Hey everyone, thanks for looking at the thread and giving what advise you can.
SO, I am building my first tank which will be a 180 gallon reef ready tank with a Trigger 39 underneath it. I am at the point of plumbing the tank and I've been seeing differing opinions on one piece of plumbing I am (was) considering, Check Valves. I've watched videos (thank you BRS) and read a bunch of forums and I'm finding a split on opinions. What are everyone's opinions on George Fischer Wye Check Valve or the Spears True Union Check Valve. I like the idea of having the fail safe to prevent my basement from flooding (so does my wife) but I keep seeing posts with people saying check valves can and will fail in pure Murphy's law fashion. So, thoughts?
And bonus round question, as part of the deal I got on this tank I ended up getting a UV sterilizer. I have a BRS carbon GFO reactor that I will put into the sump as well (pump included in the package). I was wondering about the best placement for this item. My first thoughts were to place the reactors separately on the return line using gate and ball valves for when they are in use. One problem though exists in this plan though, I was shooting for a in sump refugium which could be a "safe" zone for copepods to flourish for the possible introduction of a mandarin once the tank stabilizes for a year or so. With this safe zone in mind would it be better to have the items interconnected in the following fashion => intake line with water pumping from post filter sock, pre protein skimmer chamber, water flows though reactor and then through the UV sterilizer and finally drains into the protein skimmer chamber. Would this be an advisable plan or am I going about this all wrong? Any suggestions on how to best implement these items? And lastly should I simply choose to find a cheapo tank and create a separate refugium chamber instead.
Well if you made it to the end of this post then I am very thankful and appreciative of the time invested. I am looking forward to hear from your opinions and some creative solutions if there are any to be had. Thanks again!
SO, I am building my first tank which will be a 180 gallon reef ready tank with a Trigger 39 underneath it. I am at the point of plumbing the tank and I've been seeing differing opinions on one piece of plumbing I am (was) considering, Check Valves. I've watched videos (thank you BRS) and read a bunch of forums and I'm finding a split on opinions. What are everyone's opinions on George Fischer Wye Check Valve or the Spears True Union Check Valve. I like the idea of having the fail safe to prevent my basement from flooding (so does my wife) but I keep seeing posts with people saying check valves can and will fail in pure Murphy's law fashion. So, thoughts?
And bonus round question, as part of the deal I got on this tank I ended up getting a UV sterilizer. I have a BRS carbon GFO reactor that I will put into the sump as well (pump included in the package). I was wondering about the best placement for this item. My first thoughts were to place the reactors separately on the return line using gate and ball valves for when they are in use. One problem though exists in this plan though, I was shooting for a in sump refugium which could be a "safe" zone for copepods to flourish for the possible introduction of a mandarin once the tank stabilizes for a year or so. With this safe zone in mind would it be better to have the items interconnected in the following fashion => intake line with water pumping from post filter sock, pre protein skimmer chamber, water flows though reactor and then through the UV sterilizer and finally drains into the protein skimmer chamber. Would this be an advisable plan or am I going about this all wrong? Any suggestions on how to best implement these items? And lastly should I simply choose to find a cheapo tank and create a separate refugium chamber instead.
Well if you made it to the end of this post then I am very thankful and appreciative of the time invested. I am looking forward to hear from your opinions and some creative solutions if there are any to be had. Thanks again!