Tank temp too high

by **gldntrmite** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:29 pm

Oh no, into the sump.... currently i've got a 50 gallon sump with a Marineland 300 skimmer sitting in it. I've got an electric sensor for the RO with a back up mechanical float. The RO unit is a MaxPure MPRO rated at 60 gallons per day.

by **jennyg49** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:42 pm

Sorry, I was out of town so a little late on catching up here...

I have a clown, coral beauty, and one other fish (forget type- pink and yellow w/ spot on his top fin). My first clown jumped out when I first began tipping part of the lid off, so now there is a screen. I guess otherwise my fish aren't normally jumpers. Sucks when that happens though!

There isn't really too much buildup on the glass now, so I think it should be ok...
Fishboy- what is RO?

by **fihsboy** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:41 pm

Reverse Osmosis. Its used in an RO/DI unit. Reverses Osmosis Dionizer, its a unit that filters out your water so when you put it in your tank its clean as a whistle. Its lab quality water. :) Its what you almost have to use in a reef, tap water will release silica among other things, and silica in particular is what makes algae grow. I often wonder why they use silica sand in pools........wouldnt that affect algae in your water?

by **Snowboss4492** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:19 am

we dont use chlorine and shock chems in our tanks though, so thats prolly why pools dont have algaes in them

check this auto top off controll, triple redundant system, me likes ...........safe is good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OceY9uOKk4

Boss

by **fihsboy** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:58 pm

But as soon as the chlorine goes.......tank goes LIME green. Its happening to ours now. No one in Florida evens uses liquid chlorine anymore.......unless you do it yourself.......but EVERY company uses gas.......its a LOT more potent and you just about have to. We were dumping 10 containers of chlorine in our pool a week......200-250 bucks of chlorine......someones got to think of a better way.

by **gldntrmite** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:22 pm

I've got a 32 foot round above ground pool, hate the damn thing. Cuts into my budget and the kids never use the damn thing anymore. The water in my area has such high metal counts that i have to use acid to remove them, then chlorine to sanitize and if you miss one week, and i'm not exagerating, my pool will turn the nastiest greenish / brown in just a few days.

Last year i had it clean, levels were perfect. Went on vacation for 5 days, had mom watch the pool. She added water once as it was very hot that week and when i returned i had a damn swamp.

Now all i can think about is all the money i wasted on the pool could have been one hell of a sweet tank to feed my addiction!!!! LOL

by **fihsboy** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:41 pm

HAHA. Guy at my LFS has a pool in his garage....I kid you not.....And im sure you can think of what he uses it for.........ohh thats right. SHARKS. Im not kidding. Ive seen it twice. Its just a standard walmart above ground pool full of saltwater and 4 sharks. Its pretty sweet.

by **gldntrmite** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:52 pm

That would be something to see.... my pool holds 18,000 gallons. Imagine the fun you could have with something that size!!! Hell i'd be scuba diving in my backyard on a daily basis!!!

by **fihsboy** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:00 pm

I know it sounds far fetched........but they guy has 6 tanks in his house. He has 4 coral fragging 4 foot by 4 foot tanks. with two 250s over each one. Hes got seaworld in his house. and hes a plumber......so everything is setup to be auto top off and auto water change. Its SAWEET. I would LOVE to have a freaking pool in my garage full of corals and maybe 4 or 5 400 halides over it.

Check this tank out........They are in my local reef club, and they are really nice people with a HUGE tank.

http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f193/ ... 16872.html

by **fihsboy** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:02 pm

Page 18 and 19 is where it gets good. :)

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