Jackooze
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I am 100% sure there are no leaks.
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I am 100% sure there are no leaks.
Jackooze
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Yes I did use 4 o rings on each reactor. By you bringing this up makes me wonder if the fitting is not fully screwed in. I will check tonight. Good thought.
After finally finishing my manifold and running it for about two weeks I am having a few issues. Hopefully someone here with same manifold can help me out.
First I am having a large volume of micro bubbles coming from both reactor outlets which forced me to redo my plumbing and add elbows to go into skimmer chamber. That didn't fix the problem so I added some extra black mesh filter from that came with the reactor to stop the micro bubbles. Any ideas why this is happening ?
Next issue, which is driving me crazy is everyday I keep seeing GFO spilling out into my sump. I am using BRS GFO so I am not sure if the grains size is to small for this reactor or what. I lowered the flow to the reactor and still the same issue. Any ideas ?
I had the same issue with the ROX Carbon and GFO from BRS. The grain size was just too small. Ended up using larger carbon grains and ditching the GFO.
Best bet would be to get better sponges that can handle that grain size.
Guys there are plenty of very fine foams on ebay, 12x12 sheets for like $10-$15. Give it a shot, buy a sheet, cut out a new piece. I used it in the past to block purigen, which is much finer than rox8 successfully.
My Reefer 350 finally came in.
However I noticed a problem with my return valve, I'm unable to turn that valve...it seems to be locked.
I don't think that is normal right....I haven't fill my tank yet...although I suppose that has no effect on the valve itself.
However I noticed a problem with my return valve, I'm unable to turn that valve...it seems to be locked.
I don't think that is normal right....I haven't fill my tank yet...although I suppose that has no effect on the valve itself.
Cameron Martinez
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They are very easy to take apart you may want to try and see if you spot a problem, If not give them a call and they should send one out to you.
There is a slight resistance to them but nothing that would make it seemed locked up.
Rory's Reef
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New sump has arrived and and almost have the plumbing work complete. Can't wait to get it all in (just a little nervous about the fit lol).
Hey thanks for the help, I took mine apart. Turns out that the diaphragm inside the valve was fully expanded, it's fixed now!
That seems normal. It's not just about the tank, but ambient temp, how much flow on the surface, air moving around the house, and house humidity. My older 5ft tank (About the size of 525xl) was losing a gallon and a half a day. Colder house, not a lot of surface agitation, 30% humidity.
With the help of my beautiful and strong wife, we managed to get the tank on the cabinet. We both thought it was going to be really heavy just from looks. To tell the truth the JBJ is lots heavier than the reefer. I love the look of the tank and cabinet together. Plus, the wife had some starfish decor laying around and hung them up next to the tank. It looks awesome.
For under the cabinet lighting I ordered a 16.5 foot LED strip and hung it on the inner perimeter of the cabinet and installed with 3M command strips. It came with a remote so I hung that on the inside front of the cabinet that way you can push the on button, and the remote isn't sticking out like a sore thumb.
BAM!!WHAT!! Let there be light. I'm very impressed with the lighting. It has double sided tape on the back of the LEDs and made for easy install. It makes it really easy to see what I'm doing inside the cabinet now.
Where did you get the light? Do you have a link?
sithrico
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bump this question... i was thinking of the same thing. maybe the 4" top piece of a filter sock attached to 4" pvc with an end cap on bottom and bunch of holes drilled in it. could drop it right in the existing holder.
could put some other filter media after the floss as well, bag of chemi-pure or gfo, etc...
thoughts??
JustAnt
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1 gallon a day roughly on my RSR 250
I've ran my tank bare bottom since November, I've tried to keep the bottom clean with little success. It never got super dirty and for the most part all of the debris would settle in 2 locations. Aside from that and wanting to mimic an ocean to the best of my ability I added the sand. I am very glad that I did, it changed the look of the tank dramatically!
First I added a test cup to see how much the water would going to cloud up. To my surprise the Tropic Eden sand did could the water up, but not as bad as I thought. It is also important to note that I did NOT rinse this sand before adding it.
Final results! I added the sand using a 1" PVC pipe a funnel and a measuring cup. I would add a couple cups of sand then use a coral feeder to blow the sand into its place. Using this method turned out to be great, easy and kept my hands 100% out of the water.
To offset the sand that was added to the tank I had to remove about a half a gallon of water. It is also worth mentioning that I bought a 30lbs bag of sand and two 15lbs bags of sand. I didn't even open up one of the 15lbs bags and hardly put a dent in the 30+15lbs bags that I mixed up.
First I added a test cup to see how much the water would going to cloud up. To my surprise the Tropic Eden sand did could the water up, but not as bad as I thought. It is also important to note that I did NOT rinse this sand before adding it.
Final results! I added the sand using a 1" PVC pipe a funnel and a measuring cup. I would add a couple cups of sand then use a coral feeder to blow the sand into its place. Using this method turned out to be great, easy and kept my hands 100% out of the water.
To offset the sand that was added to the tank I had to remove about a half a gallon of water. It is also worth mentioning that I bought a 30lbs bag of sand and two 15lbs bags of sand. I didn't even open up one of the 15lbs bags and hardly put a dent in the 30+15lbs bags that I mixed up.
fredjr
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Tropic Eden is the best sand I have come across. Love the stuff.I've ran my tank bare bottom since November, I've tried to keep the bottom clean with little success. It never got super dirty and for the most part all of the debris would settle in 2 locations. Aside from that and wanting to mimic an ocean to the best of my ability I added the sand. I am very glad that I did, it changed the look of the tank dramatically!
First I added a test cup to see how much the water would going to cloud up. To my surprise the Tropic Eden sand did could the water up, but not as bad as I thought. It is also important to note that I did NOT rinse this sand before adding it.
Final results! I added the sand using a 1" PVC pipe a funnel and a measuring cup. I would add a couple cups of sand then use a coral feeder to blow the sand into its place. Using this method turned out to be great, easy and kept my hands 100% out of the water.
To offset the sand that was added to the tank I had to remove about a half a gallon of water. It is also worth mentioning that I bought a 30lbs bag of sand and two 15lbs bags of sand. I didn't even open up one of the 15lbs bags and hardly put a dent in the 30+15lbs bags that I mixed up.
