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    FarmerTy's 215 gallon - No Water Changes SPS Tank

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    Same here, i find it can be inaccurate at times depending on the reagent mixed. it can get drastically out of hand quickly, as to how it wants to dose alk. 
    I make it a large batch at a time so pretty confident once I dial it in that its reading the correct number. Its not the machine's fault ever that its reading the wrong alk... Its usually my fault with inaccurate mixing of the reagent and I'll have to adjust as needed but then its spot on until I run out again. I just have trust issues in general. Lol.

    diesel3443's 80g SPS Reboot

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    Oh no!  This is what you do to the pretty things I give you!? 😥

    Kidding.  My "colony" is in heal mode for a couple months but should have some nice branches to cut off in the summer.

    Hopefully the skimmer overkill alleviates the issue.

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    Redsea Reefer 450 Build / Upgrade

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    The maxspects came in yesterday, as well as the pump controller for the skimmer, I haven't starting really building it yet, I'm still thinking about the plumbing and the return pump, I've been looking at all the DC pumps initially the maxspects 9k was a choice, but the reviews are terrible, so was thinking the Cor 20 had some good options, but the reviews are not any better. Anyone have any suggestions on return pump? I'm thinking at least 2000gph to feed the manifold with the reactors and all, I don't want to short change the display on turnover. 
    I like my Jaebo BC return pump... Silent, variable, and been working for 3 years so lasts longer than their circulation pumps.

    FarmerTy's 215 gallon - No Water Changes SPS Tank

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    11 minutes ago, Merman said:

    I'm curious what horror stories you've read about the Kamoer pump?  I use a Kamoer pump with my calcium reactor and can give you some honest feedback from my experience.

    I wouldn't consider it a horror story but the first several months of using it was really frustrating.  Air would constantly build up in the reactor and required purging every couple of days.  It's no worse than having to constantly adjust a needle value (using the push method with a conventional pump) but the whole point is to NOT have to mess with it.  Drove me crazy until I finally found a thread on reef2reef with the solution.  The reactor needs to be slightly pressurized to avoid this air build up.  You have to setup the Kamoer to pull and use either a conventional pump or return manifold to push and apply pressure.  Works great now.  I use a Geo calcium reactor so I'm not sure if this problem exists with other reactors.  I've always had issues with air/gas building up in my reactor for various reasons.

    Not ideal having to still push with a pump or manifold but I've never been able to get a needle valve to work well, even with a faster stream/drip.  It's also slightly louder than I would like but not too bad.  My tank is in my living room, a couple feet from the couch so you can hear everything.  I've had it for 8-9 months and have not had to recalibrate or change out the tubing yet.

    Thanks for the first hand experience.  I plan to try a Kamoer out as well.  My MTC reactor isn't keeping up with my coral uptake anymore and I have a giant Deltec CaRX but it could never keep a stable effluent.  I was going to try the Kamoer on it and see if I can keep it stable.  If so, I'll run that as my new CaRX.

    FarmerTy's 215 gallon - No Water Changes SPS Tank

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    21 hours ago, Bpb said:

    So you’ve been a long time proponent of not needing a peristaltic pump on your reactor. We discussed this briefly years back. I’ve enjoyed the stability and reliability of my masterflex but the noise and inability to get the tubing it takes any longer have me at my wits end.

    Soooo many people report constant effluent fluctuations, valve clogging, and headaches using the push method with a conventional pump.

    A new masterflex is definitely not in my budget. A $2400 calcium reactor feed pump is absurd. And I’ve read nothing but horror stories about the kamoer pumps that brs and coralvue are carrying.

    Share with us/me how you’re able to maintain such stable alkalinity on your reactor without using a peristaltic pump, and why do you think others struggle so much with it. A mj900 sounds a lot more attractive than a faulty peri pump or a couple grand for a decent one.


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    Short answer bud... Its the reactor design.  I ran 4 reactors up to this point, 3 worked well and never had issues with unsteady flow that constantly slowed down... One did.  After trying everything to try to troubleshoot the one... Came down to design flaws to me regarding pressure.

    Some say you can run a prefilter for the CaRX but that didn't work for me either.  So really, get an old PM CaRX, a Korallin, or an MTC Pro Cal and you can ditch the peristaltic pumps.

    Otherwise, run a peristaltic or be ready to kick up your flow every 7-10 days when it slows down again.  Just my 2 cents from the reactors I've played with.

    FarmerTy's 215 gallon - No Water Changes SPS Tank

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    They look amazing, Ty. Thanks for the shots. I never even knew there was a plutonium version of Pikachu! And that Pacman is on point. Very interested to see these when they're bigger!

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    You got it! Its TCK... All he probably did is hit the saturation bar up 5 clicks and add the word plutonium. [emoji23]

    I love the diabolic Pacman... Which I was told is the better of the 3. Interestingly, the WWC afterparty... Who's online shots make it look like its from Mars... Pretty much looks like a pink Floyd... So its not a bad one for yellow too.
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