Alien Invasion?

Not really. Just a green fish.
A Green Chromis.
I am now accepting offers for naming rights. Name suggestions will be considered, but management retains all rights to names not accompanied with an offer. Suggested names are favored with references to his color. The following are some easy suggestion although a little obvious.

1. Greeny
2. Booger
3. Limey
4. Green Fish
5. Hulk
6. (your suggestion here)

 Added some new hardware this week too!
You can see the pump above. This is for water circulation inside the tank. There is another pump on the opposite side. The pumps are variable speed and synchronized to create a flow pattern in the tank that mimics a reef zone. You can see the tank side below.



 Below are the speed controllers for he tank pumps.



Sponge Bob is patiently waiting his turn.





Control Central.

This is the brains of the operation: An Apex aquarium controller, a power strip with 8 switchable outlets, a probe module to connect a temperature probe and a PH probe, a Wireless Variable speed module for pump control, a digital heater temperature control, and the display. This system will run all the pumps, heaters, lights, maintenance cycles, feeding cycles, and even email me it there is a problem. Currently I have it connected on the home network. I still have to figure out how to make it accessible from the Internet.

Next week -- maybe a new fish and the clean up crew (crabs, snails, and shrimp)

Lots to do yet.

Back to work.

Sand, salt, rock, and rubble

No Fish Yet.
Almost.

The heat controller on the front is temporary. I wanted to get the water up to temperature quickly so I added a third heater in the tank. The other two heaters are in the sump. Notice the place the rock and sand (Thank Beth). I think it is looking pretty awesome.

Two 100 watt heaters in the sump. I put extra rock in the center section for more biological filtration.

Don't worry about the messy wiring. It is still a work in progress.

Added a couple of the larger extra pieces of rock to the Refugium.

Maybe A fish tomorrow.

Blue Green Chromis

Getting Close

The WATER is in and circulating.

 No LEAKS.  Wahoo!

Added an Osmolator today. This is an automatic water pump that keeps the water level and helps maintain the salinity of the water. It has a optical low water sensor and a float switch as a safety high water switch.

You can see the water level sensors in the left chamber with the pump.
 

A 32 gallon fresh water storage tank was added. It has a float switch for the water filter so it will automatically fill and shut off the water. A 3/4" pipe is installed in the side so I can connect a transfer pump to pump water into the salt water storage tank. More about this in later posts.

Next step is adding the coral rock and the aquarium controller.