Starting a new tank

[shootsimon]

Hi bro very very nice equipments? Mind sharing where to get and whats the price of your overheat power cut unit?

[teo]

Found out the heat exchanger is leaking at the red arrow. This is very frustrating. Might have to try different way. Any ideas?

[teo]

Decided to put the coil directly in the sump (last chamber). Seemed to work quite well.

Temperature down by 0.2 degree per 5 minutes.

[teo]

Adding salt.

[teo]

tank with sand added

[subxero]

Great setup. Nice blue light too

[Flame-Tail]

Doing great .. More More.

[wil_lee76]

"bo wei kong"!

[Rex Ng]

View from the bottom showing the lights fired up. I don't think I need to turn out any other lights in my house.

80W x 2 (t5), amazing! Must have cost you a bomb, but worth it, German tube!

[sjsheng]

this tank is huge. lOls. anyway nice design on your cabitnet. woo. cost alot? lOls.

[teo]

3 Questions:

1. Deciding between SEIO1500 or Tunza6080 for internal circulation. The Tunza is almost double the price of SEIO. Any advise?

2. Should the skimmer be turned off during cycling? How many days?

3. Any suggestion on rock scaping?

Thank you

[shootsimon]

Decided to put the coil directly in the sump (last chamber). Seemed to work quite well.

Temperature down by 0.2 degree per 5 minutes.

Interesting method Wonder if I can mod my chiller to this method too. Main body in dry area , heat exchanger/ coil in sump. Can show more pics and tell us how you did it? Hope to save some cost in the chilling part. Currently have a 2nd hand 1.25hp chiller.

[teo]

Hi shootsimon,

This is the main body. The coil is a custom made titanium coil. I put it in a fast flowing area of sump just before the return pumps for best effect.

I am sure your chiller definately can be modified. You will have to pay for the new titanium coil. Price is around $200 per coil (I am using 3 pieces join together).

One point to note is that when the chiller is modified, the warranty will no longer be valid.

A friend who is in chiller business did this for me. Send me a PM if you want him to quote.

[SunkistC]

1. Deciding between SEIO1500 or Tunza6080 for internal circulation. The Tunza is almost double the price of SEIO. Any advise?

Hi teo,

Suggest you go for the for the Tunze.

For your tank size the SEIO will not be strong enough

to create sufficient water movement.

I feel that SEIO pumps are over-rated... the flow rate doesn't

feel as strong as the rated specs.

Spare parts for Tunze are more readily available, but not for SEIO pumps...

I regretted buying the SEIO M1100

The SEIO pump(brand new) I bought stop working after 4 days

When i tried to remove the propeller to check i accidentally broke the

ceramic shaft. Then i found out that no spare parts are available to

replace the broken shaft

[tineng]

Hi teo,

Suggest you go for the for the Tunze.

For your tank size the SEIO will not be strong enough

to create sufficient water movement.

I feel that SEIO pumps are over-rated... the flow rate doesn't

feel as strong as the rated specs.

Spare parts for Tunze are more readily available, but not for SEIO pumps...

I regretted buying the SEIO M1100

The SEIO pump(brand new) I bought stop working after 4 days

When i tried to remove the propeller to check i accidentally broke the

ceramic shaft. Then i found out that no spare parts are available to

replace the broken shaft

yeap...same here.....broke my ceramic shaft when removing the impeller.....same applies for the RIO 2100....they still work though, but in the end gave them both away .....

[teo]

yeap...same here.....broke my ceramic shaft when removing the impeller.....same applies for the RIO 2100....they still work though, but in the end gave them both away .....

Hi SunkistC n tineng,

Thanks for your advise. I will go for Tunze.

Die Die must squeeze out the money.

[teo]

Three big boxes of live rocks arrived today.

[teo]

Quite nice colour

[teo]

Completed rock work with caves.

[teo]

Closer view. The water is not too cloudy. The LFS did a good job curing and washing the rocks. Total weight is 130kg.

[acidjazz]

Bro, nice rock scape. Think u might need more rocks though.

For ur tank, u can consider running 2-3 tunze 6060/6080 for circulation.

[teo]

Bro, nice rock scape. Think u might need more rocks though.

For ur tank, u can consider running 2-3 tunze 6060/6080 for circulation.

Hi acidjazz,

I am planning to get 2x Tunze 6080 for now.

Will check if I need more.

Thank for your input.

[acidjazz]

Hi acidjazz,

I am planning to get 2x Tunze 6080 for now.

Will check if I need more.

Thank for your input.

That's a very good investment. You wun regret getting a tunze, maybe can invest in the tunze wavebox too?

[teo]

That's a very good investment. You wun regret getting a tunze, maybe can invest in the tunze wavebox too?

Good point! But $$ is quite limited now.

I guess I will have to save up for a while now.

Saw your post too. Nice work.

[acidjazz]

Good point! But $$ is quite limited now.

I guess I will have to save up for a while now.

Saw your post too. Nice work.

Thanks for the compliment. To be honest, my reef tank is running 3xSeio820 wavemaker bcuz i find the tunze too strong for a 3ft tank with LPS. My only tunze6060 is in the fowlr tank instead, kinda wasted. Reason why i recommend or in fact most reefers recommend tunze is bcuz of the low wattage and also long lasting.

Wavebox have to be added in early, if not future addition sure require rescaping of tank.

If i can restart my tank, i wiil invest in a 5-6 footer. Good work bro.