Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
He will be reprogramming your apex in a month tops.
A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build
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Dustin1300
Reefaholic
Working out payment on the Cole Parmer and now I have pictures. Hopefully it's hooked up on my reef next week!
^Those should make for very accurate additions of effluent from the reactor!
^Those should make for very accurate additions of effluent from the reactor!
Dashylock
New member
Working out payment on the Cole Parmer and now I have pictures. Hopefully it's hooked up on my reef next week!
^Those should make for very accurate additions of effluent from the reactor!
There is no way that the CP pumps can maintain that accuracy, there are too many variables that can effect flow rate. For one, every time the pump turns on you will see overshoot - which could be very bad for dosing. You need a liquid flow controller that uses a flow meter and valve to control flows with a flow rate of less than 50ccm...IMHO of course!
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
Fair price and don't have any doubt it'll be a great investment!
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
When you develop something better let me know! You'll find many large setups use this pump for the best accuracy you can find...
muttley000
MTS Sufferer!
Dustin,
I have wanted to get through your thread for some time. It has Ben on my iPad for the last 4 days consuming my "spare" time. Awesome build, well documented, and nice job with the web site also. Nothing to add but thank you!
Matt
I have wanted to get through your thread for some time. It has Ben on my iPad for the last 4 days consuming my "spare" time. Awesome build, well documented, and nice job with the web site also. Nothing to add but thank you!
Matt
That will be perfect. Any 'overshoot' you may get would only be based on the size of the tubing. Most likely... Very little.Working out payment on the Cole Parmer and now I have pictures. Hopefully it's hooked up on my reef next week!
^Those should make for very accurate additions of effluent from the reactor!
Nice pickup.
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
Glad it consumed your time well
Hopefully you gained some ideas or learned a thing or two from the documentation.
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
Yeah, my alk has been ROCK solid since adding pump into mix. Currently set to about 14 mL/minute and it's keeping things very happy. Colors have already improved a bit as my coral are happy that they finally have a stable alkalinity number again.
david00061
New member
Believe me, he'll have plenty of toys! Is it bad I bought my 7 month old his first Android tablet this past weekend?
Here's the little guy enjoying his jump-a-roo!
He is a cute one
IUfan
Member
Absolutely awesome build! Stuck in an airport and it helped me pass the time reading the whole thing... Okay I may have been scanning through to each picture a bit, but was still captivating!
I have a GEO calcium reactor, and was looking at using a dosing pump like the CP, how well is it working for you. No matter how much I try and understand how to set up the calcium reactor I just can't get my head around it.
So you have the circulation pump which is pumping water around and around inside the reactor, you have the carbon dioxide going into that water melting the coral skeleton and producing a high calcium concentrate in the water, the effluent right?
How do you run a dosing pump like the CP? Does it pump DT water into the reactor ... or does it pump water out of the reactor chamber into the DT.
If pumping water from DT to reactor, then how does water from the reactor get to the DT?
And if pumping water from reactor to DT then how does water get to the reactor?
I'm presuming it pumps water into the reactor, and then it reaches max capacity and overflows back to the DT? Is that correct?
I am shocked that 50 chromis turned into 6! I heard that with big number such as those, that the aggression was spread out and fatalities were less. I have 11 in my 180 and as of 2 weeks ago (knock on wood) I still had 11. I have a yellow belly blue tang who rules the tank a bit, so maybe that goes with what you said about having an aggressor in the tank to keep them shoaling and not fighting.
Like your plan to have blue jaw trigger pair, when I saw your first fish list and a blue jaw wasn't on there, I was going to suggest it. Trying to get a pair myself, but don't see many bonded pairs together, I heard making a pair is difficult.
Look forward to following the progress.
I have a GEO calcium reactor, and was looking at using a dosing pump like the CP, how well is it working for you. No matter how much I try and understand how to set up the calcium reactor I just can't get my head around it.
So you have the circulation pump which is pumping water around and around inside the reactor, you have the carbon dioxide going into that water melting the coral skeleton and producing a high calcium concentrate in the water, the effluent right?
How do you run a dosing pump like the CP? Does it pump DT water into the reactor ... or does it pump water out of the reactor chamber into the DT.
If pumping water from DT to reactor, then how does water from the reactor get to the DT?
And if pumping water from reactor to DT then how does water get to the reactor?
I'm presuming it pumps water into the reactor, and then it reaches max capacity and overflows back to the DT? Is that correct?
I am shocked that 50 chromis turned into 6! I heard that with big number such as those, that the aggression was spread out and fatalities were less. I have 11 in my 180 and as of 2 weeks ago (knock on wood) I still had 11. I have a yellow belly blue tang who rules the tank a bit, so maybe that goes with what you said about having an aggressor in the tank to keep them shoaling and not fighting.
Like your plan to have blue jaw trigger pair, when I saw your first fish list and a blue jaw wasn't on there, I was going to suggest it. Trying to get a pair myself, but don't see many bonded pairs together, I heard making a pair is difficult.
Look forward to following the progress.
jcolley
Member
Dustin,
Now that you've had it together for a while, how is the piano hinge on the upper cabinet holding up? I have a similar access panel on my in-wall tank and have gone through two that rusted beyond the plating.
I have switched to 6 stainless cabinet door hinges to see if that helps.
Once again, very nice build. I've been talking with Bill off and on for a while and thinking about one of his skimmers. How's the noise output from it?
Now that you've had it together for a while, how is the piano hinge on the upper cabinet holding up? I have a similar access panel on my in-wall tank and have gone through two that rusted beyond the plating.
I have switched to 6 stainless cabinet door hinges to see if that helps.
Once again, very nice build. I've been talking with Bill off and on for a while and thinking about one of his skimmers. How's the noise output from it?
reef / aholic
New member
Nice pump! I was looking at the 77301-40 but thinking maybe the 77200-12 instead...
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
I promise to update this thread this week, I'm been MIA for far too long on RC!
Updated FTS from last month. Since adding pump the first of the year my growth is finally here and tank has stabalized. Just need more fish and the accompanying poo!
Updated FTS from last month. Since adding pump the first of the year my growth is finally here and tank has stabalized. Just need more fish and the accompanying poo!
Made2Rock
Member
I promise to update this thread this week, I'm been MIA for far too long on RC!
Updated FTS from last month. Since adding pump the first of the year my growth is finally here and tank has stabalized. Just need more fish and the accompanying poo!
WOW!!!!!! You have been away FAR to long the tank looks GREAT!!!!!
Joe
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Man I love the color of your tank. You are definitely making my decision hard on lighting now. Hit me up when you get free so we can talk numbers.
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