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[Dana Riddle]

Bet it helps keep your filters in better shape longer also???

An auto-flush on the RO membrane will prolong its life.

 

[Dana Riddle]

A high phosphate concentration in and of itself will not necessarily cause an algal bloom. A shortage of,say, iron even in the presence of all other necessary nutrients will prevent algal growths. It's called Liebig's Law of the Minimum. Did you get your test results confirmed?

 

[MightyMO]

An auto-flush on the RO membrane will prolong its life.

All's I have is a manual... Will have to do for now... Even that's an upgrade to the 2 previous units I have had...

 

[MightyMO]

Installed a booster today...

 

[MightyMO]

@Dana Riddle, I am going in to town on friday... I will take a water sample with me to the local fish store to get it checked... Going to run numbers tonight to see where I am at... I drilled a hole through my living room floor to see where my pipes will land in the basement ceiling... Looking good so far... Going to run by home depot or Lowes to see if I can come up with something to make the area where the pvc pipe goes through the floor look clean... Will have 2 pipes going through it, if anyone has any ideas on how to make that happen, let me know...

 

[Dana Riddle]

@Dana Riddle, I am going in to town on friday... I will take a water sample with me to the local fish store to get it checked... Going to run numbers tonight to see where I am at... I drilled a hole through my living room floor to see where my pipes will land in the basement ceiling... Looking good so far... Going to run by home depot or Lowes to see if I can come up with something to make the area where the pvc pipe goes through the floor look clean... Will have 2 pipes going through it, if anyone has any ideas on how to make that happen, let me know...

Ask for escutcheons in the plumbing departments. Hopefully personnel are trained to know what those are...

 

[MightyMO]

Ask for escutcheons in the plumbing departments. Hopefully personnel are trained to know what those are...

Ok... @escutcheons, would you know of anything I can use to make my pvc transition clean looking going through my living room floor...

 

[Dana Riddle]

Ok... @escutcheons, would you know of anything I can use to make my pvc transition clean looking going through my living room floor...

https://www.homedepot.com/s/escutcheon%20escutcheons%20plates?NCNI-5

 

[MightyMO]

It's looking good!!!

 

[MightyMO]

Got some plumbing parts over the weekend. Possibly will be drilling into my living room floor today. Im excited and scared at the same time!!!

 

[MightyMO]

Hard plumbing is done... Leveled off the sump also. I'm not a plumber so this was a major task for me... Multiple trips to the hardware store and I also had to cut a section out because it was jacked up... Boy am I glad that's done!!!

 

[MightyMO]

Another day of building a better reef...lol

 

[MightyMO]

It's alive!!! Got the sump plumbed in, running with no leaks... What a rigamarole!!!

 

[MightyMO]

It's alive!!! Got the sump plumbed in, running with no leaks... What a rigamarole!!!

Trying to get the nyos skimmer broke in... Gonna take a while I'm sure...

 

[minus9]

Trying to get the nyos skimmer broke in... Gonna take a while I'm sure...

It shouldn't take long to break in, my 160 settled in a couple days, with maybe a minor tweak afterwards. Things are looking good, congrats!

 

[Westiereefer]

It's alive!!! Got the sump plumbed in, running with no leaks... What a rigamarole!!!

Nice work mate I wish I had a basement I would do the same

 

[MightyMO]

It shouldn't take long to break in, my 160 settled in a couple days, with maybe a minor tweak afterwards. Things are looking good, congrats!

I think it's broke in, need to figure out how to set it properly now...

 

[minus9]

I think it's broke in, need to figure out how to set it properly now...

I find the sweet spot for that skimmer is 8 1/4", then you need adjust the main output (rotating large tube) until your bubbles are breaking at the cup connection point. Set you fine level adjustment to half way, then tweak that for the next couple days or so, until it levels off. I'm actually going to sell mine and buy a Deltec 600i (I love my Nyos, but I think I need something different?). Of course, I'm just in the thinking part and haven't fully committed to buying it yet, but I really want to. :rolleyes:

 

[MightyMO]

I find the sweet spot for that skimmer is 8 1/4", then you need adjust the main output (rotating large tube) until your bubbles are breaking at the cup connection point. Set you fine level adjustment to half way, then tweak that for the next couple days or so, until it levels off. I'm actually going to sell mine and buy a Deltec 600i (I love my Nyos, but I think I need something different?). Of course, I'm just in the thinking part and haven't fully committed to buying it yet, but I really want to. :rolleyes:

So set my water depth to 8 1/4"???

 

[minus9]

So set my water depth to 8 1/4"???

Yes