265 gallon setup

[niloc16]

no i dont have a 5 bar, i have a mystery wrasse which was in the last couple pics and a whipfin wrasse, i dont think i've posted pics of him yet, i should. and a cleaner wrasse

[support@proline]

Colin mystery & 5 bar are the same ones ,hust another name.

[niloc16]

sorry about that jason, i thought they were 2 different fish. then yes it is a 5 bar. no there is not aggression from him. he was a little weary of the whipfin when i put him in but that only lasted the first day. i will have to research more on the female situation that you were talking about. i've never heard that before. i hope he doesnt lose the color

[niloc16]

i installed my calcium reactor today, i've had it for about 3 months but never hooked it up. i believe it is a marinetech dual chamber (jason correct me if i'm wrong), i'm using a eheim 1262 pump for supply. i started with a 1 drop effluent to 4 bubble co2 per min. this is the first reactor i've hooked up so if you think this rate is no good please let me know. i'm kind of teaching myself how to do this. i finally got a picture of the profilux and how i mounted it. please dont look at the wiring in behind, i had started to clean it up but now that they are replacing the profilux powerbars i'm going to wait until i get them. checked my CA today 425 alk 10kh and mg 1430. about 5 days ago i check my calcium it was 450 and i'm amazed at with little amount of sps i have how quickly the calcium is being used.

[niloc16]

here is the 3 fan assembly i bought. this little unit is amazing. at night my tank gets down to about 80 degrees give or take a little and during the day it was hitting 85.1 so i went and go one of these. i'm waiting to get the 'y' adapter to hook the controller to the profilux but for now i turn it on with the lighting. the tank temp now only hits about 83.8. i'm a little worried though because my photoperiod so far is only 7.5 hours and i'm hoping that when i increase it the temp will not as well. i cannot fit the large fan assembly in my sump area. if it does get worse i'll have to install something on the canopy

[support@proline]

Colin
Looks great ,as for the CA reactor ,you can tighten those screws with a pair of pliers if need be ,or you can get the other screws from Mike that are same size but flathead so you can use a screw driver to tighten them.
I Would put some silicone gel on the pump's O ring ,or simply silicone it to the casing ,you will never have to open that the pump comes off with the unions ,if you needed to clean it ,& there is 1 year warranty on the pump for replacement (FYI).
The top sponge you have there ,is actually a replacement pad or if you using really small media ,you won't need to use it with large media.
I like the way you hooked up the profilux.
The fans come in a 4 fan & 5 fan version as well.
I do recomend a chiller ,specially for summer time ,however the fans take alot of strain off the chiller & you be using alot less electricity using the fans rather than just the chiller alone.
Great Job my friend ,keep the pictures comming.

[support@proline]

I just checked those fans are 12v DC & .15 A so very very little energy consumption.

[niloc16]

i looked at the 4 and 5 fan units but my restriction was length to mount to the sump. i've researching chillers but our house has central air conditioning and is actually cooler in the summer then in winter so i'm hoping that the chiller will not be needed.

there has not been any leaks aside from a very minor one which i learned something from. i need to figure out a way to get the water out of the reactor for changing media. the only way i could do it to fix the leak was disconnect at the supply pump and actually blow through it to force the water out to a point that i could take the top cap off. i feel kind of stupid now having that extra sponge in there but unless there is an easier way to drain the unit to get the caps off, the sponge will stay in there until i need new media. thanks for the input though jason.

[niloc16]

i love the look of the fans as well and they are frickin dead quiet. i'm thinking of using them to mount on my canopy to circulate the air in there and maybe that will help.

[mark]

For your Ca reactor, each unit and tank is different, but the indicator is measuring the effluent and tank and what rates keeps the levels.

I'm new to reactors but my tank (light load 145g) has been fairly steady the last month at Ca 350, Alk 8.6, with 60 drips, and 20 bubbles/min and no dosing.