Hi all,
Setting up a new (used, marketplace) reef tank, 75 gallons, have a couple questions that I tried to Google with mixed results on if these things are OK or not.
First, the sump is a DIY. It's a 30 gallon breeder with ebay baffles. There is a small leak between the refugium and pump compartments, it's about 1 drip per second towards the bottom, I noticed as I am filling this tank for the first time, I probably should have water tested the DIY baffles before plumbing and putting everything together, but I didn't so it is what it is, tiny drip. Does this matter? I do have an ATO so I don't expect the water line to ever really be low enough for this to matter, or for the fuge compartment to be lower than it should....
Second, can a heater touch sand? I'm going to run 2x glass heaters on an Inkbird thermostat. Can I just throw the heaters into the fuge without suctioning them to the wall, or is there a better way to do that?
Third question I guess, I'm filling the tank with RODI right now, and I dumped a bunch of salt in the tank with pumps running as it's way easier to do it like that than it is to fill buckets and mix and then fill the tank. The tank is a little cloudy, likely from the salt, I don't remember my other tank being cloudy at all, does it just need to mix more or is it just going to be like that?
Thanks in advance for any info..
Steve
Setting up a new (used, marketplace) reef tank, 75 gallons, have a couple questions that I tried to Google with mixed results on if these things are OK or not.
First, the sump is a DIY. It's a 30 gallon breeder with ebay baffles. There is a small leak between the refugium and pump compartments, it's about 1 drip per second towards the bottom, I noticed as I am filling this tank for the first time, I probably should have water tested the DIY baffles before plumbing and putting everything together, but I didn't so it is what it is, tiny drip. Does this matter? I do have an ATO so I don't expect the water line to ever really be low enough for this to matter, or for the fuge compartment to be lower than it should....
Second, can a heater touch sand? I'm going to run 2x glass heaters on an Inkbird thermostat. Can I just throw the heaters into the fuge without suctioning them to the wall, or is there a better way to do that?
Third question I guess, I'm filling the tank with RODI right now, and I dumped a bunch of salt in the tank with pumps running as it's way easier to do it like that than it is to fill buckets and mix and then fill the tank. The tank is a little cloudy, likely from the salt, I don't remember my other tank being cloudy at all, does it just need to mix more or is it just going to be like that?
Thanks in advance for any info..
Steve