Red sea reefer 250 build

[merereef]

Where did you purchase the UV?

A uk company maiden head aquatics i bought the vecton 300 rated for 300 litres max speec about 1000litre per hour is rated but im running a little less than 600 litres for more contact time

 

[merereef]

@merereef Don't forget the UV light produces a little bit of ozone and breaks down wastes.

Really? Didnt know that but now you mention it does make sense! I have noticed my skimmate has gone really dark too

 

[merereef]

Update on dinos.... gone!!! [emoji16][emoji16]

Before uv steriliser

24 hours later with uv

48 hours later with uv

72 hours later and dinos are now gone...sand needs syphoning though

This morning

 

[Richard Ivory]

looking very nice

 

[merereef]

Anemone!!!

 

[Murica]

Anemone!!!

Wow that looks great!

 

[Richard Ivory]

that is one very nice looking Nem

 

[merereef]

Parameter update... finally have nitrates and phosphates in the levels i wanted

 

[merereef]

Some of my favourite lps!

 

[Richard Ivory]

very very nice

 

[merereef]

Start of using amino acids, lets see if it makes any difference in the corals

 

[Richard Ivory]

watch your nitrate when i used that it crept up

 

[merereef]

watch your nitrate when i used that it crept up

My nitrates at 2.5 but dont mind it if it gets to about 5 might start with lower than recommend dosage...did you notice any difference in corals? If so what did you see?

 

[powers2001]

Start of using amino acids, lets see if it makes any difference in the corals

I'm thinking of using these. Do they need refrigeration?

 

[Richard Ivory]

My nitrates at 2.5 but dont mind it if it gets to about 5 might start with lower than recommend dosage...did you notice any difference in corals? If so what did you see?

No that's why I stopped using it all I noticed was higher nitrate

I changed to TM k and a elements in the end

 

[Richard Ivory]

I'm thinking of using these. Do they need refrigeration?

Yes have to be kept in fridge

 

[merereef]

Final placement of all the plugs

I decided to connect the dosing pump up to dose calc and alk but what a nightmare that was. The calibration wasnt right etc so i learnt that the jecod dosing pumps come with the rollers on the wrong way so i have switched them round

Below the left is the wrong way and right is the correct way. Did this and calibrated the doser perfectly

I also noticed after a day or so the dosing lines had air in them and could not figure out what the priblem was... untill i realised that the tubing that fits the bubble magus containers needed to be tighteneed more so its not sucking in air.. its now perfect

 

[merereef]

Corals are growing and everything is so stable

 

[sorinwilcox]

This is pretty going to use some on my 250 lol

 

[Richard Ivory]

very tidy ,what ph probe are you using ?