Changed pumps.Went with external.

[brucewrs]

I felt that there was not enough flow with the Rios and thought it was adding too much heat in the water.So I went with an external pump,Iwaki md30rlxt water pump.I noticed a big difference in water pressure.I also notice that the chiller does not stay on longer than 5 minutes. It is a very quiet pump.Here are some pics..

 

[Nowellsy SNR]

Looks great good job tank looks fantastic!!

 

[brucewrs]

Thank you.I am running out of things to do to it...LOL I guess I will sit back and watch everything grow...

 

[Nowellsy SNR]

Yep your tank is one of my favs even the vortech looks tidy

 

[brucewrs]

Yep your tank is one of my favs even the vortech looks tidy

I bought a plastic strip from Home Depot that hides wires.It has double sided tape on the back of it.I sprayed painted it black.I think it looks a little neater.

 

[Nowellsy SNR]

Yeh that looks nice i want a vortech again lol

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Good work Bruce - your tanks is really looking nice !

 

[RaysReef]

It's all still nice n neat bruce. My internal maxijet1200 doesn't give off much heat.

I want to hide the vortech a bit, if possible ha ha. Maybe a bit further back.

So do you just use the temperature on your chiller or do you have a tank therm. as well?

 

[Frankie]

Very nice setup! Good work

 

[brucewrs]

So do you just use the temperature on your chiller or do you have a tank therm. as well?

I have a digital thermometer in the sump with an alarm built in.

 

[CaRSMDuke]

Sweet looking installation. The tank looks great and your mods look really clean.:bluenod:

 

[tnwillia]

Bruce... did you keep your skimmer plumbed the same route you used with your rio, using the right chamber and straight into the tank? Been looking at going external same way.

Thanks!

 

[brucewrs]

Bruce... did you keep your skimmer plumbed the same route you used with your rio, using the right chamber and straight into the tank? Been looking at going external same way.

Thanks!

Nothing in the right chamber now.I have a seperate pump running the skimmer in the sump and a seperate pump running the water from the sump into the main tank.... I cant do a closed loop system for my sump..I dont have it drilled out to put an external pump.

The external is just for the chiller.I have the return flow going thru the hole on the right side of the tank.

 

[tnwillia]

OK understood I wrote skimmer but ment your chiller. Got it! Thanks

 

[tnwillia]

Brucewrs...... Question on your External operation, as built, have you had any problems with the flow/pump restarting if you pull power or have a failure? Just ordered your pump and they go to lots of trouble to say don't let it run dry. Have you tested this? Thanks!

 

[dmyers557]

Wow, very nice setup

 

[brucewrs]

Brucewrs...... Question on your External operation, as built, have you had any problems with the flow/pump restarting if you pull power or have a failure? Just ordered your pump and they go to lots of trouble to say don't let it run dry. Have you tested this? Thanks!

Tried it over and over with no problems.The water stays in the lines when the power goes off.I shut mine off all the time during feeding.Just make sure you turn the chiller off too.

 

[tnwillia]

OK Great! thanks for the info!

 

[Navymedic]

what size chiller are you running? I found a 1/3hp but maybe its too big?