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    Chiller setup: Return to Display or Sump?

    in Product Reviews

    Posted

    Sucks. When I set up my tank, I didnt take in to this chiller piping or route into consideration. I think best practise is get a slightly overpowered return pump.

    Then do this: return pump ==> chiller ==> main tank

    Currently, mine is just : return pump ==> main tank.

    Without any consideration for the chiller.

    Now headache liao, thinking if I should

    (1) engage the piping guy to come by and redo the pipes? Means pay some more $$$ for the work.

    I am v poor in DIY, wouldnt be brave enough to DIY something as critical as pipings.

    Or

    (2) buy another pump just to pump to chiller and then back to main tank... messier and ugly and yes, one extra pump, one extra heat and electrical bill.

    Sianzzz....

    My seahorse tank

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    What flowrate are you putting into the seahorse tank?

    My dilemma is that my refugium flowrate is quite slow which isnt the ideal condition for my chaeto and other macros. If I were to increase my flowrate, the horses may not like it ya? Read on the net, some sites give contrasting views, some say flowrate of even > 10x of tank capacity is fine... so say no.

    Zico's 3 x 2 x 2 reef journey

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    If there is something I dislike about this hobby, its rock scaping. Damn stressed doing it.

    Spent half the afternoon working on the rock scape. Back aching now.... !

    :thumbdown:

    The sump concept is interesting, mind to share more photos with us?

    Ok. Here it is.

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    Hopefully there's a comb between the sump display area to prevent fish/chaeto from flowing into the return pump area.

    Oh yes... where's the chiller pump?

    Yes, there is a net before every compartment's overflow.

    Chiller is on the side, outside the cabinet. Am using my old tank's chiller. As it is underpowered, I will have to upgrade to a 1/5Hp or 1/10Hp soon.

    I'm trying to figure out how the sump works. The flow is in a horizontal S shape?

    Nope, no "S". The drain pipe goes into two seperate route.

    Ok this is how it works.

    Draining down pipe --------> Mechanical filter ------> Skimmer + Biopellets FR--------->RETURN PUMP

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    -------> Refugium --------------------------------------------------------->RETURN PUMP

    I have 2 downline... 1 goes to refugium directly. The refugium then flows directly to the return pump compartment w/o going through the skimmer and filter floss. I design it this way so that the refugium will be deep. I like my refugium big as I am a firm believer of raising macroalgae to suppress Po4 and nitrates.

    A big refugium will also help me grow more copepods. Furthermore, due to its depth, I can try my hand at raising a species tank in there. Probably seahorse or even frog fish. The prospects of having a 2nd display tank in the form of a display refugium (or species tank) was tantalizing. Seriously I wouldnt dare do this w/o Iwarna's Victor assurance that his tank maker can do this and they have done it before. I left it to Victor to figure out where the cabinet door needs to be "cut" coz an inch in miscalculation will ruin the whole cabinet.

    Zico's 3 x 2 x 2 reef journey

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Just got mine installed yesterday.

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    Will put in more pictures when I am ready, now want to spend more time hunting down rocks to do up my rockscape.

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    Tank maker will come again on Monday to do some touch ups to the tank. I want to thank Iwarna's Victor for his help to set this up. He is a wonderful fella! :thumbsup:

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