My 315 upgrade / rebuild

Tomjay · #1 08-09-2009, 04:07 PM

Wow, nice setup your tank looks great. My entire setup is Deltec I use RowaKalk with my Kalk stirrer, I don’t have my Calcium reactor setup yet but once I do I will be using RowaLith Calcium C+ with it....

Rus · #2 08-09-2009, 04:15 PM

Thanks Leah , Tomjay : I use the Rowalith for my calcium reactor as well , but I have not seen any reason to use their Kalk , cost wise it is more and never did see a benefit to the extra costs.

Now their Salt on the other hand is something I'm considering.

Tomjay · #3 08-09-2009, 04:44 PM

I bought some Kalk +2 (Brightwell aquatics) last week it contains Calcium and Magnesium once my Rowa run out I will be using this.

I am using Tropic Marin Pro salt which I am very happy with so no switching for me

Rus · #4 08-09-2009, 05:12 PM

I would be interested to see how that works out for you , wonder if it will help with maintaining levels better than other brands

christyf5 · #5 08-09-2009, 05:53 PM

you may want to look into magnesium supplements for your ca reactor, I found this easier than switching salts. Both zeovit and faunamarin make them (as well as one other but I can't remember the brand name).

Also, I was reading your RC thread and you had posted about running a dart split to two seaswirls. How did you eventually resolve the plumbing for this? I'm hoping to do the same.

Tomjay · #6 08-09-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rus

I would be interested to see how that works out for you , wonder if it will help with maintaining levels better than other brands

Here's the link http://www.brightwellaquatics.com/br_base.html you can read up on it or ask them questions good customer service. I have friends in Florida, LA; well all over the US.... can’t list all the states that use the products.

You can find the products here locally at Ocean

Rus · #7 08-09-2009, 08:04 PM

Thanks Tomjay , I will check that out.

Hey Christy , thanks for the ideas , I'm actually going to try adding the zeomag to my reactor today so we'll see how that works for now. I don't really want to switch salts if I don't have to ( never know how things will react to the change ) Just trying to minimize any added steps and costs if need be.
As far as my return , yes i did go with the dart pump for return , it is teed off just past the pump to two 1" lines that feed a seaswirl on each side of the front side corners of the tank. I seem to be getting around 1000 gph or so out of this ( pump also feeds reactors ) I really like this setup as it allows me to get a flow across the front of reef without having anything to obtrusive ( ie : tunze ) located on the front side of the tank. Most setups i see use pumps located at the back or sides of the reef to get the flow to the front side either bouncing off the front pane or cross flow. I find that most of our so called prize corals are located facing the front for optimal viewing so getting a good flow continuously across the front of the reef seems to make sense to me. That being said I do still have 2 tunze 6100's helping out with the flow , but I am able to keep them near the back side which helps keep them a little less noticeable.

christyf5 · #8 08-09-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rus

As far as my return , yes i did go with the dart pump for return , it is teed off just past the pump to two 1" lines that feed a seaswirl on each side of the front side corners of the tank. I seem to be getting around 1000 gph or so out of this ( pump also feeds reactors ) I really like this setup as it allows me to get a flow across the front of reef without having anything to obtrusive ( ie : tunze ) located on the front side of the tank. Most setups i see use pumps located at the back or sides of the reef to get the flow to the front side either bouncing off the front pane or cross flow. I find that most of our so called prize corals are located facing the front for optimal viewing so getting a good flow continuously across the front of the reef seems to make sense to me. That being said I do still have 2 tunze 6100's helping out with the flow , but I am able to keep them near the back side which helps keep them a little less noticeable.

ooh, I never thought about mounting the seaswirls on the front of the tank! how does that work for plumbing then? it runs along the front as well? do you have any pics of that?

thanks for the info, this is awesome!