drummereef's 180g in-wall build
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drummereef
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psteeleb
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Brett here are some larger quick disconects if you ever decide to use some
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23027
may be a bit pricey for most aplications but if you have somehting that is a taken out often and it's a pain to deal with the tubing its a nice option. and if needed you can by either or both ends with built in shut off valves so you want have to reset the flow on a ball valve
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23027
may be a bit pricey for most aplications but if you have somehting that is a taken out often and it's a pain to deal with the tubing its a nice option. and if needed you can by either or both ends with built in shut off valves so you want have to reset the flow on a ball valve
drummereef
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Nice! These might come in handy some day. I really like the thumb latch design. Much better than fiddling with the little push ring on most quick connects.
drummereef
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UPDATE:
OK guys, I've decided to take monthly full tank shots to document coral growth and general tank progression. I'll try to get one at the first of every month. I'll then be able to document every 3 months or so how the tank is doing from a growth perspective. Here's we go!
FTS 2-1-2011
OK guys, I've decided to take monthly full tank shots to document coral growth and general tank progression. I'll try to get one at the first of every month. I'll then be able to document every 3 months or so how the tank is doing from a growth perspective. Here's we go!
FTS 2-1-2011
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henrystyle
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nice, thanks for sharing
cromedogg33
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Brett,
Do you have any actinic's or moonlights for night viewing?
Do you have any actinic's or moonlights for night viewing?
110galreef
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How did you get these to work. The hose coming off my SMR1 & MR1 reactors is 1/2" and these only seem to work up to 3/8".
These would be perfect inline on my 1/2" hose:
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=25214
Did you swap the fitting (NPT to hose barb) fitting on the reactors?
I have 1/2" BV with 3/8"NPT threads i believe, and the MR1 reactors have 3/8" NPT as well i believe.....
Hmmmm??
Or just use something like this, but drop down to 3/8" hose?\http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=63127&catid=743
psteeleb
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it loks like you may already be on to an answer but as a reminder for others:
the quick connects use a inside diameter (ID) tubing size, but a lot of tubing is sold as OD (outside diameter)
so for your 1/2" tubing the ID may be 3/8" so you would want a 3/8" tubing quick disconnect. You have to buy both pieces and doing it this way gives you all kinds of options like going with a pipe threaded, tube barb or other and with shut offs or not. The shut offs are great and allows you to discconnect with out shutting off your ball valve and then readjusting it when you hook the reactor back up.
drummereef
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At this point I do not Josh. I'm considering adding some LED actinic supplementation at some point for more of a dawn / dusk effect but haven't decided how I'm going to implement them. The moonlights I currently have are turning on the room lights and scaring the crap out of my tang. :lol: I would also like to upgrade that system at some point too.
Thank you Claudio!
reeftanknewbie
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Brett,
As I have said before; amazing tank build. It is sooooo clean which is what my wife pushes me to do with my setup. And as I read through this thread for the second time (was off today due to the weather and had a lot of time on my hands) I was reminded that you are a very patient man to wait this long for corals. Any plans for that refugium?
As I have said before; amazing tank build. It is sooooo clean which is what my wife pushes me to do with my setup. And as I read through this thread for the second time (was off today due to the weather and had a lot of time on my hands) I was reminded that you are a very patient man to wait this long for corals. Any plans for that refugium?
drummereef
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Thanks for the kind words again reeftanknewbie.
I do have plans on some kind of refugium in the future. Probably a simple live rock reservoir to culture pods, sponges, etc... With the implementation of bio-pellets on my system I'm shying away from attempting to grow macro algaes because of the low nutrient environment. Many people that attempt both find the macros melt and/or die off since the water is void of many of the nutrients they feed off. Hopefully sometime I'll get that project underway. Just haven't completely decided what the best way to incorporate it would be without it just becoming a detritus trap. 
Nugburner
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chaeto with biopellets
chaeto with biopellets
here is a vid of a setup using both chaeto and biopellets.
http://www.youtube.com/user/1mkwiet#p/u/2/LCaAVoGihac
been doing research also weather to include pellets with a refugium or leave the fuge out all together. hope this helps.this was his response when i asked him
"think I'm experiencing the opposite where as my chaeto out performs the biopellets.....they're no longer disapearing or wearing out since the chaeto has gotten soo big and lush. So atm the two live in harmony as the biopellets can never really "die" like the chaeto....atm the biopellets seem like a macro algae backup system
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chaeto with biopellets
here is a vid of a setup using both chaeto and biopellets.
http://www.youtube.com/user/1mkwiet#p/u/2/LCaAVoGihac
been doing research also weather to include pellets with a refugium or leave the fuge out all together. hope this helps.this was his response when i asked him
"think I'm experiencing the opposite where as my chaeto out performs the biopellets.....they're no longer disapearing or wearing out since the chaeto has gotten soo big and lush. So atm the two live in harmony as the biopellets can never really "die" like the chaeto....atm the biopellets seem like a macro algae backup system
"
drummereef
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Thanks for the link Nugburner.
I've seen Ricket's setup before, he does some really nice instructional videos on YouTube. I'm definitely not saying they can't work together, but there's obviously some underlying reason why his bio pellets performance is declining. I would gather there is an imbalance of bacteria populations where the bio pellets aren't working at optimal efficiency, either allowed overtime or forced through other means of nutrient export. This also happens when bio pellets and GFO are used together, like in my system. My pellets are not running at peak efficiency because I haven't allowed them to do so. I'm still exporting phosphate via GFO. It's been noted that the bacteria based system, ie biopellets, will suffer if other nutrient export systems are in place either chemically or in Ricket's case photosynthetically, especially if there is an imbalance of bacteria cultures in the system to begin with. Or essentially two systems competing for the same nutrients. I would also presume the people having issues with their macros dying/melting is due to an imbalance erring on the side of the bio-pellets, where there is an overabundance of beneficial bacteria that is seeding the bio pellets.
In any event, I would guess if he were to take his macro offline he would start to see the bio pellets efficiency start to rise again. It's the competing systems that have shown inconsistent performance results. Not in every case of course but there have been notable trends. Sorry for the long ramble...
drummereef
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No problem Nugburner.
I'm also not implying in any way that one system is better than the other. Obviously the use of macros is a natural method and has stood the test of time in reef keeping. Bio pellets aren't new technology, these are just relatively new formulas that seem to be more efficient at feeding bacteria, thus reducing nutrient levels through bacteria population. There's obviously benefits to using macros over bio pellets such as gas exchange etc, where bio pellets won't provide such benefits. And I wouldn't think pods would much like the tumbling action of the reactor to call it home. 
But they are notably efficient at removing stubborn nutrients. Sorry for the long posts, just trying to give you all the info I know on the subject. 
drummereef
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110galreef
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Drummm..
Have you checked PO4 lately. I just checked mine & was 0.00 on the hanna checker :dance:
I am about 10-11 weeks in now and PO4 has come from .03...02..& now 0.00.
wondering if this is attributed to light bioload (10 small fish) or biopellets or what? I am not doing anything real special or overkill maintenance....Oh and I did buy GFO & reactor, but haven't needed to run it yet!! May not need at all?
How many ml's of biopellets you running too? I am using 750ml on 250g display
Have you checked PO4 lately. I just checked mine & was 0.00 on the hanna checker :dance:
I am about 10-11 weeks in now and PO4 has come from .03...02..& now 0.00.
wondering if this is attributed to light bioload (10 small fish) or biopellets or what? I am not doing anything real special or overkill maintenance....Oh and I did buy GFO & reactor, but haven't needed to run it yet!! May not need at all?
How many ml's of biopellets you running too? I am using 750ml on 250g display
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