265 gallon setup

[Dave C]

Originally Posted by niloc16

i've never heard that dave. thanks for the advice, i'm going to look into it. does anyone know more about mounting co2 horizontally?

Colin, I did some checking on RC and found these statements...

"Always tie or chain the cylinder to the side of the stand to prevent it from falling, always use it in the vertical position to insure you get gas and not liquid. If in the horizontal position, liquid will pass to the regulator which can be trapped in the body, after expanding into gas the increase in pressure can blow the regulator body cap or the gauges if not your reactor."

"Tilting it 10 degrees won't be a problem. I'd think that you'd have to go past 30 degrees before liquid would enter the regulator."

One thing to remember is that a lot of times on the net people pass on information that they don't know for sure is accurate (take the example of me warning you about this subject). That doesn't mean they're wrong, or right. But if I were you I'd put that tank upright until you find out for sure. It doesn't sound like a good thing if these folks are right. btw, here's the links for those two statements so you can read the entire thread for yourself...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...al#post7513526

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...al#post3053728

[fishface]

just outta curiousity, is the vortec and your sandbed playing nicely together or does the vortec shift things around alot?

[niloc16]

it doesnt seem to effect the sand at all. the first day the flow shifted the sand a little but after everything settled it was fine.

[niloc16]

i repositioned my co2 tank, thanks to the advice i did some research and found that positioning the bottle horizontally can be very dangerous. but i was still able to use the brackets so that was good, lost some space in the stand though but i will manage