New fluval Evo 13.5

tresguey · Dec 16, 2018

Been out of the reefing world for a while, been wanting to get back in. Friend of mine showed me his fluval and figured for the cost it’s a good starting point to get back in. Along with the aquarium I ordered a cobalt aquatics heater. I have a BRS 150 gallon a day rodi system that’s been sitting in my garage for almost a year, gonna install it tomorrow...just noticed I have 2 dual DI resin containers should I run all 4? I also have the booster pump.I also plan on setting up an ATO for this mini tuner good? I saw some dry rock on Amazon nature’s ocean and world wide imports. Anyone use this stuff? Not going to need much. Any suggestions for this build are welcome.

NY_Caveman · Dec 17, 2018

Welcome back! For your RO/DI unit I would suggest testing your tap water’s TDS (Total Dissolved Solids, digital probe is about $20) to help determine how much of a DI stage you need. My TDS is fairly low at 35 and I can get away with a single DI canister.

tresguey · Dec 17, 2018

My buddy has one I can use, will check that out...thanks!

tresguey · Dec 22, 2018

Upgraded to a sicce 1.0 and added a Aqamai KPS. Just set up 3 hours, almost cleared up.

btmedic04 · Dec 23, 2018

Looks great! what rock did you end up going with?

tresguey · Dec 23, 2018

It was bought at a LFS, it’s a SoCal man made rock.

tresguey · Dec 23, 2018

It was bought at a LFS. It’s a man made rock from SoCal.

tresguey · Dec 23, 2018

And finally got my BRS system setup. 92 psi! Is that too high?

Sobo's Reef · Dec 23, 2018

I would watch it with pressure that high.. I know on my brs unit if mine goes over 85psi.. one of the elbow fittings going into the canister will start to leak very little. My sweet spot is 75psi but that’s just me. Let it run at that psi for an hour or so and then check for leaks. Nice tank btw, I used to have one setup but since have upgraded twice lol

tresguey · Jan 1, 2019

Thanks for the advice Sabo. Called BRS because my input TDS to my resin was at 17. Input to entire system is 330 TDS. Apparently that is high and 17 is normal with an input 330. I will go through resin faster.

tresguey · Jan 1, 2019

Time for clean up crew, thinking 2 Trochus snails, 2 Nassrius, 2 blue leg and an emerald crab. Not sure if I should drop them all at one time. Thoughts?

acodycowgirl · Jan 14, 2019

You should be able to put them all in at once. I added my clean up crew and just monitored the parameters for a week or so. I never really saw a change so added a few fish a week later. I am going slow with adding my tank inhabitants. Good luck!

Kovacjr · Jan 14, 2019

Normal water pressure is 45-65psi. I would back that down to 65psi. The fittings are rated for higher pressures but who wants a leak if one fails. I'm about 60psi in my home. I run the RODi with no booster.