Coral Tank from Canada (1350gal Display Tank)

[Cougarman]

The only difference is the tubing is 3/8 inch vs 1/4, so your DI unit has to have the 3/8 inch john guest attachments.

 

[nineball]

Peter. This is probably a little late, but I use this RO unit for my large reeftank system.

http://www.freshwatersystems.com/s-118-ge-merlin-720-gpd-tankless-ro-system.aspx

It pumps out 720 gallons a day at 0.002ppm. I find it's invaluable when I need a lot of water in a short amount of time.

It's fairly inexpensive considering the volume of water it produces. On a tank the size of yours it will take for ever to produce adequate amounts of water with a standard 100gpd unit.

Just a thought.

Good points to both of you. I have two units that produce 200 GPD in total. So in two days I can produce 400 gal. With a three week major water change cycle planned I'm pretty sure I can manage the volume requirements which I think will be in the 250 gal range + or - 50 GAL (we have yet to decide). The mars Bars are expected to benefit from the display tank discharge for water change as well. There is an auto top off set up for ro/di pure water for all tanks as well.

that is an RO only system, no resin, will not provide water quality compared to an RO/DI system

Good point Elliott........although I suspect you might get lucky depending on the water quality of your source.

Peter

 

[nineball]

Links are fine, but if they consider it commercial in nature, they edit it.

Hi Peter and gang! Been lurking since the beginning. Enjoy MACNA!

Thanks kharmaguru, I'm still learning the ropes myself. Thanks for stepping into the light to voice your support. I am looking forward to MACNA for the chance to meet some of this community and to get a good feel for the state of the art in this domain. I'm sure I will have lots to say on return so stay tuned.

Peter

 

[Aquarist007]

Good points to both of you. I have two units that produce 200 GPD in total. So in two days I can produce 400 gal. With a three week major water change cycle planned I'm pretty sure I can manage the volume requirements which I think will be in the 250 gal range + or - 50 GAL (we have yet to decide). The mars Bars are expected to benefit from the display tank discharge for water change as well. There is an auto top off set up for ro/di pure water for all tanks as well.



Good point Elliott........although I suspect you might get lucky depending on the water quality of your source.

Peter

I would have thought you would have set up a system similar to Randy's where the water is changed out automatically by the hour or daily?
I believe that you would not have to do the major water change in that case??

 

[nineball]

I would have thought you would have set up a system similar to Randy's where the water is changed out automatically by the hour or daily?
I believe that you would not have to do the major water change in that case??

I probably will end up there but initially I want to do a major water change every three weeks while I try and analyze the water column for stability. Smaller incremental changes make it more difficult to understand as the balance changes constantly even though it's minor tweaking that's at work. Once we have established the basic parameters then I will look to smaller incremental water changes that I might even automate. It will be a while though because I do want to feel that I understand the water chemistry and that I can manage it properly first.

Peter

 

[mr.wilson]

I would have thought you would have set up a system similar to Randy's where the water is changed out automatically by the hour or daily?
I believe that you would not have to do the major water change in that case??

There are many ways to skim the water change cat. How you do it depends on why you are doing it. If you are just removing secondary metabolites (toxins from corals), and DOC (dissolved organic carbon), then Randy's system will work well. If you wish to remove POC (particular organic carbon/detritus) then a larger water change with substrate and rock cleaning.

Larger manual water changes minimize the chances of malfunctioning equipment as well.

 

[kharmaguru]

There are many ways to skim the water change cat. How you do it depends on why you are doing it. If you are just removing secondary metabolites (toxins from corals), and DOC (dissolved organic carbon), then Randy's system will work well. If you wish to remove POC (particular organic carbon/detritus) then a larger water change with substrate and rock cleaning.

Larger manual water changes minimize the chances of malfunctioning equipment as well.

Sorry if this has been asked, but I noticed you have roughly an inch of substrate. Is there intention to make a D(eeper)SB or is it purely esthetic? I'm a BB man myself so the question is pure curiousity more than an applicational challenge.

 

[Hookup]

For water changes I have settled on doing 15% by month via perpetual/trickle system and 10%every two weeks en-masse.

This has been working wonders for About a year thus far. I highly recommend it when combining with a baling type system.

 

[curlykid]

i like ur bentley.

 

[curlykid]

continental flying spur.:inlove:
oh, yeah, the tank too. good taste in cars and tanks, man you are da bomb!

 

[nineball]

Sorry if this has been asked, but I noticed you have roughly an inch of substrate. Is there intention to make a D(eeper)SB or is it purely esthetic? I'm a BB man myself so the question is pure curiousity more than an applicational challenge.

You are correct. It is about an inch and barring what critters do to it I will keep it that way for the esthetic.

Peter

We rake it twice a week......

Including a thorough teeth cleaning...........

 

[curlykid]

haha, i posted awkward comment! is that a real shark mouth or something?

 

[nineball]

haha, i posted awkward comment! is that a real shark mouth or something?

No you didn't post anything awkward at all.......


This is a relic from Jurrasic Park that fell into the tank....

Peter

 

[chartwell]

Here's what it will grow up to be if you are lucky...

 

[curlykid]

hahaha :lol:

 

[andytripa]

Hi Peter, Hi Mr.Wilson

Sorry for stopping by so late to say hi. I think you are helping a lot of people by providing all this amount of quality information that is usefull to everyone including me. So thank you for this thread.

Last night I realised I should come and congratulate both of you in person when I found out about MACNA. Is a 15 hours flight but I think is worth it to meet people like you.

I will go now because I only have three hours to sleep before the long flight to Orlando.

 

[chingchai]

You are correct. It is about an inch and barring what critters do to it I will keep it that way for the esthetic.

Peter

We rake it twice a week......

Peter. I also rake mine twice a week.
I love your gadget.
Is it custom-made? (the one at the end)

 

[kharmaguru]

Peter. I also rake mine twice a week.
I love your gadget.
Is it custom-made? (the one at the end)

It's definitely a Kent algae scraper. Looks like they took the plastic scraper insert and glued a comb to it with some teeth knocked out...

 

[nineball]

It's definitely a Kent algae scraper. Looks like they took the plastic scraper insert and glued a comb to it with some teeth knocked out...

Peter. I also rake mine twice a week.
I love your gadget.
Is it custom-made? (the one at the end)

Yes ChingChai, it is custom made from a kent scrapper, the plastic insert and a comb with the teeth knocked out. The adhesive is the EPO epoxy!!!!!Thanks to you again.

Good call Kharmaguru.

Peter

 

[nineball]

Hi Peter, Hi Mr.Wilson

Sorry for stopping by so late to say hi. I think you are helping a lot of people by providing all this amount of quality information that is usefull to everyone including me. So thank you for this thread.

Last night I realised I should come and congratulate both of you in person when I found out about MACNA. Is a 15 hours flight but I think is worth it to meet people like you.

I will go now because I only have three hours to sleep before the long flight to Orlando.

Andytripa, we will definetly look forward to meeting you at the MACNA. We shouldn't be too hard to find. If you make it Thursday night please join us for dinner. Everyone should be meeting at the main registration desk in the hotel lobby of the Marriott at 7:00 pm.

Peter