Cade Chaos Grimoire

[Eagle_Steve]

Or return it because this looks like exactly the type of headache I'm not interested in

Return what?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Or return it because this looks like exactly the type of headache I'm not interested in

Plumb in the UV...

 

[danieyella]

Return what?

UV

Plumb in the UV...

Yeah yeah I'm going to. I just don't have the energy to go hunting down parts right now.

 

[danieyella]

Husband got himself involved. Guess we're going to Lowe's.

I wanted a nap

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Husband got himself involved. Guess we're going to Lowe's.

I wanted a nap

Y’all got this. If you need help, just holla.

 

[danieyella]

Y’all got this. If you need help, just holla.

We got the goods, and went to the grocery store since we were out of town last week. Not sure if I'll get around to finishing that tonight or another day though.

Somehow ALK didn't drop any further despite zero doses all week while I was gone. Guess I'll be doing some more big water changes later this week.

I need a red stripe.

 

[danieyella]

Okay. New doser set up finally. Only loaded up easy booster & easysps foods for now. Got it ready and primed for ALK & calc but not running until everything makes sense again.

Keeping the two old ones until my new phone comes in next week just to try and reconnect on the off chance it works. When it doesn't, then I'll trash them.

Did some searching and realized the roller didn't actually run out early, we must have lost power while out of town and it kicked back on before the sump leveled back out - half the roll was clean. Spent some time undoing that and rerolling it so that it works again.

Loaded the fatties up with some nori & noticed the brunneus is looking a little thin, s/he came right up for some eggs & pellets though. Hopefully just a little case of being out competed at feeding times.

Cube tank light set up to light my way while I was working on it. All plumbed sans the UV - but we got the stuff. We're both back to work tomorrow so idk when exactly I'll start on it. I'd ideally like to get it full and cycle starting before I'm out of town in Aug.

Gotta open up these boxes of rocks and see what I might want to use.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Okay. New doser set up finally. Only loaded up easy booster & easysps foods for now. Got it ready and primed for ALK & calc but not running until everything makes sense again.

Keeping the two old ones until my new phone comes in next week just to try and reconnect on the off chance it works. When it doesn't, then I'll trash them.

Did some searching and realized the roller didn't actually run out early, we must have lost power while out of town and it kicked back on before the sump leveled back out - half the roll was clean. Spent some time undoing that and rerolling it so that it works again.

Loaded the fatties up with some nori & noticed the brunneus is looking a little thin, s/he came right up for some eggs & pellets though. Hopefully just a little case of being out competed at feeding times.

Cube tank light set up to light my way while I was working on it. All plumbed sans the UV - but we got the stuff. We're both back to work tomorrow so idk when exactly I'll start on it. I'd ideally like to get it full and cycle starting before I'm out of town in Aug.

Gotta open up these boxes of rocks and see what I might want to use.

Homie.... Pictures....

 

[danieyella]

Homie.... Pictures....

There's nothing fun to photo right now & I dosed the tank with a flocculant so everything is hazy & I can't even get decent fish photos!

Thin fish

This guy got flipped over while we were gone so it's a little pale up top & on the right side but looks good otherwise.

Fatty

No orange filter on the next few.
This tank:

Here's the cube with a light on it. Oh boy.

Some guts so far.

 

[danieyella]

@Eagle_Steve & @Lost in the Sauce opinions on plumbing into return vs getting it's own pump and cutting into manifold? Keep in mind it's plan is to be used for bacterial control not parasite.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

@Eagle_Steve & @Lost in the Sauce opinions on plumbing into return vs getting it's own pump and cutting into manifold? Keep in mind it's plan is to be used for bacterial control not parasite.

Bac and algae, you may be able to put on return side. Being as part of your system is hose and barbs, should be easy to plumb in that way.

What UV is it and what return pump do you have?

 

[danieyella]

Bac and algae, you may be able to put on return side. Being as part of your system is hose and barbs, should be easy to plumb in that way.

What UV is it and what return pump do you have?

Sicce sdc 6.0 & aqua uv 15w

 

[danieyella]

So, none of this is 100% attached in yet but : couple photos of the return & plumbing that came with.

We were trying to decide if we run pump into uv, then out to tube in photo 1 straight to display (tube im holding in photo 2). Or if we utilize the barbs in photo 2 or if that'll somehow mess up circulation.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Sicce sdc 6.0 & aqua uv 15w

Is the uv the one that hangs on the sump or the in-line one?

 

[danieyella]

Is the uv the one that hangs on the sump or the in-line one?

Inline

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Bac and algae, you may be able to put on return side. Being as part of your system is hose and barbs, should be easy to plumb in that way.

What UV is it and what return pump do you have?

If you think you may be cramped for space eventually with an additional pump, I would add it to the manifold.

 

[danieyella]

If you think you may be cramped for space eventually with an additional pump, I would add it to the manifold.

I'm worried about the extra heat from adding an additional pump. I don't know what this tank is going to average running at temp wise but I know when it swaps to ponies they prefer it on the cooler side.

I added some photos of what I have to work with up above.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Inline

Ok, for that guy, I would almost just do an mj1200 pulling from the drain section and then dump from the uv into the return section.

Looking at it, bacteria control is about 250-300 gph.

If heat is an issue (mj1200 will add a tiny bit and I know how FL is lol), then use one of the outlets from the manifold, run it to the uv, the. Dump back at the filter sock section.

Either way will give quite a bit of water buffer, so you are not just pumping the same water through the uv.

If going with the manifold option, just need to get a beaker or measuring cup to adjust flow to be around 250-300 gph. Although, lower flow will not hurt a thing, except more tough to kill critters like ich trophents lol.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Thinking about it, if you plan to do ponies, use the manifold. Set to about 100-125 gph and let it ride.

This will allow you to be even more effective at nuking bacteria when you get ponies and shouldnt have to adjust it much, if any after the move.

 

[danieyella]

Ok, for that guy, I would almost just do an mj1200 pulling from the drain section and then dump from the uv into the return section.

Looking at it, bacteria control is about 250-300 gph.

If heat is an issue (mj1200 will add a tiny bit and I know how FL is lol), then use one of the outlets from the manifold, run it to the uv, the. Dump back at the filter sock section.

Either way will give quite a bit of water buffer, so you are not just pumping the same water through the uv.

If going with the manifold option, just need to get a beaker or measuring cup to adjust flow to be around 250-300 gph. Although, lower flow will not hurt a thing, except more tough to kill critters like ich trophents lol.

So, Matt's question is can we cut from the first manifold line into to uv sterilizer, then return it into the 2nd manifold line there instead of back into a chamber so it goes back up into display? I feel like there's a reason that can't happen but my brain isn't picking it up to tell him