I was thinking earlier that I'm pretty sure there's a flow meter thingy that they sell which is why I was asking about how it's all calibrated. Strange that the default calibration is to just wing it and eyeball it though, considering how pedantic the rest of the calibration stuff has been so far (at least that I've experienced).
Does the Apex replace the speed controller for the pump completely - or can you still see that?
You can see the lights on the controller and mine are all lit up, on fusion the schedule says 100% with min speed 4% and max speed 6%. It's all to do with the IQ level adjustment which I think is the wizard with setting up the pump, but I've read there's another way to set it up bypassing the wizard which is not recommended but I haven't tried that.
Yeah fair enough. I've just left it to do it's thing. I think I've got about 1/4 of the media used so far but yeah probably wont change it unless I see the pH drop off or that it gets used up. Be interesting to see how it evolves, if it does.
Yeah you could be right re skimmer as the ReefMat does a lot of heavy lifting filtering crap so you might not have as much to skim, but if you are looking to eventually heavily stock your tank then it might be fine.Yeah fair enough. I've just left it to do it's thing. I think I've got about 1/4 of the media used so far but yeah probably wont change it unless I see the pH drop off or that it gets used up. Be interesting to see how it evolves, if it does.
Still think the skimmer is not quite right. I either get heaps of foam but stuff all skimmate (as in the foam doesn't overflow enough into the cup so it takes weeks to fill up) or I get too much liquid and it looks like a boiling pot.
Think perhaps I oversized the skimmer a little when I got it thinking it'll be good for when I have a heavily stocked tank. Can't seem to get it to skim just right to help me to reduce my nitrates.
According to this I should've gone for the 150 (I went for the 180 instead for some reason), but now I really don't wanna spend another 500+ on getting a smaller skimmer just to see if it works LOL
Yeah I wonder if that was the mindset when buying it.
Wow!Houston, we have a problem!
The last few days the return has been glugging away a bit (going down the emergency overflow or whatever). Initially I wondered if the vents were clogged up, but nope, they're clear. Then I thought maybe something is clogging up the reefmat, causing slow flow... never did I expect to see this.
There was literally a carpet of aiptasia down there. Unbelievable. I know I had spotted a couple of big ones in the DT along with a couple of smaller ones in the sump, but this was unreal. Never thought it would be these things clogging things up!
I'm going to have to pull the whole unit out today and thoroughly attack it with a brush/hot water or something in the sink to try get them all out for good. Then hope they don't come back!
I also need to go and buy some aiptasia X to try kill off the big ones in the tank and also thinking about possible getting some peppermint shrimp to run around in the sump and possibly a filefish for the DT.
Yeah, going to try and pick some up tomorrow if I can find someWow!Houston, we have a problem!
The last few days the return has been glugging away a bit (going down the emergency overflow or whatever). Initially I wondered if the vents were clogged up, but nope, they're clear. Then I thought maybe something is clogging up the reefmat, causing slow flow... never did I expect to see this.
There was literally a carpet of aiptasia down there. Unbelievable. I know I had spotted a couple of big ones in the DT along with a couple of smaller ones in the sump, but this was unreal. Never thought it would be these things clogging things up!
I'm going to have to pull the whole unit out today and thoroughly attack it with a brush/hot water or something in the sink to try get them all out for good. Then hope they don't come back!
I also need to go and buy some aiptasia X to try kill off the big ones in the tank and also thinking about possible getting some peppermint shrimp to run around in the sump and possibly a filefish for the DT.
I know i have one in my sump i see every now and again, so i dropped some peppermint shrimp in there to take care of it...could you fit shrimp in there?
Nice! Hopefully they take care of them.
ooo lucky. I definitely didn't expect to see any in there tbh. I've changed over that roll a few times and never noticed anything like that. I pulled the reefmat out, completely dismantled it and gave it a hot bath using tap water and attacking it with a toothbrush. It took a while but I think I got everything. Fingers crossed.
Best bet is the Monsoon Urchins - the ones you can buy really small.
I had a tiny baby shortspine urchin come in from a frag one day and was moving about, havent seen it in forever though so who knows if it still exists. I don't know if I'll jump straight into getting one, I can't remember why but my last 2 decent ones (a tuxedo and a short spine) both died at one point not sure if it was a water parameter issue or something else.
Yeah I enjoy them, they're awesome corals. My last gold tip was pretty big, but for some reason let go of it's skeleton so... whilst it continued to live and probably would still be alive now.. I eventually got tired of having a box in the tank to house it so it wouldn't get sucked into a powerhead, eventually gave up.
