My 1300 gallon addiction: A Miami reef build story.
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I have heard good things about ozone for water clarity, but also that it should not be a substitute for a UV. I am actually looking to add a UV myself and am contemplating adding ozone in the future but again, not as a substitute. Bulk Reef supply has a solid video on ozone that explains it well.
I'd go UV whether or not ozone is a possibility...just my 2 cents.
I'd go UV whether or not ozone is a possibility...just my 2 cents.
They were the ones who recommended it to me. Love you tube but where was it when I was feeding. I watch the 52 weeks. They told me that a UV for our system requires a 300 watt which would run like 3000 whereas a Ozone system would run around 1 k. I asked about icky and he said it does contain that as well. Lots of carbon with it. For the air at the outflow etc. I was looking at a 150 watt UV with a blade for 1k and change but he hit me with 300!! Darn
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I'm going to check into the Oxydator...sounds really promising.
I think an 800 gallon system should be fine with a 150watt UV, but I'm no expert. I think that water flow through the unit, within reason, is the most important aspect of a UV. I imagine if water is sent through slow enough but efficiently enough, the light will hit it for a long enough period to have the intended beneficial effects. I don't think a 300 watt is necessary.
I think an 800 gallon system should be fine with a 150watt UV, but I'm no expert. I think that water flow through the unit, within reason, is the most important aspect of a UV. I imagine if water is sent through slow enough but efficiently enough, the light will hit it for a long enough period to have the intended beneficial effects. I don't think a 300 watt is necessary.
Anim8me2
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Each of their "large" units is good for 150 gallons. They used to make one for ponds which would work but some of their older pond sized ones leaked so they are hard to find. You could DIY your own as it's basically just a diluted h2o2 solution with a catalyst to produce the o2.
I have three in my 500 gallon system.
I have three in my 500 gallon system.
Although I'm no technical expert by any stretch, but my simple understanding is that the heat exchanger is the equivalent of the "coil" in an air conditioning system, which receives the super cooled (by outdoor condenser) freon into the titanium coil inside the exchanger, and it dissipates that cooler temperature into the water as it passes through the exchanger housing. If anyone has an actual technical answer, I'm confident it would explain the function better (and would be welcome).
The 1.5hp unit we installed on this system is a beast, even with the 2 x 400watt halides and 8 bulb T5.
The 1.5hp unit we installed on this system is a beast, even with the 2 x 400watt halides and 8 bulb T5.
anbosu
New member
I don't think you would need a chiller with LED lighting. I don't run one on any of my tanks (they all have LEDs) and they are generally around room temperature, maybe a degree or two higher.
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Doing this will re-release the nutrients in the algae, (PO4/NO3) back into the water column.
Not a bad thing or a deal breaker, just something to keep in mind.
