Justletters7
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Hello everyone,
Sorry for the long list but I have just setup my 75gal and 40gal sump and refugium and have some questions and concerns that I hope you guys can answer.
My equipment includes a CPR HOB overflow rated for 800 gph that has 75" id pvc pipe sytem fitted to it and a EHIEM 2000 return pump rated
for 500gph. My skimmer is a Reef Octopus 150, a Fluval LED light fixture, 3x Hydor Koralia Nano power heads, and 2x 100 watt Aqueon heaters.
My first concern is that my return pump chamber keeps lowering its water level, I feel like its just leveling out the water but I am still worried about it. There is no water level change in any other chamber besides the return and the overflow which both have dropped.
My next concern is that I believe I have messed up my bubble trap baffles, the third baffle is only .75" above the tank floor which seems to be slowing the flow though the skimmer chamber. I feel like I need to empty this chamber and raise it up to at least 1" but would like to check with you guys first. I also believe this is affecting my temperature because my heaters are also located in this chamber.
As stated above I have a Fluval reef light, which is for LPS and Soft coral, I have read that is will reach the sand bed at around 16"-18". My question is how high up should I raise the light fixture above my tank and keep this range in check?
Then comes the most important part the salinity level, my level is holding at 1.022 and would like to raise it about .003 and I just want to double check so that I do this right, I remove say a gallon of tank water and use fresh RO water to mix a gallon to 1.025 and add it to the tank and wait 24hrs so to see if it change, and then repeat until the desire reading is reached, right?
Thank you for your time I cannot tell you how much I appreciative it.
Sorry for the long list but I have just setup my 75gal and 40gal sump and refugium and have some questions and concerns that I hope you guys can answer.
My equipment includes a CPR HOB overflow rated for 800 gph that has 75" id pvc pipe sytem fitted to it and a EHIEM 2000 return pump rated
for 500gph. My skimmer is a Reef Octopus 150, a Fluval LED light fixture, 3x Hydor Koralia Nano power heads, and 2x 100 watt Aqueon heaters.
My first concern is that my return pump chamber keeps lowering its water level, I feel like its just leveling out the water but I am still worried about it. There is no water level change in any other chamber besides the return and the overflow which both have dropped.
My next concern is that I believe I have messed up my bubble trap baffles, the third baffle is only .75" above the tank floor which seems to be slowing the flow though the skimmer chamber. I feel like I need to empty this chamber and raise it up to at least 1" but would like to check with you guys first. I also believe this is affecting my temperature because my heaters are also located in this chamber.
As stated above I have a Fluval reef light, which is for LPS and Soft coral, I have read that is will reach the sand bed at around 16"-18". My question is how high up should I raise the light fixture above my tank and keep this range in check?
Then comes the most important part the salinity level, my level is holding at 1.022 and would like to raise it about .003 and I just want to double check so that I do this right, I remove say a gallon of tank water and use fresh RO water to mix a gallon to 1.025 and add it to the tank and wait 24hrs so to see if it change, and then repeat until the desire reading is reached, right?
Thank you for your time I cannot tell you how much I appreciative it.
