295-gallon Peninsular ZEOVit SPS with Solaris I Series

[Ed Reef]

Con't

Con't

Next I remove my bubble counter and fill up with RO water.

Follow by hooking up my peri pump to feed water to the reactor feed

Now that the media and peri pump is hook up, I open the inlet tap at the micro filter and wait for it to fill. This is going to be long wait :rolleye1: Once this is filled, I will start the circulation pump to start fluidising the media.

Calcium Reactor inlet tap:

Calcium Reactor micro filter:

As I’m using a Peri pump to feed tank water to the reactor, no adjustment of fluid inlet valve is necessary for me…

 

[Ed Reef]

Con't

Con't

Calcium Reactor hook-up:

Calcium Reactor hook-up to CO2:

SOL Valve:

My outlet hose is place at my sump tank as I want to maximized the goodies going into my tank…

I also raised the Reactor’s outlet hose 15cm above my sump tank water level so hopefully the distant from the Ca to drop to the water will have less affect on my pH in my tank.

As the tank is still in its cycling stage, I will used the Reactor without hooking up to the CO2 initially and will test the Ca, Mg and dKH after a few days to see how it perform.

Meanwhile, I will start dosing K Balance once it’s here early next week to slowly bring up my K readings…

:dance: :dance: :dance:

 

[kar93]

Looks good Ed, As you're in China.Have you ever heard of Bubble Magus? Ive seen some of their skimmers and calcium reactors. It seem to be the same as Bubble King but alot cheaper. What lbs is that CO2 tank?

 

[Ed Reef]

Yes Kane, I have hear of 'Bubble magus...in fact, my current tank is using the BM150 model w the aquabee pump... I would say it's the best local model skimmer u can find.... The model u describe as 'look alike' BK is what the call 'Black Box' by another China company (Aqua-Excel)...i have not used them and surprisingly can't find any local reefers I know in China that uses them as I was doing a survey to find out before deciding to go with Deltec

Not used their CR but looks decent....

My CO2 cylinder is 2L...I actually have 2, which I used the other as a spare when this runs out.

 

[Dudester]

Re: Con't

Re: Con't

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12610252#post12610252 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ed Reef

Ed, you'll want to remove this filter right away. It gets clogged extremely easily and unnecessarily. I don't know anyone who runs a Deltec calcium reactor that keeps this filter in place. I was reluctant to remove mine, and I thought I would just clean it out regularly, but that was ridiculous as it's very tough to clean.

 

[Ed Reef]

Thanks Dudester - will do that tonight when I get home from work...once again you save me....!!

Cheers...

 

[Ed Reef]

Thanks Dudester - will do that tonight when I get home from work...once again you save me....!!

Cheers...

 

[Ed Reef]

MORE ZEOVIT PRODUCTS ARRIVED

MORE ZEOVIT PRODUCTS ARRIVED

As you can see, I’m getting ready for once corals are in!! I was surprise this batch of orders came quick as it usually takes 2 to 4 weeks for some items to be deliver….

- Pohl’s K-Balance 500ml
- Pohl’s B-Balance 500ml
- Pohl’s Xtra 250ml
- Sponge Power 50ml
- Iron Concentration 50ml

Apart from the above, I already have the following stock up:

- ZeoFood7
- Amino Acid High Concentrate
- Pohls Coral Vitalizer

Looks like all the Zeo products I would ever need are all here…

Check with the guys in Zeovit forum and they think my K is at 370 based on the picture I post. With that, I will start dosing K-Balance at 8ml 2x's daily until my K is at 380 and then follow by 2ml once 2x's/wk to maintain my K level. :rollface:

 

[Ed Reef]

Peri-pump not working??

Peri-pump not working??

Guys,

Went back last night and notice that my CR is still not fill yet so I check my Peri pump and it's not sucking up water from the sump, as it should?? The drive wheel with rollers is rotating as it should but it's not sucking up the water?? Anyone experience this before and know what I should do??

HeLp.... :worried2:

 

[ooja3k]

Check to make sure that your connections are tight on the pump... Also, make sure you are using 1/4" tubing... anything larger/smaller won't work...

I have their 2 pump aquadoser and you have to make sure that the fittings are tight...

But make sure you don't make them too tight... If you over tighten, the little nipples that you press the tube onto will break off...

I have been there, and done that... Not fun...

 

[Ed Reef]

OK, maybe that's where my problem lies as I have a 1/4" tubing for the water from the tank and a larger tubing for the water going out to my CR as my CR need a larger tubing. Will try it out tonight once I'm back from work with 2 x 1/4" tubing and see if it works...

Thanks Ryan

 

[ooja3k]

I don't know if using the wrong size tubing on the "push" side of the pump will really matter...

I know that if you don't use 1/4" on the intake side of the pump, then it can suck in air and not water from your sump... But i don't think the output side would matter as much...

Also, do you have check valves installed for this pump?? Are they facing the correct direction?? If you don't have check valves installed, all the water in the hose will drain back into the sump after the pump stops pumping...

 

[ReefEnabler]

Crazy awesome tank Ed,

You are using the profilux dosing pump right??

I am pumping water in a more roundabout way than the manual recommends. First of all my reservoir is way higher than the sump, and higher than the dosing pump. The suction tube goes up over the reservoir wall and then loops under to the dosing pump.

because of my setup I have to manually prime (read: suck on) the tubing in order to start a flow, but after that it works fine and has never lost its prime after that. Also highly doubt it will ever freeflow. I tried intoducing the siphon break but it acted like a venturi.

If I do not prime it, I can see water climb maybe 2" high in the intake tube and then stop. Most peri pumps are designed to have relatively short runs on the intake that are pretty direct.

So try sucking the outlet side of the peri pump while the motor is spinning (that way its not always closed off) until water saturates the pipes and see if it functions normally after that.


*edit* ok I see you are not using the profilux dosing pump (assumed because of all the other profilux gear). But I still stand by my suggestion, cant hurt to try!

 

[Johan Susanto]

Ed did u get zeospur2??

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12619925#post12619925 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ooja3k
I don't know if using the wrong size tubing on the "push" side of the pump will really matter...

I know that if you don't use 1/4" on the intake side of the pump, then it can suck in air and not water from your sump... But i don't think the output side would matter as much...

Also, do you have check valves installed for this pump?? Are they facing the correct direction?? If you don't have check valves installed, all the water in the hose will drain back into the sump after the pump stops pumping...

I just got back from changing both in/out to the 1/4" Silicon black tubing and still no luck. I then change to a 1/4" transparent air tubing and I can see that the pump is not pulling up the water somehow..... Directions are correct and I even tried it the opposite but still no luck?? Any more idea?? Problem I think is this Peri pump have no suction build-in (just a rotating head) and somehow it's not enough to pull up the water...??

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12620026#post12620026 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RyanBrucks
Crazy awesome tank Ed,

You are using the profilux dosing pump right??

I am pumping water in a more roundabout way than the manual recommends. First of all my reservoir is way higher than the sump, and higher than the dosing pump. The suction tube goes up over the reservoir wall and then loops under to the dosing pump.

because of my setup I have to manually prime (read: suck on) the tubing in order to start a flow, but after that it works fine and has never lost its prime after that. Also highly doubt it will ever freeflow. I tried intoducing the siphon break but it acted like a venturi.

If I do not prime it, I can see water climb maybe 2" high in the intake tube and then stop. Most peri pumps are designed to have relatively short runs on the intake that are pretty direct.

So try sucking the outlet side of the peri pump while the motor is spinning (that way its not always closed off) until water saturates the pipes and see if it functions normally after that.


*edit* ok I see you are not using the profilux dosing pump (assumed because of all the other profilux gear). But I still stand by my suggestion, cant hurt to try!

Thanks Ryan, will try the 'suck method' tonight when I get home and let u know how it works....!! :eek2:

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12620102#post12620102 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Johan Susanto
Ed did u get zeospur2??

No I did not as I have the other elements and would like to see how it does first before getting spur2

 

[Ed Reef]

By the way Ryan, how's the Profilux dosing pumps?? I already have a Grotech III dosing pump, which I'm using for my current tank (which I later plan to used for my new tank for dosing some of my Zeo stuff) and that's the reason I went with a stand alone peri pump, just for my CR

 

[mcliffy2]

Ed Reef - correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't the dkh of NSW around 8? My dkh got down to around 7 twice, and I had visible problems with my sps both times, that went away when I got back to around the 8-9 range. Also, I have used the Elos KH test and it is very good.

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12620373#post12620373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcliffy2
Ed Reef - correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't the dkh of NSW around 8? My dkh got down to around 7 twice, and I had visible problems with my sps both times, that went away when I got back to around the 8-9 range. Also, I have used the Elos KH test and it is very good.

I think you are correct but somehow for Zeo systems, we are recommended to run dKH between 6.5 to 7.5?? :rolleye1: I'm new in this Zeo thing so just following the instructions...

My current tank (non Zeo) I'm running a dKH between 8.5 - 9