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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by sblomgren, Oct 28, 2010.

  1. Oct 28, 2010 #1
    sblomgren

    sblomgren Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Here is my set-up, give me your reccomendations if I need to add anything. 
    180 Display Tank with Dual over flows
    I have the PVC things to quite the overflows
    43 gallon sump with 4 chambers
    Acqeon filter sock on the inlet 100(micron)
    Live rock in chamber 2
    Live Sand (5 inch deep) with chaeto in chamber 3
    Filter Pad dividing section 3/4
    From my sump, right by the inlet I run a Reeflo ORCA 200
    I am also running a Biopellet reactor with approx 600MIL of biopellets from Bulkreefsupply, this recirculates into the filter pad
    I havent hooked it up yet but I am getting a Corallife UV Sterilizer, it is a 36 watt 12x twist or whatever those are called.
    I have a clip on light with a 6500k bulb over the sandbed and chaeto
    The whole tank is run with an APEX Controller.   How am I doing and what am I missing?
    Thanks ya'll
     
  2. Oct 28, 2010 #2
    FishBrain New London

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    Your bio pellet effluent needs to be placed as close to the skimmer intake as possable.
    Eddit: Now that I look I don't see a skimmer listed? Do you have one?
    A over-rated  skimmer is a very impotant part of the bio pellet equation.
     
  3. Oct 28, 2010 #3
    FishBrain New London

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    Also once those pellets kick in your cheato wont grow at all. Mine didn't grow one bit for 4 months so I just took it out of the system.
     
  4. Oct 28, 2010 #4
    adampottebaum

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    Like Bill said, you'll need a skimmer. Also, I wouldn't run a filter pad right after the refugium, you're trapping all the pods from getting to the display. You've got a filter sock in chamber one, no need for another one. I wouldn't run a UV skimmer either, unless you REALLY need it, they're not worth it. I'm not sure how they would even work with the bio pellets.
     
  5. Oct 28, 2010 #5
    AJ

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    The Reeflo Orca is the skimmer...and from what I read, a pretty nice one at that. From my calculations, you're not running enough biopellets...you should be running more like 850 ml vs. 600 ml. I don't see lights or powerheads mentioned.

    +1 on biopellet reactor output going to skimmer intake

    I don't see anything for activated carbon. You may want to consider a carbon reactor.
    Auto Top Off
     
  6. Oct 29, 2010 #6
    sblomgren

    sblomgren Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Explain activated carbon to me. I am going to run an auto top off just havent figured out what or how yet. My skimmer was down for a week while I waited for my new pump. Is that why my water was so hazy? ( fro mthe bio pellets?)
     
  7. Oct 29, 2010 #7
    AJ

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    Activated carbon is just carbon that you put in a reactor for the purpose of absorbing chemicals and impurities from the water. It helps improve water quality and can also make the water clearer.

    As far as why your water is hazy, that could be the biopellets. It does say that's something that you will likely see after you start them, but that it goes away in a few days.

    --AJ
     

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