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    PCI Chiller users

    Cool, thank you very much!
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    PCI Chiller users

    I have a 1 HP PCI Chiller and I was wondering what kind of maintenance PCI users do. It has been in operation for about 2 years now, it seems to be running just fine, although it is very cold here now so it isn't running all that much, mostly just the heaters are running. A friend of my dads...
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    Euro-Reef RC-250....anyone here have one?

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    Euro-Reef RC-250....anyone here have one?

    Also I have heard conflicting opinions on how much it should take to feed the skimmer, i have heard answers between 1 and 2.5 times the tank volume.
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    Euro-Reef RC-250....anyone here have one?

    I just got mine in today for my tank, I was looking for feed pump recommendations. the tank is a 180 + 100g fuge + 10+/- gallons in the sump, I figure between 280-300 gallons total since I'm not sure how much was lost due to displacement. What pump do you recommend I use to feed it?
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    Anyone use the Oceanus RO Unit?

    yea, i realize that, right now the check valve is on the output of the membrane. however, my question is whether or not this check valve is sufficient enough to hook up to a float valve so that it automatically shuts off when the container is full. a couple members of my club said their check...
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    Anyone use the Oceanus RO Unit?

    Basically I know that is the auto shut off to the right, but to the left I am wondering if that is the correct check valve necessary to set this up to a float valve. I have a 40g drum with a float valve attached and I want to set the RO unit up to that, but some guys from my local club weren't...
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    Anyone use the Oceanus RO Unit?

    Aquatic Reef Systems Oceanus unit, if so please post here I'd like to go over a couple of things. It appears they shut down their website, I bought this unit a couple years ago used and I am just now getting around to setting it up and have some questions.
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    reef safe carbon

    I use ESV carbon and have been happy with it. In the past I have used Black Diamond and Kent Marine Reef Carbon with pretty much similar results, I didn't notice any difference between the three. I think ESV requires more per gallon that Black Diamond if I remember right.
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    LOL, some are and some aren't. My old fuge looked nothing like that, but believe it or not I have seen fuges that look worse than mine. :D
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    Flow in the tank is provided by the return pump as well as a closed loop with a sequence dart hooked up to an oceans motions 4 way. The refugium is fed via a 'T' off the return pump, I may consider adding a powerhead or two in the fuge, I have a couple of maxi-jets that aren't being used.
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    Haole: I agree on the flow, it definitely could be better. The Apprentice: No bryopsis in the display at all, I have actually never had bryopsis in any of my reefs (knock on wood) and I've been in the hobby 9 years now I'm just new to posting here, normally I post with my local reef club and on...
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    thank is a little over 2 years old, fuge has been up since day one. I have a phosban reactor right now that is running carbon, I have always been hesitant to run phosban because it has been known to cause some bad effects with SPS unless you use less than the recommended amount in most cases...
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    Ok here are some pictures, I know they aren't very good but my camera is pretty old and I was in a hurry to take them, I tried to get various shots of the fuge and the algaes. What is irritating to me is that on my old 90 gallon I had a 40g fuge that was extremely successful, tons of life...
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    Maybe I will take a picture of the fuge and post it so you guys can see, I think that would help. I really appreciate all the input, I do think the live rock may be a problem because the worst of the nuisance algae has developed on the live rock and I think the live rock isn't even effective...
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    the main display has a sandbed. a lot of people run bare bottom fuges with just chaeto, that was the option i was considering. i know everything about the benefits of a fuge and how it works, i was just exploring the option of changing it up.
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    Well yea that's the thing, the algae hasn't really had an effect on the main tank at all, it is all in the fuge alone. I do have to say though that a majority of the nusiance algae does appear to be on the rockwork so you think I should just remove the rock for now and see how that goes?
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    What do you think I should do with my fuge?

    180 SPS tank, 2 years old, 100g refugium attached. I don't think the refugium is doing well, the fuge has a sandbed of about 3", live rock, and chaeto. The chaeto does well, however, the fuge itself is covered in nuisance algaes. None of these algaes are in the main display, only in the...
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    Euroreef rs5-3

    are you feeding any foods with a gel binder, a lot of the ocean nutrition foods for example have gel binders which set my euro-reef off like crazy when i ran one. i stopped using those foods because of that reason. i had about 6 inches of water in my sump and it ran perfectly, do you have any...
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