Love watching you two doing the swap. It looks great. I would have put the sand in right after rocks and before water/livestock. Chillers seem common on the tanks you deal with. Do people not have aircon?
I guess the same question? It’s freezing here in Eastern USA NYC. But a small hanging air conditioner would be cheaper here then a Chiller. But I never even seen chiller’s for sale after Led lights came into the hobby.
Heya and thanks for watching and leaving the comment. People do use aircon, but it doesn’t often cut it. We live in a (subtropical) climate where it seems at least half the year, max daily temps are averaging hotter than acceptable (nearer to and above 30 degrees C - 86 F. ) Summers are long and often closer to 40 C / 104 F. Standard ratings on Chillers will control up to 10 degrees cooler than ambient room temperatures, so most people who are serious about their tank will use overrated chillers to keep it in the low risk temp zone. Irrespective of ambient temperatures, reef tanks get hot from the heat generated by wavemakers, pumps and even LED lights too. Also, price is worthwhile considering… Not sure of the differences in our electricity prices between our continents, but the energy required to chill a reef tank in summer would be higher using air conditioning than using a well positioned chiller. The chiller efficiently controls the temp within the reef true to goal with minimal fluctuations. Reefers caring for carefully curated coral displays would certainly not want to take that kind of risk. On the plus side, we don’t have to deal with the cold here. (but sadly, I have never ever seen snow in real life either). :) Ania
Will be doing a massive upgrade this month myself (Waterbox 70.2 to Cade Reef S2 1800). Really can't wait so it's cool to watch this kind of thing to get ideas about how to handle it. Thankfully I can have both my tanks up and running at the same time, so whilst I'll be transferring some rockwork etc over, I've got media balls etc to kick start the new tank as well to get the new rockwork sorted. So much to do and consider! Firstly to finish my project of floor support to hold the weight !*sigh* Thanks for your videos!
I have 3 potions in my house i had 12 difent set ups i normaly set 2 tanks up and pump between both tanks i lucky got the space normally 3 months to swop its the sand thats the killer once you didturb it
Hard to say, they’re both good. If you’re looking at doing a system with all the gear the same brand and made to suit the tank (skimmer, roller, lights, pump, doser) you can’t beat Red Sea. Cam
Why put sand after water. Just curious I always wash the sand with old tank water because it’s so important for good bacteria ? I hope it’s the old sand or you can have spike or mini crash. Sometimes no matter what I do sps something always dies.
It was the old sand, and I usually add it before the water. I think we added it after the water because at one point we were planning to not use it at all. If you rinse it definitely use old tank water or natural seawater. Cam
Great episode 👌💯✌️
Hey fish guy! Looking good getting gooder. Have a groovy day.🌞👍
Thanks, my day was groovy as😉
A excellent job 👏
Looks fantastic cam well done love it💙🦐🐠🦈🐙🐡🦀
Thanks Mel😊
Impressive difference in the display new system looks much more impactful.
100%😃👉🙌😳
Love watching you two doing the swap. It looks great.
I would have put the sand in right after rocks and before water/livestock.
Chillers seem common on the tanks you deal with. Do people not have aircon?
I guess the same question? It’s freezing here in Eastern USA NYC. But a small hanging air conditioner would be cheaper here then a Chiller. But I never even seen chiller’s for sale after Led lights came into the hobby.
Heya and thanks for watching and leaving the comment.
People do use aircon, but it doesn’t often cut it.
We live in a (subtropical) climate where it seems at least half the year, max daily temps are averaging hotter than acceptable (nearer to and above 30 degrees C - 86 F. ) Summers are long and often closer to 40 C / 104 F.
Standard ratings on Chillers will control up to 10 degrees cooler than ambient room temperatures, so most people who are serious about their tank will use overrated chillers to keep it in the low risk temp zone. Irrespective of ambient temperatures, reef tanks get hot from the heat generated by wavemakers, pumps and even LED lights too.
Also, price is worthwhile considering… Not sure of the differences in our electricity prices between our continents, but the energy required to chill a reef tank in summer would be higher using air conditioning than using a well positioned chiller. The chiller efficiently controls the temp within the reef true to goal with minimal fluctuations.
Reefers caring for carefully curated coral displays would certainly not want to take that kind of risk.
On the plus side, we don’t have to deal with the cold here. (but sadly, I have never ever seen snow in real life either).
:)
Ania
Thank u
Looks great
Will be doing a massive upgrade this month myself (Waterbox 70.2 to Cade Reef S2 1800). Really can't wait so it's cool to watch this kind of thing to get ideas about how to handle it. Thankfully I can have both my tanks up and running at the same time, so whilst I'll be transferring some rockwork etc over, I've got media balls etc to kick start the new tank as well to get the new rockwork sorted. So much to do and consider! Firstly to finish my project of floor support to hold the weight !*sigh* Thanks for your videos!
It’s always best when you can run the new and old tank together for a time. You’re going to love the new CADE😉 Cam
how did you go fitting the left hand door on with the sump in their I made that mistake and couldn't tighten the bottom hinge
I have 3 potions in my house i had 12 difent set ups i normaly set 2 tanks up and pump between both tanks i lucky got the space normally 3 months to swop its the sand thats the killer once you didturb it
Hey guys,love watching your videos.
What tank is better, Red Sea or Water box?
Hard to say, they’re both good. If you’re looking at doing a system with all the gear the same brand and made to suit the tank (skimmer, roller, lights, pump, doser) you can’t beat Red Sea. Cam
Quick question did you use the sand for the old tank
Yes we did, it was pretty clean. If it’s dirty we’ll sometimes rinse in natural seawater before adding to the new tank. Cam
Why put sand after water. Just curious I always wash the sand with old tank water because it’s so important for good bacteria ? I hope it’s the old sand or you can have spike or mini crash. Sometimes no matter what I do sps something always dies.
It was the old sand, and I usually add it before the water. I think we added it after the water because at one point we were planning to not use it at all. If you rinse it definitely use old tank water or natural seawater. Cam