Addiction wins, 450 gallon system begins

[Airman]

Hop,

Where are you putting the salt? Tank, Sump, 29 miles of pipe?

 

[Hop]

Just slowly adding it to the sump and letting it work it's way through the system.

 

[saurus]

He is just a "Hop" skip and a jump from 1.025.

 

[Reef Addict II]

I am very impressed with your system. Very nice job on the set-up and planning :thumbsup:

Steve

 

[Hop]

saurus: Checked it this morning and it was sitting at 1.020. Added a little more and will recheck tonight. Should be close!

Reef Addict II: Thanks I just hope hope all the planning works Nothing worse than governmental improper preparedness!

I had to make a few mods this morning before work. I was having a substantial micro-bubble issue. Oddly it was not from the skimmer though. I think it was from the 20+ feet of drain and the intake for the return pump was cavitating, causing a small tornado in the water and sucking in air. I replaced the intake screen with a T right now and will be adding a filter sock or something on the drain when I get home tonight. We'll let it run a few days after that and see if it solves the problems!

 

[Kevin McG]

Looks like your rock is from reefer rocks

Capt. Jer layed mine out just like that on his deck to snap some pix. Very happy with the rock and after 5 months in the tank it has full growth.

Good luck with the addiction...it wins every time

 

[kentrob11]

Nice- Jumping aboard for updates...

 

[DerekW]

I had to make a few mods this morning before work. I was having a substantial micro-bubble issue. Oddly it was not from the skimmer though. I think it was from the 20+ feet of drain and the intake for the return pump was cavitating, causing a small tornado in the water and sucking in air. I replaced the intake screen with a T right now and will be adding a filter sock or something on the drain when I get home tonight. We'll let it run a few days after that and see if it solves the problems!

I wouldn't be surprised if you have bubble issues till all that piping is "cured" with a slime coat. Almost like breaking in a new sjimmer

 

[Hop]

Kevin McG: Yup, I tried another brand but was very dissatisfied. Went with Capt. Jer and could not be happier!

kentrob11: Thanks

DerekW: I'm with you. After the few mods though, I can live with it until then. It was kind of like looking into a 340 gallon skimmer this morning

 

[Hop]

Not much to look at, but here it is will all systems functioning, sg to 1.023, Ph 8.3. I added a few scoops of sand from the 125 into the fuge and am just letting it run for a few days

 

[nbd13]

how is the flow so far?

Nick

 

[Hop]

nbd13: The flow seems pretty good. I've had to keep the nozzles pointed higher than I would like to avoid the sandstorm right now, but as things settle down and stabalize, I'm sure I'll be able to move them to where they need to be...

 

[rjwilson37]

Looks great Hop, I like it a lot.

This has to be a real gratifying moment to get things fired up and running.:bounce1: :bounce2: :bounce3:

 

[nbd13]

sounds good any micrbubble issues?

Nick

 

[Hop]

rjwilson37: Oh man it's really hard to be patient right now. But I know that as I get things transfered this week and start buttoning things up, it will really start to take shape.

nbd13: A few, but I changed out the intake on the return pump and fixed the cavitation problem and added a filter sock. Now things are quite managable and after a few weeks, I'm sure the last bit will take care of itself

 

[nbd13]

How often do you think you will need to change the filter sock? i may get one of those to try to take care of some of my microbubble issues.

Nick

 

[nbd13]

also what caviation problem did you have?

thanks

Nick

 

[melev]

Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[Hop]

nbd13: I'm thinking that I will have to rinse the sock out every couple of days. Should be pretty painless. As DerekW mentioned odds are with nearly 29' of drain and another 30+' of return, the bubbles will most likley be around for a while until the pipes get a little use and a slime coat. I'm hoping that after that the problem will subside and I won't need the sock any more

Also the cavitaion was from the pump/sump causing a little tornado, sucking air into the return and blowing mass amount of air into the lines. I just T's the tintake and that remedied the situation.


melev: Thanks, Hopefully someday I'm posting breathtaking pics like yourself and actually have more to show than rock and water.LOL
:rollface:

 

[nbd13]

sounds good.

make sure to post more pics as you go along.

very nice setup!

Nick