. I hope mine does look like that someday, you've given me even more hope now. :)

 

[Smitty]

Well, I've finally set up a sump on my tank...i bought a pro clear wet/dry 75 system from a local reefer, and spent 2 hrs at my lfs(Aquatica) converting it over to a sump, and getting all the equipment.
Here's what I picked up.

 

[Smitty]

It took me about 2-3 hrs to set everything up, but I finally got it going. My return pump is loud as heck, so I'll be replacing that soon. I'll post pics of it tomorrow when my lights come on.

 

[BL1]

Very cool Smitty can't wait to see pics of the new setup.

 

[BL1]

How's the slimer doing?

 

[Smitty]

Very cool Smitty can't wait to see pics of the new setup.

Thanks Brian...it's still messy, but it's operational.

 

[Smitty]

How's the slimer doing?

It's slowly starting to get it's color back...i can see the light green on the polyps.

 

[NanoReefer]

good to hear. im thinking of adding a sump to my 37...

 

[Smitty]

good to hear. im thinking of adding a sump to my 37...

Go for it...i was excited but at the same time nervous about setting it up, but I like not having everything hanging in the back of the tank.

 

[Bifferwine]

Hey Smitty that looks great! How about a pic of it set up?

 

[Smitty]

Thank you Sarah, I'll post a pic of it all set up tomorrow when there is some sunlight in my front room. :)

 

[bjohanson1234]

Make sure that you drill a 1/4 hole right at the water line on the return line. This will help prevent a back siphon in a power outage.

 

[Smitty]

Thanks Bj, already taken care of. I performed the power outage test about 6x, and no issues. :)

 

[Smitty]

Alright, here's a pic of the sump...ran all night with no issues, so now I can relax...for now.

 

[Smitty]

Top Pic of the overflow box in action...

 

[Smitty]

And in sad news, I just found my peppermint shrimp dead, so I fed it to the nass snails.

 

[kbuser92]

Sorry bout your shrimp, Smitty, but everything else looks good.

 

[Smitty]

Thank you.