chrisfowler99

If the Texas game ends up being at 7pm I should be able to make it. Really want to visit AAF.

Burned out fan motor...I have cool air again! Phew!

Yeah...wish I had a choice about that...I just had to go buy ice at the convenience store to have enough. My containers for ice water for cooling my water change water have RO/DI in them. A/C repair people here between 12 and 2...

I usually have several liter bottles of water frozen. I use them to cool my water before a water change. Except I forgot to pull them out after the last time. Doing bags of ice and freezing some more bags now. I've got a fan on a stand blowing across the top of the water. Hopefully that's good. Already got a call in to the A/C company. Hopefully they make it over early today.

Ugh...A/C went out last night...pretty sure the A/C was actually heating the house. 84 degrees in here this morning. Fan blowing on the tank, window open (it's cooler outside than inside...for now) and ice bags floating in the water. Hope they can get this fixed today...

Power in Georgetown blipped at almost the same time. Dunno if it was related or not. My parents lost power right before the Dallas game started. Dad's pissed.

It's new. Trying to compete with Bing...

$10/bulb?!?

Ordered a pair...not much more than replacing the Reeflux 20k, with the discount. We'll see how I like them.

Are you still running the Aqua Connect bulbs today? Has the color changed? Aquarium Specialty has the 250W and 400W Aquaconnect bulbs for 25% off...I'm probably getting close to time to change out my bulbs and was thinking about moving away from the Reeflux 20ks...

According to the calculator on your Mag 12, with 5 feet of vertical and 5 feet of horizontal and 1" pipes you're getting: Total losses are 6.82 feet of head pressure, or 2.95 PSI. with a flow rate of 891 GPH. That's not accounting for any 90s, ball valves, etc. in-line, nor any head-loss in the chiller. So it depends on what kind of flow you're looking for... The Mag12 running with only 5 feet of vertical head is: Total losses are 6.36 feet of head pressure, or 2.75 PSI. with a flow rate of 928 GPH. for comparison... (the calculator is here, if you haven't seen it: http://www.reefcentr...m/calc/hlc2.php)

Hmm... If I run through the calculator with the Velocity T3 (supposed to be the same as the Poseidon PS3, which isn't in the drop-down) I get: Total losses are 9.57 feet of head pressure, or 4.14 PSI. with a flow rate of 651 GPH. If I run through the calculator with the Velocity T4 (Poseidon PS4) I get: Total losses are 12.71 feet of head pressure, or 5.49 PSI. with a flow rate of 912 GPH. This is calculated on a 1" pipe at 30' horizontal, 6' vertical, 2 ball valves, 2 90s and four 45s... Not sure what the head-loss contribution of the chiller would be... More and more to think about...

Even if I ran 1 1/4" lines, the lines through the chiller are 1"...so it would choke it down some... Such fun things to have to figure out. LOL

That's similar to the distance I'd have to run if I put my chiller in the garage. Closer to 30' for me...now trying to think how I can integrate the chiller into my water change pluming to allow the chiller to be in the garage but still only have two lines running between the tank and the garage.

How far is your run to the chiller? And what size plumbing runs through it?

ah...you don't even split your flow. 100% through the chiller?

And half the price of the Reeflo. Is your Poseidon feeding your return and your chiller? If so, I assume you running the water through the chiller at all times, whether the chiller is on or off?

The Poseidon sounds interesting. I really like the price...the added temp bothers me a little. Sounds like it's one of the warmest pumps in that range. But I think I will have room to work with with a chiller on the system. With my Eheim I know that the heater still has to come on at night.

+1. As with most things in this hobby, it comes down to personal preference. I agree. Just want to hear other personal preferences, and then I can research based on that data.

I don't need absolute silence, but I definitely don't want a noisy pump. The Mag 9 I used to run was too noisy. I definitely won't go the Mag route again. The Eheim is nice and quiet, but I am somewhat concerned about the amount of flow. I'll be running with about 6' of head. That will knock the Eheim down to around 400-650 gph, depending on the chart...

I used to have a Mag 9 as the return on my 75g...moving to the Eheim dropped my temp 2 degrees. That's why I have some concern about heat. A temp pump until I can take the Eheim off of the current tank isn't a bad idea. I really could just run with one of my old Mag 9s for now...just to keep it circulating while it cycles.

I currently run an Eheim 1262 on my 75g. My original plan was to simply move it over to my new setup, but, as I'll be running both setups simultaneously I will need another pump on the new system to get going. Initial thought was to just grab another Eheim 1262...and I still might. But before I do, what are some other thoughts? The new setup will be 180-220 gallons in the main tank and probably 70+ in the sump (guestimating right now). I will have a split return and do not plan to power anything else off of the return, though it is possible... First, internal or external? I like the idea of external because it takes up no room in the sump and adds less heat to the overall setup. But... External also results in the use of more bulkheads and seems like it would be more prone to leaking. It's also, it seems, more expensive. As far as external brands go, it seems like a lot of people really like Reeflo, but the more I research the more I find problems with leaking and having to change out the seals way too often. I figure the first question someone's going to want to ask is: "How many GPH do you want to run through the system." Answer: "Um...I don't know...enough?" I really don't plan on doing super high volume through the sump, but I do plan to have the returns be a part of the flow of the tank. I plan on having a chiller setup with this tank, which I (hopefully) won't need much, but, given a strong enough return pump, I could divert some of the flow through the chiller rather than having a separate pump for that. I will also likely split off part of the return to the refugium. Let the vast array of disagreeing opinions commence!

My 250W Reeflux 20Ks are whiter than I was expecting as well...interesting to see a 14K that looks bluer. I'll be curious if it maintains that color.

LOL. My clowns couldn't care less about the Nori. I only ever see the Tang eat it, but I've seen the flame angel take some close looks. It could be eating while I'm not around. Just wish the two clowns would pair up...having one host a red cap monti is just weird.

Recently I've noticed one of my clowns feeding the RBTA he "lives in". I feed Rod's Food. The second I dump food in he goes searching for the bigger pieces and takes them back to the anemone then goes out hunting for food of his own. So cool to watch.