600 Gallon Upgrade Build

[Sonicboom]

So pretty and clean, is that a skimmer or reactor? That's one heck of a valve.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

So pretty and clean, is that a skimmer or reactor? That's one heck of a valve.

No sir. You already saw the skimmer I'm going to use on this frag tank. It's the ZeoVit reactor. I need to get the other one.

 

[Stylo328]

600 Gallon Upgrade Build

Very nice reactor.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

The suspense...

Which part?

 

[Stylo328]

I had replied to your box pics. Took a long time to load. By then made no sense. Lol

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

I had replied to your box pics. Took a long time to load. By then made no sense. Lol

Ahhhh. Well the cats out the box now.

 

[h2so4hurts]

Once the front is covered it's really not going to matter.

Exactly my thought on the topic. Everything's looking great Wayne.

 

[TYAG]

Looks good Wayne. Can't wait to see it up and running

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Exactly my thought on the topic. Everything's looking great Wayne.

Thanks h20.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

I have the other dart plumbed and now it's smooth sailing from here. I had to chuck both of them done because of the crazy flow going through the sump(with my calculations about 6000 GPH give or take a couple hundred GPH.) So I can safely say I have about 3000-3500 GPH or approximately 5-7 times my tank volume.

I need some insight here. The feed pump the the protein skimmer is about 1300 GPH. Will I have to lower the GPH going into the tank or am I ok for now?

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Looks good Wayne. Can't wait to see it up and running

Thanks TYAG. It should be in about a month with the fish I'm slowly transferring from my 225. It will be fish only then until my lights come. A friend will be housing my corals until then.

 

[TYAG]

Thanks TYAG. It should be in about a month with the fish I'm slowly transferring from my 225. It will be fish only then until my lights come. A friend will be housing my corals until then.

Sounds great can't wait to see

 

[Ricardo18]

I have the other dart plumbed and now it's smooth sailing from here. I had to chuck both of them done because of the crazy flow going through the sump(with my calculations about 6000 GPH give or take a couple hundred GPH.) So I can safely say I have about 3000-3500 GPH or approximately 5-7 times my tank volume.

I need some insight here. The feed pump the the protein skimmer is about 1300 GPH. Will I have to lower the GPH going into the tank or am I ok for now?

Are you concerned about your skimmer flow adding to the tank flow?..if so, the skimmer flow has no effect on over-all tank flow. The skimmer is a "closed" flow loop that remains in your sump.

 

[aquaph8]

Stand looks great Wayne, moving along.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Are you concerned about your skimmer flow adding to the tank flow?..if so, the skimmer flow has no effect on over-all tank flow. The skimmer is a "closed" flow loop that remains in your sump.

The thought was the sump operating at 3000+ GPH and the feed pump for the skimmer is at 1300 GPH. Will it still be efficient enough?

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Stand looks great Wayne, moving along.

Thanks Aquaph. Someone wanted to see the stand and was concerned because there was no center brace.

 

[Ojos22]

Getting close Wayne!

How is the knee feeling?

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Getting close Wayne!

How is the knee feeling?

Knee is good. Still improving.

 

[Ricardo18]

The thought was the sump operating at 3000+ GPH and the feed pump for the skimmer is at 1300 GPH. Will it still be efficient enough?

Your sump flow is 6.27 X tank volume..perfect!
Your skimmer flow just has to match what the skimmer specs call for.
(the two issues are separate, not connected)

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Your sump flow is 6.27 X tank volume..perfect!
Your skimmer flow just has to match what the skimmer specs call for.
(the two issues are separate, not connected)

Thanks Ricardo. That helps out very much.