Kevin's 265G Reef **New Wrasse 5/10!**

The sump looks great

 

Wow! Build is going great. The work will be paying off soon. Love the step by step on the thread. Keep it up!

 

Trying to get the water made....taking FOREVER...supposed to be a 50GPD system...but has only made about 25G in 24Hrs....thinking the membrane might be bad?.... :-/ any idea? My water pressure is pretty good....

 

Well got the sand and SOME water in this thing now...I'm hoping to have it full by the end of the week.. I am however worried about my return...the little holes in the PVC that break the siphon during a power failure spray A LOT! I sure hope once its completely full and running that it stops it because it hits the front of the overflow box and sprays everywhere....any suggestions??

 

As far as the ro goes. Just because the membrane says it's a 50gpd membrane doesn't meen it will make 50gpd. They are rated at optimum performance (psi, flow, water temp, tds of water before it enter the membrane), these all have an effect. Have you checked the tds of the good water? If its larger than half of the the tds going in than you need a new membrane. If its less than half than you can do a membrane flush. That will help. If tds is really low then your membrane is probably working fine just not a fast as you thought it would. They will sometimes use the hotest water they can at the highest pressure they can before the membrane breaks to rate gpd, without worrying about the quality of water that is produced. You can even take out all the filters and flush the system to remove any build up in the lines. Then flush with bleach to kill any bacteria that can also slow down pressure. Hope that helps. Great job on the build!

 

I would hide the bat so that you don't unleash the fury when your aquascaping doesn't go exactly how you want it to.

Great build so far.

 

Ooh. Somehow I missed this thread. Everything looks great. Thats beautiful stand. Keep up the progress. It would be hard to stop you now. Haha.

 

Took a step backwards....decided to test my overflow before filling all the way one more time....and guess what....my return baffles leaked!!! Glad I found out with a cup of water rather than the tank being full.....waiting for new baffle

 

Oh no!

 

Well did some more ordering today...bit the bullet and bought the Tunze Osmolator ATO...figured I might as well buy it instead of a lesser brand and then end up buying it later...lol...I also bought a huge magfloat, and the reflectors from HelloLights....Bulbs will be here Nov 30th (4 ATI AquaBlue Plus and 4 ATI AquaBlue Special, all 48" 54w)...Lets get this show on the road!! New Baffles will be here the 30th too