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dgasmd
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Last word on this Scott. You can always have the output of the rowa reactor dump into a small micron filter sock. Aquatic Ecosystem carries them. That is what I do. I used to rinse the media a ton of times and it was extremely time consuming not to mention I think it uses up the emdia much faster too. I now have the reactors (carbon and PO4 remover) dump right into the 25 micron filter sock that screent he water coming from my overflows into the sump. Works extremey well. You can even see the filter sock getting red or black inside but nothing outside. Something else to try rather than playing with a ton more plumbing and such. One can over complicate systems pretty easily.
invincible569
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spazz, one thing I noticed about tanks over 1000g is that it becomes more work maintaing the tank and will take away from the fun unless you hire someone to assist. Does Bill do all of the work and is his wife supportive?
conefree
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I would think that it would be pretty difficult to undertake a project of this size without the 'thumbs up' of his wife lol. This is a pretty hard one to hide. I would hope that his wife is into the hobby as well, and doesn't mind him doing this. I know some of our wives take great offense to us spending a lot of time on the tanks 
Carman34L
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One of the things that I know with Energy's tank is that it is not as time consuming as one would think. You have to engineer the system keeping in mind that you do not want to be working on the system all of the time. So if someone was setting up a larger system they really need to think ahead. Another thing is that you have to be more than the average hobbiest to be able to handle a system over 1000g. If you just have a Joe Shmoe that does not have the ability or the knowledge of how a system this large needs to operate they are in for a world of hurt. When a aquarium system as large as this one is, the normal procedures of the average home reef aquarium goes out the window. They operate on a differant set of rules than say a 200g aquarium does. You have to keep in mind that alot of the routines of cleaning and such that we do on a 200g system is just not feasable with a setup that is over 15,000g. You cant do a 30% water change. It is just not possible. Bill has taken carefull considerations of this and is thinking he way through this alot more than what has been translated through this thread. I am good friends with Spazz, I actually work with him. Spazz and Bill and a few others out there play in differant relm when it comes to setups this large. One of the unique things about this setup is going to be how effieciant it is going to be to operate. With the Titamium heat exchanger, to the homemade top of the line skimmers. I belive that Bill will not forget anything when it comes to this setup and I anxiously awat new pictures!
onehundred20
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this may have been mentioned, is there going to be some type of water change on this system, or is nutrients in this large of system not always a problem.
ctenophore
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Quick comment on that schuran style Ca reactor on pg 8. He may want to add a small cap of some sort to the top to pour in more media without having to unbolt the main flange. He will burn that media really fast in a 50kgal system full of coral. Probably inside of a week or two. I am making only slightly smaller ones for my greenhouse and they will only be used on 3kgal systems (but with a lot more coral surface area). My guess is he will end up needing several of that size reactor to keep up with demand once the tank fills out. To give you an idea, I burn about 1.25lb/100gal of schuran media in 2 weeks. That's 625lb in 2 weeks at 50kgal scale. And you have to keep those things full to keep them running efficiently; a half-full reactor just dumps CO2 to effluent water.
jnarowe
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Very interesting stuff about the RowaPhos. I have been using it since Day 1 and have been happy with it, but I have has a few strange STNs. The one time I stopped the RowaPhos had had an imploson in my fuge and had to re-start it.
I keep a liter of RowaPhos (or a knock off) on the outflow of my multi-media reactor but have it going directly to the sump. I built PVC baskets and have floss on both sides of the media, but perhaps I should plumb it to the skimmer. I had originally planned this but shied away when I got negative feedback about Ca rich water flowing through my skimmer. You can see pictures of it on my equipment page: http://home.wavecable.com/~jrowe/equipment.htm
I keep a liter of RowaPhos (or a knock off) on the outflow of my multi-media reactor but have it going directly to the sump. I built PVC baskets and have floss on both sides of the media, but perhaps I should plumb it to the skimmer. I had originally planned this but shied away when I got negative feedback about Ca rich water flowing through my skimmer. You can see pictures of it on my equipment page: http://home.wavecable.com/~jrowe/equipment.htm
hahnmeister
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Sure, nutrients are still a problem, only with that much volume problems take that much longer to develop into something noticable... which can be deadly because its not like a regular tank where you can just do a large water change or vac all the gravel... etc. You have more of a chemical sink, so it takes longer for problems to develop, but that doesnt mean you should be any less attentive, because when those problems develop in larger tanks, they are that much bigger f a problem and much harder to correct. Those 200g water changes on a 1500g system just dont have the same impact as on a 200g...lol.
Avast Marine
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That is the first thing in this thread that I have learned that I can actually apply on my system, thanks dgasmd!
Now carry on with supercalifragilisticreefealapotius set up...........
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