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Unread 03/17/2009, 06:37 AM   #51
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Gorgeous tank! Congrats!
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ReefBum, you have one of my favourite tanks - I also have a 225 gallon reef, but I am having problems with my MTC ProCal. The flow rate is never consistent (always drops over 24 hours). What feed pump do you use, and what flow rate/bubble count are you using? I am using: mag2 pump, 70mL/min, ~1bps, large grain ARM. The reactor and media are always full of bubbles. Reactor pressure is 3psi.

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Thanks ReefTank1. My ProCal is fed by a small Blueline pump that came with the unit. I had problems with a consistent flow/bubble rate as well for a while. I was able to fix it by switching from small grain to large grain CaribSea ARM media and getting rid of a magnesium supplement I had in the second chamber. I also upped my bubble count to around 90 bubbles a minute. My reactor pressure is about the same as yours and around 9 psi in the C02 tank. Is the pressure higher in your C02 tank vs. the chamber? If not, then this might be part of the problem or perhaps there is something clogging one of the lines.

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Reef Bum, will it be possible to get some pics of the return going into the tank, where did you drill for the anti siphon hole?

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This is the best shot I have at this point. Both returns are positioned a couple of inches under the water and I have no anti siphon holes. I never believed in doing that since I'm afraid of them clogging.



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Keith. If you don't mind, I'd love to see some clip video of your tank.
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My apologies Ching but I don't have any video. I have been playing around with adding a web cam so I might have that down the road.


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Unread 03/17/2009, 12:44 PM   #52
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I really like the color of your SPS. Besides your lighting and good water parameter, how do you bring out the bright color of your coral? You mentioned using Roti Feast and Oyster Feast. Where did you get them? Do they help to enhance the color?


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Unread 03/17/2009, 01:27 PM   #53
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Nice job. Beautiful setup and live stock.


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Unread 03/17/2009, 06:16 PM   #54
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beautiful tank. One of the best ive ever seen, I believe my dads seen your tank when he got some frags from you. Im sure that we will definitely be interesting in buying some frags off you again once we get our tank 100% ready for challenging corals, we are at around 85% in my opinion


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Unread 03/17/2009, 07:49 PM   #55
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I really like the color of your SPS. Besides your lighting and good water parameter, how do you bring out the bright color of your coral? You mentioned using Roti Feast and Oyster Feast. Where did you get them? Do they help to enhance the color?
Many thanks kangym. Stability of water parameters is a big key for me as well as the Radiums. As for the Roti Feast and Oyster Feast, I ordered them online at the Reef Nutrition website. You can also pick them up at some LFS.

For the past month or so, I have stopped adding the Amino Acids and only used the Roti and Osyster Feast to feed the corals. I do believe my colors for a number of corals have improved so I'm going to stick with this for the time being.

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Nice job. Beautiful setup and live stock.
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beautiful tank. One of the best ive ever seen, I believe my dads seen your tank when he got some frags from you. Im sure that we will definitely be interesting in buying some frags off you again once we get our tank 100% ready for challenging corals, we are at around 85% in my opinion
Thanks bubbles129129. Stop by when you are ready. I have a lot of trimming to do


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Unread 03/17/2009, 08:50 PM   #56
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You need to update your signature line, Reefbum.


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Unread 03/18/2009, 06:18 AM   #57
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Nice catch Marc. Thanks!


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Unread 03/18/2009, 07:14 PM   #58
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what a very very nice tank!
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Unread 03/18/2009, 09:36 PM   #59
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Thumbs up tank of the month

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL....


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Unread 03/19/2009, 01:00 AM   #60
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Awesome tank, I did the aquascaping in my new 180 very similar a couple months ago. My question is exactly where do you have your tunze powerheads and how are they positioned? It is hard to see in the picture, but it looks like one on each side panel towards the back and pointing straight across the tank at each other.


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Unread 03/19/2009, 06:34 AM   #61
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Many thanks gasman059 and jason!

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Awesome tank, I did the aquascaping in my new 180 very similar a couple months ago. My question is exactly where do you have your tunze powerheads and how are they positioned? It is hard to see in the picture, but it looks like one on each side panel towards the back and pointing straight across the tank at each other.
Thanks ryshark. You have it right. The Tunze pumps are positioned in the back corners facing one another along the back panel. This was part of my design to have an open channel in the back of the tank to allow for more circulation. A controller has the Tunze pumps operating on different intervals to create a nice random surge within the tank.


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Unread 03/19/2009, 10:29 AM   #62
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congrats for your tank of the month
just to know which acro is this one, turaki??

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Unread 03/19/2009, 06:42 PM   #63
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Reefbum,
i am in the process of designing a system which is simular in the the sense that the filter room will be below and about 6 meters to the side of the display.

Do you have any recommendations or experience regarding plumbing, return pumps, overflow, etc. Especially since there is such a height difference? I'm considered the extra vertival drop may make the overflow louder? And are you happy with the amount of flow rate back into the tank? i was planning only a single return pump.

I have just started a new thread about this, perhaps provide some advise there... Basement filter room

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Unread 03/19/2009, 07:15 PM   #64
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congrats for your tank of the month
just to know which acro is this one, turaki??

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Thanks juldelf. That is an ORA Hawkins Echinata. I had it mid-way in the tank and it wasn't lovin it so I moved it down near the bottom and it is thriving. It is a great piece

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Reefbum,
i am in the process of designing a system which is simular in the the sense that the filter room will be below and about 6 meters to the side of the display.

Do you have any recommendations or experience regarding plumbing, return pumps, overflow, etc. Especially since there is such a height difference? I'm considered the extra vertival drop may make the overflow louder? And are you happy with the amount of flow rate back into the tank? i was planning only a single return pump.

I have just started a new thread about this, perhaps provide some advise there... Basement filter room

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I have 2 Blueline 70 pumps returning water from the sump back upstairs to the tank. Each pump puts out 1750 GPH at the head and I have them throttled back a bit. There is some noise with the overflow but it sounds like the beach


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Unread 03/19/2009, 08:16 PM   #65
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Bravo, stunning, beautiful tank!


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Unread 03/19/2009, 08:53 PM   #66
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Great reef, another great honor...congratulations! TinMan


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Unread 03/19/2009, 08:54 PM   #67
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My apologies Ching but I don't have any video. I have been playing around with adding a web cam so I might have that down the road.
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so what happens when the pumps shut off.


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Unread 03/20/2009, 05:54 AM   #68
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Thanks Palyophile and TinMan.

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so what happens when the pumps shut off.
Gabe- I'm fortunate to have a full house emergency generator that kicks in automatically when power is cut. I do travel a bit so having a web cam or another way to keep tabs on the tank remotely would put my mind at ease.


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Unread 03/21/2009, 02:42 PM   #69
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Thanks ReefTank1. My ProCal is fed by a small Blueline pump that came with the unit. I had problems with a consistent flow/bubble rate as well for a while. I was able to fix it by switching from small grain to large grain CaribSea ARM media and getting rid of a magnesium supplement I had in the second chamber. I also upped my bubble count to around 90 bubbles a minute. My reactor pressure is about the same as yours and around 9 psi in the C02 tank. Is the pressure higher in your C02 tank vs. the chamber? If not, then this might be part of the problem or perhaps there is something clogging one of the lines.
Thanks for your reply ReefBum - I tried turning up the bubble count to 90bpm and accordingly increased the flow rate to 90ml/min. This seems to have exacerbated the problem - the first chamber is even more clogged with bubbles and the flow rate drops even faster. The pressure in the CO2 tank is 22psi. So this seems to be a problem where the CO2 is not being dissolved properly and is slowing the flow as the bubbles clog the media.
What flow rate do you use? and do you see your media getting clogged with bubbles?

you can see it in these pictures:




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Unread 03/22/2009, 01:33 AM   #70
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Unread 03/22/2009, 12:02 PM   #71
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Have you had any problems with the pocillopora reproducing and having mini colonies popping up everywhere?


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Unread 03/22/2009, 05:09 PM   #72
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Tank of the month

Reefbum,

This set up is the cat's ***! Is the tank stand custom made or store bought? As an engineer, I love the floor support system, I think you could park a truck in your tank room! Outstanding!

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Unread 03/22/2009, 06:38 PM   #73
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Thanks for your reply ReefBum - I tried turning up the bubble count to 90bpm and accordingly increased the flow rate to 90ml/min. This seems to have exacerbated the problem - the first chamber is even more clogged with bubbles and the flow rate drops even faster. The pressure in the CO2 tank is 22psi. So this seems to be a problem where the CO2 is not being dissolved properly and is slowing the flow as the bubbles clog the media.
What flow rate do you use? and do you see your media getting clogged with bubbles?

you can see it in these pictures:

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My flow rate according to the meter on the unit is around .10 (the ball is just below the half way point in the flow chamber). It looks to me like you might have some finer particles of media sandwiched between the larger media...this might be part of the problem since it could be impacting the flow. I didn't get the unit working consistently until I removed and replaced all the media and flushed out all the lines. Ever since then it has been very consistent. I believe I had a clog somewhere so perhaps you are having the same issue.

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Have you had any problems with the pocillopora reproducing and having mini colonies popping up everywhere?
Funny you ask because I just noticed one last week in my sand bed. Can they really multiply a lot?

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This set up is the cat's ***! Is the tank stand custom made or store bought? As an engineer, I love the floor support system, I think you could park a truck in your tank room! Outstanding!

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Thanks ReefDale! It is a custom stand from Greenwich Aquaria.....it is built solid as a rock and looks fantastic. As for the floor supports, you are right about the sturdiness. If the house comes down the fish tank will be the only thing left standing


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Unread 03/23/2009, 07:47 PM   #74
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Unread 03/24/2009, 12:53 AM   #75
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Your Tunze positioning has me puzzled. On one hand I think it's pure genius and on teh other I'm worrying if you get enough flow around the front of the islands. I'm tearing down my system and rebuilding at some point so I want a simple Tunze flow design that works. Also with the currents colliding in the middle does the sand bed not trough badly in the middle?

Great tank, awesome inspirational material right there.


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