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stdreb27
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What about UV lights? I've decided I want to incorporate one into my system. But don't really know much about them. I have a catalog from the Dr's and there are several different ones ranging from really cheap to friggen expensive. What do you guys recomend and where should I put it. I'm thinking about putting it on the intake of the skimmer. But i'm not really sure how that will effect the flow through, and effectiveness of it. The pipes on the skimmer look like they are 1.5 inches and ther isn't a UV system in my price range that has anything bigger than a 1 flow. I don't want to create a bottle neck comming into the skimmer.
So I was leaning towards putting one on one of the pipes comming down from the overflow. But that misses half the water.
But will that make enough of a difference to really matter? And wouldn't that kill benificial organisms if I put it there?
So I was leaning towards putting one on one of the pipes comming down from the overflow. But that misses half the water.
But will that make enough of a difference to really matter? And wouldn't that kill benificial organisms if I put it there?
squidd
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Lotta different thoughts on UV and it's effectiveness (or ineffectivness or over effectiveness)...Depends on what you want to kill (determined by flow rate and wattage)...
But that misses half the water.
Doesn't matter where you put it...eventually it will process all the water...again, flow rate and wattage affect kill rate...
Personally, I don't have one on my reef...do have one on my FOWLR and it's kind of hard to tell if it's effective or not, because the two systems are so different...I'd have to take it off the FOWLR to see if anything changes....Things are going well (no parasites and minimal *no* algae) so I'll let it run...
But that misses half the water.
Doesn't matter where you put it...eventually it will process all the water...again, flow rate and wattage affect kill rate...
Personally, I don't have one on my reef...do have one on my FOWLR and it's kind of hard to tell if it's effective or not, because the two systems are so different...I'd have to take it off the FOWLR to see if anything changes....Things are going well (no parasites and minimal *no* algae) so I'll let it run...
stdreb27
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So I'm buying the wood for the stand tomorrow! And the plumbing, I think i'm going to do soft stuff for the overflow then use pvc for the return. I'm going to order the Sequence ReefFlo Snapper Pump tomorrow that seems to fit the app best. The only think I was wondering, the over flow I have is going to have 2 lines comming out of it. And I was going to send one to each tank. But the top tank only has a one inch bulk head in the bottom do you think that will drain fast enough? And when I make a bubble trap how will a one inch gap between the panes be to much?
stdreb27
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So I was looking and realized that the bottom of the overflow is going to be higher than the top tank water level. So I'm going to move the skimmer behind the top tank. And use the flow from the skimmer to feed the top tank and drip down to the bottom. And have all the flow from the overflow go down to the lower tank. Anyone have any better idea?
turningtim
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I don't understand? The bracket that holds the inner and outer box is to narrow to fit over the plastic trim of the tank?
turningtim
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So the bracket can't be removed from the outer box? That stinks! What kind of flow are you looking for?
