Seth's 120g Reef...

[sethsolomon]

It is slowly coming back down. Did a water change but it didn't help much. Just have to wait and keep measuring

 

[Walter White]

Thanks!




So measured my alk today and found it at 11 dkh so had to turn off the calcium reactor and now I think I need a more reliable way to feed the calcium reactor with water. the separate pump is giving varying results.

Get a cole parmer paristaltic. No better way to feed a cal reactor

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Get a cole parmer paristaltic. No better way to feed a cal reactor

I want one! Those are pricey! Worth It in the Long run probably.

 

[zombie]

No sense on spending the money on a Cole palmer. Just get one from apt instruments that is a quarter the price. I know several people on the neptune forums that have run those in excess of 8 years without anything but regular tubing replacements.

 

[Walter White]

Keep an eye out on ebay you can get a nice Cole Parmer masterflex for about $300. By the way I don't see a single pump on the APT website that will hold a candle to cole parmer or that I would trust running 100% duty cycle for any real length of time.

If you want the real low down on running a calcium reactor on a cole parmer or any other parasitical on the market refer to this RC thread.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2368618&highlight=cole+parmer+masterflex

 

[zombie]

By the way I don't see a single pump on the APT website that will hold a candle to cole parmer or that I would trust running 100% duty cycle for any real length of time.

That's cause you are looking at the wrong ones. This is the one that lasts for fricking ever. You can order it with a PVC casing and either a pot controller or advanced controller with 0-5V input for about $300 and they are guaranteed to last 20,000 hours at continuous duty or they will replace it. Cole Palmers are definitely a better pump, but I would rather get one of these for $300 than spend $1500 on a comparable cole palmer that will last 40,000 hours.

http://aptinstruments.com/pdf/SP200VOBLPS.pdf

 

[Walter White]

That's cause you are looking at the wrong ones. This is the one that lasts for fricking ever. You can order it with a PVC casing and either a pot controller or advanced controller with 0-5V input for about $300 and they are guaranteed to last 20,000 hours at continuous duty or they will replace it. Cole Palmers are definitely a better pump, but I would rather get one of these for $300 than spend $1500 on a comparable cole palmer that will last 40,000 hours.

http://aptinstruments.com/pdf/SP200VOBLPS.pdf

lol who said anything about spending $1500?.

a 10 second search turned up this. As I already stated if you keep an out of you can find one for around $300

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cole-Parmer...195?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4195a39dd3

 

[sethsolomon]

well currently both of those are out of my price range So I am going to just pipe off my return pump. On a better note my alk is down to 9.7 9.8 dkh ballpark. 1 more day and I should be able to turn my calcium reactor back on

 

[sethsolomon]

And replaced all my RO membrains in my ro/di system. I noticed my DI resin turning way faster than it should. This should solve my cyano problem in my 34.4g tank.

 

[ayaws]

Hey Seth, your pics are awesome! Care to share your settings? I'm on a Nikon D7000 and always fight getting my settings right.

 

[sethsolomon]

Hey Seth, your pics are awesome! Care to share your settings? I'm on a Nikon D7000 and always fight getting my settings right.

Its all about the gel filters

 

[ayaws]

Ok, I'll bite. . Which ones are you using???

 

[FishTV]

Ok, I'll bite. . Which ones are you using???

Not sure if this is the same set that Seth is using, but I have them, and so much easier than setting white balance, and super easy to use with cell phone camera's http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gel-Filters...361?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf8feb341

 

[sethsolomon]

Ok, I'll bite. . Which ones are you using???

Not sure if this is the same set that Seth is using, but I have them, and so much easier than setting white balance, and super easy to use with cell phone camera's http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gel-Filters...361?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf8feb341

Yup those are the filters.

 

[ayaws]

Pulled the trigger on those. Cheap AND cheerful!

 

[Miah2bzy]

Those mandarins looked great Seth! Hope I can get mine that nice!!!

 

[sethsolomon]

Thanks Jeremiah!


Well Alk is now holding close at 8.5 just need to ween it down .5 dkh and get it to hold at 8.

 

[aztecdreams]

Thanks Jeremiah!


Well Alk is now holding close at 8.5 just need to ween it down .5 dkh and get it to hold at 8.

What is your bubble/drip per minute count?

 

[sethsolomon]

What is your bubble/drip per minute count?

I have it set to a pH of 6.92.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

6.92? That's pretty high. What kind of media are you using. Mine is at about 6.45. It's obviously worked for you... Just curious.