2ft set up questions

Originally Posted by i_luv_fish

Got the tank that will be the sump today

I know a guy who has about 80 kilos in his sump and seems to go fine. He still has perfect parametres after 6 months without a water change as well

I was thinking of having coral rubble on the bottom or just live rock?

No water change for 6 months . And everything is ok ;;

Mate it comes down to how good your skimmer is along with feeding and dosing


thats my opinon

Yeh its pretty nice eh! its a 7 footer or something. Nice system. Anyway would you guys happen to have a good plan for a sump for me here's a pic of a sump that I could do...



Water goes in the right where the DSB and fuge is, middle section for skimmer and heater and left is the return... what you guys think?

Originally Posted by i_luv_fish

Yeh its pretty nice eh! its a 7 footer or something. Nice system. Anyway would you guys happen to have a good plan for a sump for me here's a pic of a sump that I could do...



Water goes in the right where the DSB and fuge is, middle section for skimmer and heater and left is the return... what you guys think?

That pretty closed to the sump i had on my previous tank. The only problem i had was with the avaporated water i didnt had the space to add a trip tank and cause the sump was small i had to add every other day ro water in with a bucket and that was frustrating. Sump is good will do his work just fine.

Yeh that could be annoying with the evaporation...I might have the skimmer and heater in the first section and DSB/fuge in the middle...

Originally Posted by i_luv_fish

Got the tank that will be the sump today

I know a guy who has about 80 kilos in his sump and seems to go fine. He still has perfect parametres after 6 months without a water change as well

I was thinking of having coral rubble on the bottom or just live rock?

You really dont need any live rock in the sump. You want your live rock right where all the polutients are being produced (ie. the display tank)

Yeh I guess so but you would have the added benefit of having more liverock in the system. Otherwise I might try a DSB and fuge...I drew it on the tank I bought to use as the sump and it would actually be quite a large area.

Here's the two tanks!

Tanks look nice, when are you putting them together?

Originally Posted by i_luv_fish

Yeh I guess so but you would have the added benefit of having more liverock in the system. Otherwise I might try a DSB and fuge...I drew it on the tank I bought to use as the sump and it would actually be quite a large area.

What benefit do you think your going to get from extra rock? More isnt always better and in some cases is worse. I would much rather have a refugium in the sump then rock thats doing little to nothing for the tank.

Thanks, it should start to come together in the next month I reckon.

I could do a DSB and fuge I guess, just wondering whats the most beneficial...I have read a bit about them and it seems pretty easy plus its something new for me to learn about as I have never had one before.

Originally Posted by i_luv_fish

Thanks, it should start to come together in the next month I reckon.

I could do a DSB and fuge I guess, just wondering whats the most beneficial...I have read a bit about them and it seems pretty easy plus its something new for me to learn about as I have never had one before.

Look forward to seeing it completed Adam

Thanks mate me too!

I woke up this morning to a very cloudy tank...I did a water change and got a test from the LFS...every thing was fine except the nitrites, which was only in its smallest measure, about 0.25.

My only idea was that the skimmer cup was to full and the skimmate was going back into the tank, but the skimmer cup wasn't completely full and I'm sure that wouldn't happen over night.

I don't know what has happened!

has the water cleared up? How long has the tank been running?

To be honest I can't remember when I set this one up. It must be over over at least 6 months now, probably more. Always been stable, never had any problems til now. Everything seems to be fine, the fish seems happy, but the corals aren't fully opening. It's a little bit better this morning. I was looking at the skimmer closer and noticed it isn't making a tower...it's still bubbling inside the skimmer but not rising. Maybe the air inlet is blocked with salt creep or something? I'll get it out and give it a good clean today.

Cheers

Tank is clearing up...skimmer is still not working :s I took it apart today and rinsed it in freshwater and everything looks like it should work, but it doesn't produce foam/skimmate any more for some reason? I've tried adjusting the air inlet and even on max it won't rise.


I just realized something else just then - I had a power outage on Wednesday for about an hour or a bit under...maybe that had something to do with it?


At the moment I'm more worried about the skimmer failing on me...I can't afford to have this one break, I'm already over the Christmas budget

Originally Posted by i_luv_fish

Tank is clearing up...skimmer is still not working :s I took it apart today and rinsed it in freshwater and everything looks like it should work, but it doesn't produce foam/skimmate any more for some reason? I've tried adjusting the air inlet and even on max it won't rise.


I just realized something else just then - I had a power outage on Wednesday for about an hour or a bit under...maybe that had something to do with it?


At the moment I'm more worried about the skimmer failing on me...I can't afford to have this one break, I'm already over the Christmas budget

Skimmers pumb probeller was ok;

it seemed fine to me...put it in the sink with some freshwater and pumped fine.

what skimmer is it ; have you cheq. it air tube ;

It's a Tunze 9002...yes, I have checked the air tube and there doesn't seem to be any kinks or blockages. It just seems weird for it to be working perfect one day and not at all the next.

I have one the same in my small tank . I remember that it was hurt to adjust the air valve but it worked fine i have to say