Newbie to sw

[Doug]

http://96.31.76.198/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=40

Perhaps some useful info here also.

[marlincoral]

When we first started we didnt have RO water the mother-in-law worked at a carwash and they used RO for the spot free rinse and we used to fill up jugs and bring them home

[e46er]

start with RODI water and save headaches
make sure your sump has enough room for your skimmer footprint and a little bit extra for a safety net
a 20 G tank will not have enough room for a skimmer section/fuge section/ return section
you will want to make the return section as large as possible as this is where you will see the evaporation occur not as important if you use an auto top off

external pumps are more reliable in my experince but more $$
get a big enough return pump to run reactors for carbon, GFO, Pellets so much easier than individual powerheads running them

and for flow it really depends on what types of corals you want to keep and your rock placement and powerhead placement
i have around 8000 gph in my 120G tank

[Kimmi7]

ok so I have actually am looking at building in internal overflow if able. Only thing is I haven't been able to find good informaton on how to go about that.

Has anyone on here done that?

Also does anyone on here use the uv water treatment that you can get at hd for around 500$?

[mike31154]

Don't think too many people in marine hobby use UV water treatment, but the vast majority do use RODI water for mixing fresh SW & top up. Given the choice between spending $500 on UV treatment as opposed to $250 for a quality RODI system, I'll bet most folks in the hobby would choose the RODI. A side benefit of having a RODI system is having pure RO water available for drinking, cooking, ice cubes, making beer/wine/soda pop, topping up car batteries, radiators.....

[hillegom]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Don't think too many people in marine hobby use UV water treatment, but the vast majority do use RODI water for mixing fresh SW & top up. Given the choice between spending $500 on UV treatment as opposed to $250 for a quality RODI system, I'll bet most folks in the hobby would choose the RODI. A side benefit of having a RODI system is having pure RO water available for drinking, cooking, ice cubes, making beer/wine/soda pop, topping up car batteries, radiators.....

+1
RO/DI is way more important. Whether you buy a filter system (recommended) or buy ro water from the store. There won't be any DOCs in the water (dissolved organic compounds). These would fuel algae. Keep looking in the classifieds here and elsewhere and you will buy cheaper. New filters and you are good to go.

[Kimmi7]

So I got a 90 gallon today already drilled from another member, along with a 30 to use for the sump. So does anyone know of any places in edmonton that would make internal overflow boxes? hoping for some place on the northside of the river.

thanks