Fish cabinet by back door. Purified water for food thawing and serving cups live here. *

Food serving. Two squares from bag on top shelf of freezer. Soak in purified water to thaw, then strain using the small basket strainer. *

Straining the water out of the thawed fish food, part one. *

Straining the water out of the thawed food, part 2. *

Seaweed feeding contraption. NOTE: Clean any leftover seaweed out of the clip before mounting new (so that the clip can grip tightly) *

Closeup of seaweed in clip. NO MORE than 6 sheets, and REMEMBER to press the clip closed from both sides so that teeth of the clip will grip lettuce tightly. *

Big tank skimmer full shot. Water level is the clear pipe near upper right. Airflow in the middle left (to left of red pipe section). Ozonizer airflow is in upper left (where the corkboard meets the gray box for ClearWater). *

Closeup of water level indicator. Normal to bump up and down a bit. If down to "Lowest" level marked by label then need to change bag filter. *

Primary airflow for skimmer: should read between 12 and 15. If low, first try to adjust using black knob at bottom. If already fully open, turn off the recirculating pump for ten seconds, then back on (switch is mounted on wall just out of frame for this picture, labeled "recirc").

If still no luck, then try removing the airflow gage and cleaning (see next picture) *

Removing the airflow gage for cleaning. *

Closeup of ozone airflow meter, at upper left of skimmer. Should read between 2 and 4. *

Skimmer and calcium reactor under little tank.

Skimmer is in left front, the big tube filled with white bubbles.

Calcium reactor is the set of 4 gray tubes on the back right. *

Closeup of calcium reactor water flow indicator and control valve.

The smaller clear tube at upper right is the indicator. The stream of water should look like this, a thin tapering stream.

The blue valve in upper middle controls flow of water. If water is not flowing, adjust valve.
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Skimmer recirc pump switch - 2nd from top on the power strip mounted to left of skimmer, labeled "sarah" *

Bag filter - bucket to left is for used bags.

When changing bags, stand solidly on the left black foot (bottom middle of image) before turning the lid. *

Bag filter in foreground, main pump power switch in middle of image. Use the 4th switch from the top (with the large tan 3-way plug ) to turn off the main circulation pumps. *

Closeup of power switch for main pump: white label on side of powerstrip reads "sarah". *

Replacement bag filters are wedged between the storage cabinet and window. *

Water level for little tank. Closeup of sump under left side side of tank. *

Little tank skimmer shown running and not running. Notice in the left image that the main column of the skimmer is filled with white bubbles. *

Water reservoir and flow control valves. Use the valve on lower right (middle of 2nd image) to add water to the tank.
If you open this valve, DO NOT LEAVE fish room until you have closed it back again. *