4000 Gallon tank install (H20 Custom Aquatics)

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wow im soooo watching this from now!

Josh

 

[DB junkie]

So gravity drains from overflows, to socks. From socks to bio tower. Then out to Ultima and back then blasted back to tank?

Questions.......

Does the water drain just from the surface of the tank or does it pick up from the lower level too?

Why 3 pumps? Are they all constantly used for returning water or is one or more just used for backflushing the Ultima?

What micron are the socks going to be?

Is there a rule of thumb for how many socks per set GPH? How did you come up with the number of socks being used?

Sorry for all the questions Mike but I find the filtration part of this hobby to almost be more interesting then the actaul livestock. To me the system can be just as impressive as what it supports.

 

[R1_Ridah]

Just wow.... second to non I say...

 

[csx4236]

So gravity drains from overflows, to socks. From socks to bio tower. Then out to Ultima and back then blasted back to tank?

Yes you have it correct.
Questions.......

Does the water drain just from the surface of the tank or does it pick up from the lower level too?

Water drains from surface of tank, The returns angle down to floor which pushes water from bottom up and out the overflows.

Why 3 pumps? Are they all constantly used for returning water or is one or more just used for backflushing the Ultima?

Two 10000 GPH pumps return into tank, one goes thru UV and into left corner return and other goes thru ULTIMA and into the right corner return. The third pump is 8000 GPH amd is only for the skimmer system it returns into the sump. Bio-tower and chiller have has seperate 4000 GPH pumps both return into sump as well.

What micron are the socks going to be?

Since tank is salt water they will be 200 micron.

Is there a rule of thumb for how many socks per set GPH? How did you come up with the number of socks being used?

It all depends on mircon size, These socks can do about 100 GPM each. I always try double the GPH thru returns to make sure the socks can handle flow.

Sorry for all the questions Mike but I find the filtration part of this hobby to almost be more interesting then the actaul livestock. To me the system can be just as impressive as what it supports.

Hope this helps.

 

[Nabigh]

cant wait to see what you will put in it,
but whatever you do put its gonna feel like its at the taj mahaal

 

[DB junkie]

Helps???? Are you kidding?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH......

Another few questions....

You say "since it's salt" 200 micron, can you elaborate on this? Would you want a smaller say 100 or even 50 IF it was FW? What would I want on a ray tank?

 

[csx4236]

Helps???? Are you kidding?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH......

Another few questions....

You say "since it's salt" 200 micron, can you elaborate on this? Would you want a smaller say 100 or even 50 IF it was FW? What would I want on a ray tank?

I was told that salt with crystalize on anything less then 200 micron, For ray tank I would use 100 or 200 micron.

 

[Nic]

my fresh water systems always use 100micron... with rays this catches all there wonderfull waste

 

[DB junkie]

Thanks guys..... VERY helpfull.

Sorry for the derail..... Just hard to look at all that stuff and remain calm enough to wait for explanation......

 

[Zoodiver]

I was told that salt with crystalize on anything less then 200 micron, For ray tank I would use 100 or 200 micron.

Right on.
And that idea of doubling them up on calculated flow rates just to make sure is exactly what I do. It's funny what a tank can produce over night and clog up a filter sock that's only matched to a 'normal' incoming waste amount.