New 5ft tank progress

[weileong]

do you suddenly see cheap LR for sales at LFS ? wonder why right??

[hmkui]

hi guys.. talk to a few suppliers and LFS.... due to the raid.. quite a number of them are planning to get the CITES for the corals and rocks... and the price will be going up and up and away....

[alanseah]

no choice what to do...

anyway me just make my order from eaquarist

geting 60kg of cure live rock and 40kg of grade 0 sand...

and they help me cycle the rock for about 2-3 weeks be4 my new tank come..

how nice of them...

[Achilles Tang]

Actually, the cost of CITIES paperwork is not that substantial. It's the inconvenience and you know how some people don't like to be inconvenienced.

[alanseah]

then AT you convenienced or not.. you got harvest and frag your sps and sell to us in low cost..

[bubble_gum]

hey was reading this thread while listening to the malay news at 8:30pm. got 3 shipment today kena tahan cos bring in coral n live rock at p.panjang. later go watch news 5 tonight.

[alanseah]

finally got my TR 1.25hp,

but need to ask some question from those who got TR 1.25hp chiller..

The diagram that I have draw am I correct to say that the pipe nearest to the temperate control is the pipe to intake water and the other pipe is the return pipe where water is cool down and flow out from chiller...

Also what is the max flow rate the chiller required. how many l/h..??

[weileong]

Your image is mirror reversed???

This is because the temp sensor is in the inlet which is nearer to the temp controller. If you connect the other way round then it will measure water temp coming out from the chiller.

Dr Chill recommends the flow rate between 1800-2000l/hr.

Have you noticed the 0.5hp is rated for 750 litres while the 1.25hp is rated for 900 or 950 litres? Quite strange right?

See my 1.25 Titanium chiller.

[alanseah]

o ok thanx..

hmm me been wondering if possible to save on pump..

where I will use a EHEIM1260 2400 l/h to pump the water into the chiller and the output pipe of the chiller is connect directly to the tank return pipe where the output of chiller water go straight to the tank

[weileong]

should be fine... that's what I am going to do too. But of course mine is Tee off from the MD55.

[alanseah]

hmm also have thought that due to the height of the cabinet and the tank..

so if u use a 2400 l/h it wont be true 2400 l/h

so if I use 1262 a 3400 l/h will it result in a too fast flowrate..??

[AlfaRomeo]

Alanseah, that is exactly what I am doing with my chiller. 1260 pumps into the chiller and returns to main tank.

I have another return pump 1262 that pumps from the sump to main tank in addition to the 1260.

[weileong]

That's why I am going to use a MD55, then Tee off to drive the chiller and use a ball valve to adjust until I get the correct flow rate.

[alanseah]

hmm ok..

thanx..

now atleast can play safe and go ahead with the plan..

[alanseah]

o ya one more thing...

can i open one side of the chiller.. thus help in keeping the chiller cool..

or this will affect the performance of the chiller..???

[alanseah]

anyone know what is the operation hour for viclite..

[alanseah]

Here is my diagram for my sump..

pls comment...

thanx

[Wei]

Hi alan,

by adding 1ft of refugium in sump makes no different to yr filtration. It would just be added work. It is also recommended u run a refugium separate from tank. So u can shutoff the refugium from sump if macro aglae crash in it.

For a refugium to contribute to yr filtration, it should be at least 75% of yr main tank size. This is extracted from one of Bob Goeman article.

Cheers!

Wei

[alanseah]

huh ????

my idea is that to keep maro algae in it..

and having a DSB in that sump is not enough.. as I will have a 5-6" sandbed in my main tank..

also i thought this is what most of us here do..?

[Terryz_]

Provided you dun have sand burowing creature... If you wan to have sand burrowing creature... You can try puting a net at the 5 inche level and add another 1-2 inch to cover the netting and giving the creature to burrow.. Like that it will not disturb the DSB...

[Wei]

I notice many had do it too. But end of the day, issit that useful? Has one actually research on it to prove its usefulness if a refugium is used but so small?? Checkout their refugium, do u see alots of bubble within that shows that the DSB in refugium is working?

U can keep it to grow macro for food for yr tang, but as part of the filtration, I dun think its of much help. Even if there are pods, once it reach the return pump, you won't get anything alive from the output.

[alanseah]

well from what i know is that having maro aglae in your is more of a place where all the aglae grow in there rather then grow at your main tank...

this is what alot is thinking of... but not much in filtration of grown food..

[alanseah]

hmm wei maybe u got any link that can explain more on your idea.. and i can understand more why and how..

[AlfaRomeo]

Hmm for me, I have a small refuge too in my sump with DSB and some macro algae. The lights are switched on 24/7 and have noticed that cyano is growing there but not in the main tank. I suppose this is another advantage of having a refuge? can 'harvest' the cyano when it gets thick and its a form of nutrient export too?

[Wei]

If u have DSB in main tank to bring dwn NO3, why would you still need to grow the marco?

No link, I think its from an article in FAMA.