Lance's 225 gal tank

Lance · #1 01-14-2011, 02:01 AM

Yeah, after this I'll be checking it every time.

Delphinus · #2 01-14-2011, 02:15 AM

Wow, for me those socks come out so dirty I usually HAVE to invert them and do a quick prerinse. I figure if I'm going to do that, I might as well pick out all the 'pods and worms and brittlestars and whatever else might be worth saving and I toss them back into the tank. Sometimes there is indeterministic goo that makes me wonder just what the heck it is, ... that stuff I don't save.

Have found a few fish doing this!! Usually the smaller ones. The eel made it into the sump a couple times early on which tells me he must have gotten out of the bag somehow on his own, that would have been interesting to see as I sort of imagine that he would fly out of there.

Delphinus · #3 01-14-2011, 02:17 AM

BTW Lance I was looking at BRS and noticed they have 4" 200 micron bags, both felt and mesh - they say the mesh clog less easily so I might give those a whirl, you might want to check them out too?

Lance · #4 01-14-2011, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

BTW Lance I was looking at BRS and noticed they have 4" 200 micron bags, both felt and mesh - they say the mesh clog less easily so I might give those a whirl, you might want to check them out too?

Thanks Tony. I'll definitely give them a try. I order from BRS quite regularly.

Lance · #5 01-15-2011, 06:24 PM

Precipitate. How come? Help!

Lately I've been getting a lot of precipitate build-up in the return pump, (Mag 7). The PH's in the DT have no build-up at all. I just tested and the params are: Ca: 410; Alk: 7; Mg: 1290; pH: 8.0 These numbers stay quite constant from week to week. I use the two-part from BRS and dose via 2x Drew's Dosers. Both dosers drip into the return section of the sump; calcium in the morning and alkalinity in the evening. Is it possible that there is not enough water movement in the sump? I estimate flow through the sump at about 280 GPH. Any ideas?

P.S. I'm using exactly the same set up on the 225g with no problems, so it's not a problem with the two-part mix.

Mrfish55 · #6 01-15-2011, 07:11 PM

I was having the same problem, bumped the mag level up to 1400 and changed the one dosing line to the overflow so it mixed better, solved it for me.

Lance · #7 01-15-2011, 11:11 PM

Thanks Dave. I'll try upping the Mg. I used to keep it at about 1350 but I found the SPS does better with it a little lower. I might try a bigger pump for the return and get a little more flow through the sump as well.