Kar's 55g Red Sea Reef Thread
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chrismunn
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ive heard good things about tropic marin. i also saw some test results involving TM, and a number of other brands of synthetic salts. TM Had very good numbers.
why cant you see how much waste water your producing?
all you have to do is get 2 cups of equal sizes (2 of the exact same drinking glass) turn on the unit, and let the product water drain into one cup, while the waste water drains into the other cup. the waste water cup should fill up 4 times in the same amount of time that the product water cup fills once.... its that simple.
if your getting less than 4 cups waste to 1 cup pure, then pull that inner tube out of the waste tube and cut 2 or 3 millimeters off the end, re-insert it into the watse tube, and run the flow test one more time.
be sure to cut just a little bit of the inner tube at a time. if you cut too much off, then thats it. you'll have to replace it. if your getting 5 cups of waste water per 1 cup of product water, then the inner tube is too short. although a 5 to 1 ratio should be fine. any more than 5 to 1 and the inner tube shold be replaced.
dont make me take anymore pictures!
why cant you see how much waste water your producing?
all you have to do is get 2 cups of equal sizes (2 of the exact same drinking glass) turn on the unit, and let the product water drain into one cup, while the waste water drains into the other cup. the waste water cup should fill up 4 times in the same amount of time that the product water cup fills once.... its that simple.
if your getting less than 4 cups waste to 1 cup pure, then pull that inner tube out of the waste tube and cut 2 or 3 millimeters off the end, re-insert it into the watse tube, and run the flow test one more time.
be sure to cut just a little bit of the inner tube at a time. if you cut too much off, then thats it. you'll have to replace it. if your getting 5 cups of waste water per 1 cup of product water, then the inner tube is too short. although a 5 to 1 ratio should be fine. any more than 5 to 1 and the inner tube shold be replaced.
dont make me take anymore pictures!
kar93
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Its not a big hassle. But instead of using the drain clamp/saddle i drilled hole through and end cap in the plumbing but im going to have to take that off to get to the waste tube. Ill do it tomorrow/today (its 1am over here) and do the test. Like i say its not a big hassle but its somethin i dont like doing because ive been known to damage things in the past 
I think this thread needs more pics.
I think this thread needs more pics.
Reeftanks6
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LOL kar man i love sea fishing. Its awesome. Have lots of fun KAR.
kar93
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Fishing wasn't so good today, I caught nothing 
. Ive still got yesterdays pics to upload once i can get them on my PC
Oh, BTW the thread name has changed because i am going to base this tank on what i saw whilst in the Red Sea. The rockwork will be the same as what i saw (as close as i can get it) and i will try and get corals and fish that are known to the read sea. there maybe a few changes but i am going to try and make this as Egyptian as possible
. Ive still got yesterdays pics to upload once i can get them on my PCOh, BTW the thread name has changed because i am going to base this tank on what i saw whilst in the Red Sea. The rockwork will be the same as what i saw (as close as i can get it) and i will try and get corals and fish that are known to the read sea. there maybe a few changes but i am going to try and make this as Egyptian as possible
kar93
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Yeah, we'll try pond next week if you like. Then i can get some sleep.
I recieved 20lbs of Live Arag Sand and my digital thermometer today. I am still waiting on my refractometer and digital PH reader. I am going to keep the probes constantly in the sump and hook them up on the outside of the stand if you get what i mean.
I recieved 20lbs of Live Arag Sand and my digital thermometer today. I am still waiting on my refractometer and digital PH reader. I am going to keep the probes constantly in the sump and hook them up on the outside of the stand if you get what i mean.
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skaterzero22
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kar93
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Here is the idea i had for the rockwork, its not accurate nor is it the best drawing but you should get the idea.
Obviouly because of the Red Sea approach, the fish list has changed. The corals was a big variety of SPS and i think LPS over there i may have seen some softies but it was last year, Id love to house a Sohal tang and the various butterflyfish but its just a 55 so i cant. Anyway im hoping this will turn out to be a great reef, Im getting my hopes up a bit too much here but maybe TOTM material
Obviouly because of the Red Sea approach, the fish list has changed. The corals was a big variety of SPS and i think LPS over there i may have seen some softies but it was last year, Id love to house a Sohal tang and the various butterflyfish but its just a 55 so i cant. Anyway im hoping this will turn out to be a great reef, Im getting my hopes up a bit too much here but maybe TOTM material
