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Not sure what you mean by uptake tube but if you are talking about the return line that would slip over the fitting, you could use silicone grease on the inside of the hose but hot water is usually all it takes to soften the hose up enough to slip over the end of a pipe or barbed fitting.
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The 50w has about a 3' cord-prob 1 meter.
I have 2 options, 1)put the controller box for the RD3 on the non-sump side of the 350. There is plenty of length to get to the pump from the non-sump side of the 350. However servicing the pump would require removal of all the through glass fittings to thread the power box through. 2) put the controller box for the RD3 on the sump side. The cord barely makes it to the apex strip on the other side. It's tight, but makes pulling the pump MUCH easier. Hint to RE...longer cord to control box. |
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The box is rated for moist environments, and can take the sump side just fine. Obviously don't submerge it ... LOL!
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Well, filling the tank with fresh to do a trial run of the pump, check my temp and get the apex connected...if there is an issue, (doubt there will be-already tested pump) I will not be draining 40 bucks of salt. Very curious if my temps stay good with current AC settings, might have to tweak that some as it's 100 during the day and cooling to 80 at night.
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Extremely quiet pump...got the tank filled with fresh, dialing in pump and the infamous reefer overflow valve (not that hard).
Brief question-I set the RD3 50w to 32 watts, and the display reads 26-27 and alternates...what is this telling me? (or trying to tell me)
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No-my description is gray...apologies,
I set it to 32w via the buttons, and it never goes over the 26-27w. The pump is on, submerged in sump, but when I dial 32 or 24 via the buttons, it just settles in in the 26-27 range. I can up it to 40w, but it seems the pump always runs about 5-7w under its setting. I wonder if this is watt loss due to head?
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Thank you Slief. I appreciate your and Clown's help.
I will say, I am impressed with this pump...it's dead silent. The Tunze 6095 heads have more noise to them. Plugging in and playing with the skimmer soon.
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My bedroom upstairs is directly above my tank which is downstairs. These RD3's replaced a pair of Reeflo Superdart Golds. My pumps are external and located under the tank which is built in to the house as a peninsula and completely drywalled in around all sides. I could hear those Superdarts in my bedroom as there was always a constant hum that resonated through the walls and ceiling. It wasn't bad but you could hear them. When I switched to the RD3's, there was a very noticeable silence in my bedroom. After 17 years (at the time) in this house and having noisier pumps on my system, I was pretty well used to that hum. In fact, I didn't even really notice the hum until I installed the RD3's. The silence upstairs as a result of the pump change was really weird and made me realize just how quiet these are and how noisy the Darts were which were the quietest pumps I have ever run on my system up until the RD3's. With these RD's, I can't even use the term "quiet". They aren't quiet. They are silent.
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Put rock in today...waited a few hours, turned on the skimmer.
Feel like I am overlooking the obvious with the water level. Thoughts?
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Water level should be between 7-9" in the sump, I believe you're right around that, no?
You may have to close the wedge pipe a little bit, however I'd do that int he morning to keep an eye on the skimmer, in case it starts to overflow. Your tank is still new, and most likely if you added the rock in today, the surface tension of the water is off... should work itself out within a couple days latest is my guess...
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Think it's 9.4" in that skimmer portion of the sump. Riser?
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Thanks guys-I am going to cut some pvc for a riser today. maybe 1".
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Thoughts on setting? If I close anymore I get water. I assume I just need to wait longer!
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It's a new system yes. It also has about 75# of TBS live rock in it.
It started producing last night. I opened the choke for overnight and will close it some today while I am around.
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I got a pretty good layer of scum on the bottom of the removable reservoir as well as the neck tube going up to the reservoir, not the neck in the reservoir.
I decided that buildup was preventing any accumulation above it. I pulled the skimmer, removed the reservoir and cleaned it (also had a powder from the live sand dust on the pump that I wanted to clean. I also noticed that my bubble creating horizontal circle thingy (nice name feel free to use it) was pushed off to the side. After cleaning I put back in, ran it for 6 hours without reservoir (on a more open setting) and now am getting more scum. I am thinking I might have had a layer of sand dust the cone. Anyway...pleased. It's getting some stuff, but considering there is no food load in the tank...I am happy.
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I think that "bubble creating circle thingy" you are talking about is the nozzle. Very happy to hear it seems to be performing better. Once you get some fish in the tank and some consistent waste for the skimmer to do something with, it will begin performing much better.
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Two week + 1 day and I am getting stuff up into the neck...it's a start.
The brown ring below the water max line...do I need to clean that off, or will it reduce the ability for skimmate to be produced? My NO3 has been around 50ppm, PO4 around .5, No NH4 or NO2. I did a 50% water change last week to see how long the NO3 would stay down, I got a day, then back up to 50ppm. Since this was live rock that never came out of the water, I assume the die off will just continue to turn into NO3, so I started carbon dosing 3ml of nopox (much easier than chasing it with water changes) and will slowly work up if necessary.
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Go ahead and close the output/wedge tube some to bring up the water level inside the skimmer body. You'll want the transition, the part where water turns to bubbles right at the neck.... Right around where it shows the water line on the sticker. Every tank is different, but that's a good starting point.
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