Klir Filter Review.

[Jakepen]

Horizontal

Ahh, yeah my sensor doesn’t fit in horizontal, it has notches in the sensor so that it only fits in vertically. I was on the fence given all the negative reviews, and right out of the box it disappoints lol.

 

[SaltMan]

Ahh, yeah my sensor doesn’t fit in horizontal, it has notches in the sensor so that it only fits in vertically. I was on the fence given all the negative reviews, and right out of the box it disappoints lol.

They have pretty good service to get things right, try submitting a support ticket.

 

[Jakepen]

They have pretty good service to get things right, try submitting a support ticket.

Already in the works, thank you for your time.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

It's really interesting the various experiences folks have had with the optical sensor. I wonder what the true variables are. I installed the sensor as designed and it's yet to fail me or work in a fashion that otherwise would be less than optional. I'm not saying that anyone is installing theirs incorrectly at all, but curious as to why there is the wide variety in performance. I don't like to use the term luck, but maybe there's a key item that influences how this works?

The first major difference is the flow thru them is different for everyone. Gph more or less and also how smooth or violent the water flows thru and this is from different sump designs. I run 5-600 gph thru mine.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

This is how it looks in my sump

Yes your water flow looks very calm

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Just curious, do you have a pic of how your klir sits in the sump?

 

[RobB'z Reef]

The first major difference is the flow thru them is different for everyone. Gph more or less and also how smooth or violent the water flows thru and this is from different sump designs. I run 5-600 gph thru mine.

Fair enough! You have just one? I'm running a pair of them and I'm getting about 1,300 gph through them currently. I haven't tested if I can get more as I set my flow based on 50% capacity of my return pumps. I'm curious now to see what they really could take lol

 

[RobB'z Reef]

Nice setup btw

 

[((FORDTECH))]

See the bubbles

Nice setup btw

did you see video ? You can see how much bubbles flow thru mine that was problem with my sensor. I flow 1,000-1200 thru with 2 of them

 

[RobB'z Reef]

I just saw that now yes, it did look turbulent. I'll shoot a quick video of the flow I'm getting.

 

[RobB'z Reef]

See the bubbles

did you see video ? You can see how much bubbles flow thru mine that was problem with my sensor. I flow 1,000-1200 thru with 2 of them

Do you have the drain lines submerged below your water level? If not, perhaps that could help?

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Do you have the drain lines submerged below your water level? If not, perhaps that could help?

Wow we have almost identical set up’s. Is that a modular marine over flow ? I have 4 ft internal and 3 ft external custom built. I also run 2 cor 20s. What’s strange to me is how you say you running about 1300gph thru the 2 of them. That be 650gph each. What are you using to measure this? Because I have flow sensors and my Cor-20 at 22% does 500 gph. At 50% my cor flow 1200gph each and will over flow my sump. Maybe you are flowing a lot less then the 1300 you think? Yes my drain pipe is under the water level like 6 inches. Here is video of how the bubbles come out from drain pipe.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Do you have the drain lines submerged below your water level? If not, perhaps that could help?

I actually run 3 klir filters as you can see in this last video my basement is out of control lol

 

[RobB'z Reef]

Wow we have almost identical set up’s. Is that a modular marine over flow ? I have 4 ft internal and 3 ft external custom built. I also run 2 cor 20s. What’s strange to me is how you say you running about 1300gph thru the 2 of them. That be 650gph each. What are you using to measure this? Because I have flow sensors and my Cor-20 at 22% does 500 gph. At 50% my cor flow 1200gph each and will over flow my sump. Maybe you are flowing a lot less then the 1300 you think? Yes my drain pipe is under the water level like 6 inches. Here is video of how the bubbles come out from drain pipe.

I noticed that too lol. I'm running two cor-20's as well. No wonder I liked your setup lol. I don't have a flow sensor, I used a more manual calculation. I'll respond with that tomorrow as I'm running out of time tonight. My own assumptions could very well be off base, I'm definitely not perfect! I am using a modular Marine overflows yes.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Do you have the drain lines submerged below your water level? If not, perhaps that could help?

One thing I have noticed by watching your YouTube video is that with your over flow you are using a bean animal set up and with mine I have all three open to drain no emergency or anything all three draining water as we speak. I did this because I don’t care about the noise cause in basement and iwaki 100 is much louder anyways. And I figured with 3 drains could flow better then a bean animal. I would not think this would cause more bubbles

 

[RobB'z Reef]

One thing I have noticed by watching your YouTube video is that with your over flow you are using a bean animal set up and with mine I have all three open to drain no emergency or anything all three draining water as we speak. I did this because I don’t care about the noise cause in basement and iwaki 100 is much louder anyways. And I figured with 3 drains could flow better then a bean animal. I would not think this would cause more bubbles

What size is your tank? There are so many solutions that work across the board, that's what I love about this hobby. I always learn more by just talking and sharing experiences with people!

I definitely could open mine even more, but choose to throttle it back to optimally (for me) run at less than capacity. I did this with three thought that if I lost a pump, at 50% I could crank the remaining one at 100 and still achieve the same flow with no adjustments needed until I replaced the lost pump and still gave me plenty of turn over in theory. This actually worked in testing when I was setting it up.

Here's a link to my build thread where I show how I estimated my flow. I'm no fluid dynamics engineer so I'm open to rethinking this if your experience tells you I'm way off base in my logic.

Post in thread 'Rob's Really Rad 180 Reef Rally' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/robs-really-rad-180-reef-rally.722791/post-7979685

 

[Flameback Pair]

I have a Klir I have never used. I don’t want to read through 24 pages. Maybe someone could help me. Was Coralvue shipping Klirs with faulty parts? Are they still replacing those parts? How good is their customer service at in dealing with these issues?

 

[Euphyllia098]

I have a Klir I have never used. I don’t want to read through 24 pages. Maybe someone could help me. Was Coralvue shipping Klirs with faulty parts? Are they still replacing those parts? How good is their customer service at in dealing with these issues?

You mainly want to make sure that you have the 11rpm motor. If not than contact customer support. It clearly says on the motor.

 

[RobB'z Reef]

I have a Klir I have never used. I don’t want to read through 24 pages. Maybe someone could help me. Was Coralvue shipping Klirs with faulty parts? Are they still replacing those parts? How good is their customer service at in dealing with these issues?

I'm pretty certain they resolved all these issues. At most of you get an old unit from some vendor you'd have to contact coralvue to get upgraded parts. From what I hear they provide these free. Just do what I did and order it straight from coralvue and you'll get the most recent versions.

 

[Flameback Pair]

You mainly want to make sure that you have the 11rpm motor. If not than contact customer support. It clearly says on the motor.

@bluerider098 thanks for the heads up I’ll check to see which motor I have.