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chatyak
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Do you have a link?
Also, I'm fed up with my current system of sump and changing water. I'm going all out and making a new custom sump. I would like lots of input as to how make the compartments.
I'm planning on roughly 5 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft
It will sit to the left, perpendicular, and below the tank I have. I have a good visual idea in my head but will draw up some sketches.
I'm also going to do some pvc plumbing right to a pump so when it comes time for water changes i just pump it down the drain. Tired of buckets...
Tswifty
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http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/c.../index.html?osCsid=jm1me3n9viebve46it3e6gk496
I feel hear you on the buckets... On the 220 I was putting together I had a SW mix station planned as well as a series of valves and PVC for draining the sump... so basically I would be able to perform water changes without picking up a single bucket.
The reason there is a price jump from the 200 to the 250, is that the 250 utilizes 2 Sicce pumps, while the 200 only uses 1. Also Marine Solutions makes a custom extended neck for the 250 that is supposed to really boost the performance. I'm not sure how much it costs though.
I feel hear you on the buckets... On the 220 I was putting together I had a SW mix station planned as well as a series of valves and PVC for draining the sump... so basically I would be able to perform water changes without picking up a single bucket.
The reason there is a price jump from the 200 to the 250, is that the 250 utilizes 2 Sicce pumps, while the 200 only uses 1. Also Marine Solutions makes a custom extended neck for the 250 that is supposed to really boost the performance. I'm not sure how much it costs though.
chatyak
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Interesting. I found what you are talking about. It is $99
http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/c...on-Cup-for-MSX250-or-MSX300/product_info.html
I think what I'll do first is make myself a new sump, then really monitor the skimmer, maybe there is something at fault on my part (probably).
I have an auto drain on it so I closed it off for now (today) and am measuring the results. Will post in a few days what it collects.
Any ideas for the sump are appreciated.
Tswifty
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sanababit
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chatyak, you do have some diatoms and what looks like dinoflagellates and some bryopsis, for the diatoms put some crabs to work, for the bryopsis get your mag up to the 1500 ppm and it will wither and lastly for your dinos, their is no sure fix for it but you could try feeding less, using a denitrifier to lower nitrates,
phosban for phosphates, reduce your light cycle or shutoff your lights for 3 days (all this tips will help you with your other algaes as well).
Oh on the dinos, dont do water changes, those mostly fuel new growth and if you try to remove them by hand, dont let them float away as they will grow somewhere else....
Believe me been there done that
Sana
phosban for phosphates, reduce your light cycle or shutoff your lights for 3 days (all this tips will help you with your other algaes as well).
Oh on the dinos, dont do water changes, those mostly fuel new growth and if you try to remove them by hand, dont let them float away as they will grow somewhere else....
Believe me been there done that
Sana
I didn't see your params posted anywhere... I'm interested in what your Nitrates and Phosphate levels are? If your hair algae is dying off for one reason or another, Nitrates and Phosphates are going to be released. While most would be hopefully taken up by a reactor or chaeto (if you're growing), some will undoubtedly be consumed by other forms of algae.
LifeReef skimmers are great. Sounds like you might need to adjust yours to accumulate junk appropriately. What is your feeding cycle like, and what are you feeding?
LifeReef skimmers are great. Sounds like you might need to adjust yours to accumulate junk appropriately. What is your feeding cycle like, and what are you feeding?
chatyak
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Thank you sana. I am not familiar with dinos (except the extinct ones), what do these look like and how do they act?
I am currently planning a new sump to help streamline maintancce on the tank and it needs the following sections.
Bubble tower, skimmer section, return, refuge, separate tumbling chaeto compartment with a spray bar, and room for a gfo/carbon reactor.
Estimated dimensions are 60" x 20" x 20".
However I also need to store a freshwater supply above the sump because I like to use my gravity fed auto top off... so we need some sort of stand over the sump...
I am currently planning a new sump to help streamline maintancce on the tank and it needs the following sections.
Bubble tower, skimmer section, return, refuge, separate tumbling chaeto compartment with a spray bar, and room for a gfo/carbon reactor.
Estimated dimensions are 60" x 20" x 20".
However I also need to store a freshwater supply above the sump because I like to use my gravity fed auto top off... so we need some sort of stand over the sump...
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chatyak
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Don't have a phosphate test kit ( i hear they don't work well since all the phosphates are being used by the algae anyways).
I have to clean out my gfo/carbon reactor because i dosed an alkalinity supplement near it and it's all caked over with precipitate, but yes I just got one of those and the LifeReef of course.
I changed the skim to a wetter one, with the water line being about .5" of an inch below the neck line. We will see how much it fills up and whether this is bad or good from your opinions.
My LifeReef skimmer took some tweaking before it really started pulling out the nasties. Stick with it.
I use a Salifert PO4 test kit, and I found it to be very accurate and helpful. I made the rookie mistake of adding chaeto to a dark part of my refugium, where it died, and released all of its goodies back into the water. I tested PO4 before and after water changes, and it changed appropriately. Gave me a good idea of how far I needed to go
