Isaac's CADE 1500s2/ Peninsula Reef Build

[Isaac Alves]

Update on tank after Chemi-clen and UV -- short video [And about 24 seconds in you can witness my 8 year old fox face do his morning spitting behavior] :

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[Isaac Alves]

Welcome update from @ChampionLighting this morning regarding the problem part in the UV kit

 

[Isaac Alves]

And got the LIFEGARD AQUATICS replacement part just now. Yay

Thank you @ChampionLighting for the quick turn.

 

[Isaac Alves]

And it fits all the way through now, correctly. whoohoo.

 

[Isaac Alves]

So what's happening around the reef today:

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[Isaac Alves]

RedSea RollerMat 1200 Fleece-roll 3rd party source:

I found as great resource for a comparable Fleece-roll at $10 a roll rather than the ~$34 per roll via RedSea OEM roll.

Check out the thread here for details and links:
Post in thread 'Reefmat 1200 (6.5 in) replacement fleece roll hack?'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r...cement-fleece-roll-hack.1012804/post-12118802

 

[lubeck]

Have you seen any noticeable difference from the UV? Is it helping with the dinos? it looks like a mix of Dino’s and hair algae?

 

[Isaac Alves]

Have you seen any noticeable difference from the UV? Is it helping with the dinos? it looks like a mix of Dino’s and hair algae?

The UV is not online yet. I had to get a replacement part from Lifegard Aquatics since the unit I got delivered had a sleeve collar that had a manufacturing defect.

I just got the replacement a couple days ago.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Before installing the UV system I thought I better put a check valve on the return that is going directly into the display.

I’ll let this dry overnight. Then plumb it all tomorrow and get water flowing through it.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Testing chemistry while watching @melev ‘s livestream from yesterday with @Lou Ekus

 

[Isaac Alves]

Still watching @melev and @Lou Ekus talking about MACNA.

Chemistry test results for today:

Next up —> nutrient testing…

 

[Isaac Alves]

Nutrients today as I’m still watching @melev and @Lou Ekus talk about salinity.

Recordings:

Finally getting nitrate down from 43.4ppm two weeks ago.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Finishing up the Lifegard Pro-Max High Output UV Sterilizer 40 watt Install

Installing the check valve I had laying around luckily to the return.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Quartz sleeve replacement UV cap fits great. The two gaskets fit great too.

Flat gasket…

Tapered gasket on other side…

Securing nut…

 

[Isaac Alves]

Stuck some newspaper into the sleeve and cap. I’m going to push this down and close it up while the unit is running for leak testing.

Stuffing the paper in a bit:

Inserting power connection:

I always worry about how tight to tighten these types of things…

Covered the floor with paper towels to check for leaks…

Here it goes….

 

[Isaac Alves]

Unexpected hiccup. Seems L2 is hitting too much head pressure…not able to pump water over into display…

Nothing…even at 70% on L2 pump.

But if I pull the pipe down to the sump gravity helps and it’s flowing…

Ugh. My lacking plumbing dynamics knowledge,

 

[Isaac Alves]

So doing the full 1 gallon bucket test and using some division:

1. The top mounted tubing from the uv into the display is doing 28.8 gallons per hour with the Vectra L2 at 58% speed.
2. With the piping from the UV going down into the return chamber, Vectra L2 at the same speed, I get ~164 gallons per hour flow. Which is closer to what I need for dinos.

I think I’m just going to go into the return chamber for now. Although I’ll be cycling a portion of return water twice, it is only a portion— The rest goes to the display and to the Refugium, plus a carbon reactor.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Got a moment to check on the overnight napkin test of the UV Quartz sleeve. Just to make sure there are no leaks into the sleeve.

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Looking dry. Carefully plugged in the bulb and hooked it up to the APEX and she’s on.

Glowing on top:

Glowing from the bottom:

 

[Isaac Alves]

My Third party RedSea ReefMat 1200 Fleece Roll install:

I’ll be monitoring to ensure there’s no tearing:

Post in thread 'Reefmat 1200 (6.5 in) replacement fleece roll hack?'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r...cement-fleece-roll-hack.1012804/post-12128277

 

[Isaac Alves]

So what's happening around the reef today:

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