1 system 2 displays

Worked on it some more and heres a very rough variation of the plumbing. Id like to do a manifold just cant decide whether i should run it off another pump or not
9440985be017e329b9e5afa575382859.jpg
and yes the drain will all be individual piping

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
I like it. Why would you want to run a manifold off of a separate pump? Isn't that the beauty of a manifold, to keep things simple?
 
Sawdonkey said:
I like it. Why would you want to run a manifold off of a separate pump? Isn't that the beauty of a manifold, to keep things simple?
Click to expand...
Yeah but if i run it off the return and my calcium reactor fails for any reason i want to be able to shut it down and that wouldnt be possible with the return. Especially if i was out of town.

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
anarchy said:
Yeah but if i run it off the return and my calcium reactor fails for any reason i want to be able to shut it down and that wouldnt be possible with the return. Especially if i was out of town.

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

Couldn't you just shut of the CR pump or CO2 Regulator. Then the reactor would just have water flowing through it but no CO2 to dissolve the media?

I'm not too educated on Cal RX, but I do think I'll get one soon-ish. I'm thinking Geo 618 with the Aquarium Plants electronic regulator. I don't plan on going with a PH probe, just test tank alk and adjust bubble count accordingly.
 
Sawdonkey said:
Couldn't you just shut of the CR pump or CO2 Regulator. Then the reactor would just have water flowing through it but no CO2 to dissolve the media?

I'm not too educated on Cal RX, but I do think I'll get one soon-ish. I'm thinking Geo 618 with the Aquarium Plants electronic regulator. I don't plan on going with a PH probe, just test tank alk and adjust bubble count accordingly.
Click to expand...
I would have to shut the feed pump off which is the one im trying to eliminate. Yes i could shut the solenoid off but if it already dumped a ton of co2 into the reactor and started melting the media i wouldnt want it to get back into the tank because itd cause a spike. Especially if i didnt notice right away.

I know this is a big what if, but id like to be prepared for anything possible

Yeah i think thats the same one rockhead bought. They are super nice. Im not sure itll work the way you want to do it (i could be wrong) but the solenoid is controled by the ph probe. So if you want it to come on when ph hits 7.4 and off at 7.3 then its the probe telling it when to do it

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
I was talking with James at New Fish and he does it super simple on his 600 gal SPS tank. No ph probe at all and he doesn't worry about the ph in his reactor. He just worries about his tank DkH. Too low, up the CO2 bubble count and vis versa. Just steady stream of effluent and adjust bubble count accordingly. The aquarium plants regulator is super accurate because it doesn't rely on pressure for the needle valve. I like the thought of this method better than relying on a probe and an apex/reef keeper to control a regulator.
 
Sawdonkey said:
I was talking with James at New Fish and he does it super simple on his 600 gal SPS tank. No ph probe at all and he doesn't worry about the ph in his reactor. He just worries about his tank DkH. Too low, up the CO2 bubble count and vis versa. Just steady stream of effluent and adjust bubble count accordingly. The aquarium plants regulator is super accurate because it doesn't rely on pressure for the needle valve. I like the thought of this method better than relying on a probe and an apex/reef keeper to control a regulator.
Click to expand...
Yeah i set mine up how toxic on r2r did his. He put up a video and made it super simple to setup. But different things work for different people. Cant wait to see how yours does it with it on there. You use kalk now right?

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
And now the walls. The back of the tank will sit about 14" from the wall so i can reach some of the plumbing if i absolutely have to. I think all electronic componets will be housed in the room with the sump pump to keep them dry. Ill also run a pipe from the sump to the house sump incase of an overflow situation and for waterchanges.
30d846a669ce6ac46bfb85f2838583f8.jpg
3b835a89c021cb3b17e8509391d0f694.jpg
2522101f38a54ba1622e749f26cc1467.jpg
571c7b04235bb52e086fe3119a5d6940.jpg


Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
madjoe said:
Much better trust me back closed up on stand and canopy is never good
Click to expand...
Yeah the stand now has a 3" slit long ways all the way across and it gets kind of hot in there thats why i thought maybe a couple fans would fix it but an open back seems so much easier

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
anarchy said:
Yeah the stand now has a 3" slit long ways all the way across and it gets kind of hot in there thats why i thought maybe a couple fans would fix it but an open back seems so much easier

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

Yea dont put fan on tge stand but forsure on the canopy to blow across lights specially the mh beast
 
madjoe said:
Yea dont put fan on tge stand but forsure on the canopy to blow across lights specially the mh beast
Click to expand...
Lol thats going to be alot of heat. I think 4 fans will work thoughm right now im using a tower fan and it keeps my tank perfectly between 80-80.3

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
madjoe said:
Yea dont put fan on tge stand but forsure on the canopy to blow across lights specially the mh beast
Click to expand...
I got a question for you, you run t5s right? I just got a tek 8 bulb fixture and I need to figure out what lights to run. Sorry anarchy for talking about it on your thread
 
xj_matt said:
I got a question for you, you run t5s right? I just got a tek 8 bulb fixture and I need to figure out what lights to run. Sorry anarchy for talking about it on your thread
Click to expand...
Haha no biggie. Madjoe and [MENTION=2509]rockhead[/MENTION] can definitely answer your t5 questions.

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
 
xj_matt said:
I got a question for you, you run t5s right? I just got a tek 8 bulb fixture and I need to figure out what lights to run. Sorry anarchy for talking about it on your thread
Click to expand...

O let me in , 5 kz super blues 2 coral+ 1 and actinic
That's what I run when the 8 bulbs are on



Tom
 
xj_matt said:
I got a question for you, you run t5s right? I just got a tek 8 bulb fixture and I need to figure out what lights to run. Sorry anarchy for talking about it on your thread
Click to expand...

Right now i run all ati bulbs 4 blue plus 1 coral plus and one purple plus. When i had 8 bulbs i just added anoth blue plus and a attinic but really up to your eyes the corals seem to love the blue pluses but some people dont like the blue look so u can add a sexond whitish bulb like aquabluespecial or another coral plus . If u do id probably just lose the attinic and keep the blue plus . Ive always used ati bulbs never tryed giesman i know some mix it up with ati and giessman then throw a sylvania 4600k in the pics always looked nice but ive never tried
 
madjoe said:
Right now i run all ati bulbs 4 blue plus 1 coral plus and one purple plus. When i had 8 bulbs i just added anoth blue plus and a attinic but really up to your eyes the corals seem to love the blue pluses but some people dont like the blue look so u can add a sexond whitish bulb like aquabluespecial or another coral plus . If u do id probably just lose the attinic and keep the blue plus . Ive always used ati bulbs never tryed giesman i know some mix it up with ati and giessman then throw a sylvania 4600k in the pics always looked nice but ive never tried
Click to expand...

Thanks for the help I have never ran t5s so I have no idea where to start that's why I an asking what to run
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top