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You got it!
I was looking for a far more complex reason.
Just got the return Barnes fitting from Red Sea and it works! I'm waiting for the other pvc pieces to arrive to change the gate valve as mine is starting to go bad.
So the stock valve goes bad? That's discouraging.
I'm not blaming Red Sea here, it could just be my unit had a defect. I could've easily contacted them and they would have sent a replacement but I think the spears gate valves are so much easier to tune and I made the decision to change it.
I am thinking about swapping my BRS reactor out for a more visually pleasing Aquamaxx, how are you all flushing your GFO/Carbon with the Aquamaxx reactors? Right now I have my BRS reactor running off my return pump and would follow that path with a new reactor, but since I am using soft tubing when I add new media I just turn the valve on and flush the media then do a water change.
Thanks!
I've found an occasional noise to be a result of the drain being just a bit out of tune. This can result from the sump level lowering a bit (reducing the return flow enough to cause the imbalance), the powerheads cycling up or down, or some other thing that may result in the water level changing fractionally.need help. my reefer 170 is making a gurgling noise about every minute or so. when I turn the dial one way or the other it make the draining noise louder or it start bubbling all crazy. any ideals on how to fix?
Will update in a week or so and then another week after that so I can get about 2 weeks and see how it goes. I got my soda lime from shopmedvet so was about half of what BRS charges (BRS was out of stock.) Right now my pH is 8.31, highest it has ever been. With the outside line alone 8.26 was the highest I saw. That said I can already see a small section of the soda lime at the bottom turning purple and it hasn't even been 24 hours. Hopefully I can get 2-3 weeks out of it.
I bought a replacement lid for the reactor so that I can just flush it via a pump instead of the manifold. This way I'm flushing out water from the sump for a water change while flushing out the carbon.
I initially tried ROX Carbon but it just flew straight thru the sponges when flushing it. What kind of carbon / GFO is everyone else running in their AquaMaxx reactors?
Yeah it's a little discouraging at first to see how fast it starts changing colors. Thanks for the heads up on a cheaper place to get the soda lime. I'd really like to just keep using the scrubber but at the price BRS sells it for that will get expensive over time. I considered still running a line from outside to the scrubber to try and maximize it's lifespan but if I can get it that much cheaper I might just save myself the trouble and keep it like it is.
Yeah it's a little discouraging at first to see how fast it starts changing colors. Thanks for the heads up on a cheaper place to get the soda lime. I'd really like to just keep using the scrubber but at the price BRS sells it for that will get expensive over time. I considered still running a line from outside to the scrubber to try and maximize it's lifespan but if I can get it that much cheaper I might just save myself the trouble and keep it like it is.
Almost all, if not all, of the media is purple today about 35 hours after I added it. I live in the middle of nowhere, farm land to the west of my subdivision. I am going to leave it in there and see how it goes today. pH got to 8.33 yesterday with it, 8.35 when I manually dosed alk last night, and this morning is at 8.26. So I definitely like how it works, just need it to work a lot longer. When I added the media, I put a tablespoon of RODI in the bottom of the reactor like BRS says. Once it is exhausted completely I will load up some more soda lime and see if it still goes that quick.I tried this and I don't know if it's the NYC air with all the people living here but the media still exhausts after about 2 days.
Just to throw out a caution; a pH drop could indicate that something else is going wrong in the tank beyond that the media is exhausted. So while I don't disagree, I would suggest that a dropping pH result in more than just a media change. Never hurts to look for other potential issues.I think pH reading gives better info than the color.
Just to throw out a caution; a pH drop could indicate that something else is going wrong in the tank beyond that the media is exhausted. So while I don't disagree, I would suggest that a dropping pH result in more than just a media change. Never hurts to look for other potential issues.
I used a 1" Spears gate valve... all of my main plumbing is 1".
A little bit of an old post, but did you use a threaded valve or a slip valve and use glue?
thanks for the help! I'm trying to sketch out a similar set up for a new 425xl...