hey Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 She will also need to factor flow from the manifold to the refugium . yep more subtraction there refugiums are usually low turnover right like 1x refugium volume per hour or so? 1 Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes usually very low turn over, and then an addition of a power head to prevent ditritus settlement. At least thats how i do it 2 Quote Link to comment
hey Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes usually very low turn over, and then an addition of a power head to prevent ditritus settlement. At least thats how i do it its probably kinda negligable then the refugiums probably going to be about 10g or so to 10gph to that aswell, so like 265 gph would be headed to the display in this scenario. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 And that's just a touch over 5 times Q - shouldn;t sump volume be a part of this 5X equation? Quote Link to comment
hey Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 And that's just a touch over 5 times Q - shouldn;t sump volume be a part of this 5X equation? nope, thats sump turnover not display turnover some people base all the return pump flow rate off sump turnover. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 i made a straw plumbing using Ninjas diagram 6 Quote Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Plumbing is so complicated, lol. It sounds so simple, but trying to calculate not only the overflow amount, but the return pump/height flow rate, and now the fuge rate? I hadn't even thought of the fuge flow being different. Quote Link to comment
hey Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Plumbing is so complicated, lol. It sounds so simple, but trying to calculate not only the overflow amount, but the return pump/height flow rate, and now the fuge rate? I hadn't even thought of the fuge flow being different. bernoullis equation, charts of k values for fittings, coefficients of friction for piping... sums up pretty much everything needed to be really mathematical about the design of a system, I find its easier to just estimate the total height oversize a pump and send excess flow back to the first chamber of the sump. Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Not sure that those straws are rated for the proper pressure / flow... could be wrong tho . 3 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 Water change pictures Nekkid Kat-ropora The whole colony is out of the water in this picture. And the picture is corrupted also, my SD card in the phone is acting up. Myagi Tort. Slimer, ORA Purple plasma, Leptastrea, Echinata, Reef Raft Jared's Prostrata, ORA red planet, and some others 11 Quote Link to comment
Veng Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Those colonies are getting massive.... 3 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 Affirmative 1 Quote Link to comment
kguske2 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 This is my formal request to get in line for a katropora frag 1 Quote Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 You frag the red planet too? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 You frag the red planet too? I haven't thus far, it could use a trim though, one of thw branches is about to fuse on to itself Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 Just for Zeph: My last water change was the first week of September. I got off my lazy derriere and did a water change. Siphoned the sand bed and made my bucket dirty. Then I added "clarity" and "prime" to the tank while it went about it's business. About to add some Dr Tims. Microbakter7 later in the day maybe. Quote Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Just for Zeph: My last water change was the first week of September. So about once per month, about 10%. Pretty standard. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Just for Zeph: My last water change was the first week of September.you always add prime after water change and clarity and dr. Tim's? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 So about once per month, about 10%. Pretty standard. Thanks. I thought standard was once a week. you always add prime after water change and clarity and dr. Tim's? Not really. If I see it I throw it in. Sometimes there is no method to my madness. When I gravel vac the sandbed though, I mKe sure to add prime and the bacterias. Quote Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Ha! Says the tank with the awesome healthy sps 1 Quote Link to comment
ZephNYC Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I thought standard was once a week. Not really. If I see it I throw it in. Sometimes there is no method to my madness. When I gravel vac the sandbed though, I mKe sure to add prime and the bacterias. Most of us old timers have grown up with the once a month rule. I still consider water changes a disruption, but a requir d disruption. Prime is what caused your skimmer to start dumping water. It containes a slime coat that will drive yo skimmer nuts Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Good morning. I thought the iBend would be significantly larger than my Note II. It's not that much bigger, but it is very thin and lightweight. Quote Link to comment
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