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@Zokkii 20 күн бұрын

Would the water from the sump affect the uv?

@fatttymclad 20 күн бұрын

@@Zokkii it has been in like a year and still seems to work fine. I need to change the bulb but moving house soon so will do it then. Might even plumb the tank return through the uv

@bullet7866 27 күн бұрын

Hi great video I just bought the Vecton titan 850 having a problem with the outlet side just keeps leaking just like your one will the PTFE tape help Thanks

@fatttymclad 27 күн бұрын

@@bullet7866 PTFE is always a good idea I find. Also just trying to get the screw perfectly aligned before tightening

@bullet7866 27 күн бұрын

@@fatttymclad Thank you for your message I just rang TMC they are going to send out a seal kit replacement. I didn’t use the PTFE tape but I will give it go as they are sending out a replacement seal kit I have aligned it up so many times but it’s not having it won’t stop leaking. Seal is not cracked the thread on the pipe all good.

@miladshirzadi9176 2 ай бұрын

Hi bro please size of the tank?

@fatttymclad 2 ай бұрын

Hi, it's 5ft x 2ft x 2ft

@ssSTRiKEZzz 2 ай бұрын

Would you recommend the maxspect lights or would you go for something else?

@fatttymclad 2 ай бұрын

I would highly recommend them, my brother has just got some as well. For the price I don't think they can be beaten as the closest competition was around £100 more per light by the time you get the brackets as well

@ssSTRiKEZzz 2 ай бұрын

⁠@@fatttymcladthanks for the reply i have just ordered the same tank in white coming in June I have the reef flare bar atm but didnt realise it was blues only I like some white in my lights personally the maxspects can been changed to white right? Hopefully I can sell my old tank to raise the funds for these lights 😁

@ssSTRiKEZzz Ай бұрын

@@fatttymclad I have just ordered those lights mate 😁👍🏻

@ekbanjosworld4926 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, good luck with that! I starved three before I quit trying! Actually had one eating but a mean ass Yellow Tang killed that one? Go figure?

@fatttymclad 3 ай бұрын

Yeah my purple was a bit of an arse. That one has now died for now apart reason but was fat an no signs of bullying or disease. I am moving house this year so will introduce one when I redo the tank

@REEFHUB-Offical 4 ай бұрын

How is your CBB doing today? Good news I hope?

@fatttymclad 4 ай бұрын

Hi, unfortunately I found it dead a few weeks ago. No apparent reason, as it was eating well and swimming around well with no signs of disease. I will try again with another as I don't think I did anything wrong, it was just one of those things. I am potentially moving house so not putting anything new in until after that to save on aggression and risk of loosing stuff etc

@REEFHUB-Offical 4 ай бұрын

@@fatttymclad I’m sorry man. I’m fighting the same thing with one right now myself and refuses to eat everything I throw at it.

@fatttymclad 4 ай бұрын

Try the paste and brine as it worked really well for me, also if you can get live copepods or brine etc they will happily go through the tank eating that. Also aptasia was good, I had mine for like a year until it died but not sure how old it was and how long they live, but might not have been that

@REEFHUB-Offical 4 ай бұрын

@@fatttymclad yup. Ive already tried blood worms, mastick, brine, and copepods. He certainly goes around eating those all day. He was eating live brine but the last couple days now all he does is spit it back out. I’ve got black worms on order so I went to the LFS today and picked up a bunch of pods so hopefully that’ll hold him over. Dude literally swims though a cloud of brine shrimp and looks at me like where’s my food lol

@trade2133 5 ай бұрын

On my first tank I only used uk sea water! Collected off a pier in the south. My tank never looked so good! I got a new tank and decided that I didn’t want to go and collect it anymore so I got an RODI and some salt mix. My tank has been gash ever since. Will be starting again with only sea water soon!

@fatttymclad 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I am potentially moving house this year and I am changing my job so should hopefully be able to collect and store enough to go back to natural

@trade2133 5 ай бұрын

@@fatttymclad ahh nice one! It’s definitely the way to go. I never stored it (stupidly) as I thought it might go bad or something 😅 but this time I’ll fill a few 20l jugs. I only have a 20g so that’ll keep me going for months. Good luck mate!

@MikeLemming 5 ай бұрын

Nice looking tank bro. Happy birthday!

@fatttymclad 5 ай бұрын

Cheers

@flatbit3090 6 ай бұрын

i would put a clip on that uv incoming pipe and increase the pipe size

@fatttymclad 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I need to dig one out next time I am faffing in the sump

@Andy.H1 6 ай бұрын

Looking good. I just bought the same pump also to replace Jacod.

@fatttymclad 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I am really liking it. I cleaned it out yesterday and adjusted the flow to clean the sanded better

@matthewbrown5677 7 ай бұрын

Just got a 2nd hand one for a Discus tank. Matt from East Sussex.

@Meilingsueyoung 7 ай бұрын

That chromis is big

@fatttymclad 7 ай бұрын

Yeah they are doing well , I have had a few of them 4 years now. Great cheap fish

@Meilingsueyoung 7 ай бұрын

❤

@UnfilteredJustice 9 ай бұрын

I have 2 return pumps on a 180, with a vecton 600 off each return pump. They work better if you have ALL the water traveling through the UV(s) and simply turn off the UV when food passes through. I noticed you didn't cut off the hose tail barb. So you're not getting optimal flow through the unit. If you use 1 inch tubing, you cut off the levels of the hosetail barb beneath 1 inch (or whatever size tubing you run). So you're not forced to use the smallest piece on the barb. Those barbs are meant to take 1/2" all the way up to 1¼" tubing. I'd use bigger tubing, at least 3/4" and cut away everything below the 3/4" and clamp it. Personally I use 1" off each return pump. You're seriously limiting the unit the way you have it installed. You can also order replacement barbs and elbows to start over. Do NOT touch the crystal sleeve over the bulb with your fingers btw. That unit will NEVER clear up your tank running at such a liw fliw rate. If you're using it for algae, the unit can support 600 gal/hr. Ro eradicate algae, you want a faster turn over rate of your tank.

@englishfishkeeper2007 9 ай бұрын

Hello, just set up my new marine tank and these guys are on my to-get-list cus snowflake eels arent for me. 2 questions, 1 does he eat flakes or pellets? And 2 they seem to grow quite large so i was wondering if they make a lot of waste. Thankyou very much😊

@fatttymclad 9 ай бұрын

Hi, not sure if they eat frozen and pellet but I would imagine they do. I feed mine on frozen but I have an auto feeder put a tiny bit it twice a day to make sure the fish get on. It doesn't seem to eat huge amounts so wouldn't have thought it would make a lot of waste

@AFCRichmond2782 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations 👍🐟🐠🐡

@mineshlakhani3360 10 ай бұрын

nice tank, what is your LFS called?

@fatttymclad 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, it's called Phils Corals facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063496815685

@leeandmandybattersby5958 Жыл бұрын

I think some softie tanks look amazing .. one of my tanks is just soft corals

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Yeah I put some leathers in that are growing well so quite happy to let them all grow out and add more mushrooms and other softies

@Andy.H1 Жыл бұрын

I have the dc version and I agree it is a really good skimmer. Easy to tune and to take apart for cleaning. I love the fact it cannot overflow if the sump level gets too high.

@rhombifer566 Жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻

@BlazedReefer Жыл бұрын

Would you still recommend this? Im looking to buy a roller and this seems the smaller sized one i can find that looks decent.. ive just cut all the baffles out of my sump to get a mat in lol

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Yeah it works really well. New they come with a flex pipe for easy installation but mine is hard plumbed. Could be a pig to change the roll if it goes all the way through so I just staple the new roll onto the end of the current one and pull it through

@BlazedReefer Жыл бұрын

@@fatttymclad in that case its either this or the clarisea gen 3 🤔🤔, i like the reefmat but its just to big lol

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

I would look at what has enough capacity and what will fit. Would be worth looking up some more reviews for them. I am sure either would be fine

@BlazedReefer Жыл бұрын

@@fatttymclad i am making my own sump i have already cut my baffles out as it was a sock style sump and will never use the ato so customising it as I type lol, si either will fit but i just want to try have enough room left for a skimmer section, small ref section and then my return section but also want best value lol. Its hard 🤣🤣

@KentuckyReef Жыл бұрын

Notch the screen frame

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Yeah I might do at some point but the little lifter part doesn't bother me. Was more info for people about to buy that tank that they might have to do something about it

@theurbanartist775 Жыл бұрын

Do you recommend these lights? I have a Kessil a80 and want to upgrade 😮

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Yes mate I do. I know a lot of people really love the kessil but for the money these are great

@tommyn9027 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful as always, just a quick one where on the north coast of Kent do you farm your water as I'm in the same sort of area.

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

I usually just collect it and let it settle for a day. I am also on. Orth Kent coast. If you want to just buy natural water then Phil's corals in Margate sells it

@tommyn9027 Жыл бұрын

@@fatttymclad brilliant info thank you. I'm also on north coast of Kent myself and about to just set up my first marine tank and was in 2 minds if to use sea water.

@user-jx5zk2jr5t Жыл бұрын

What is the model of the roller filter?Is it large or medium?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Hi, it's a bubble megas one and it's suitable for tanks up to 600l. It's pretty big in the sump

@user-jx5zk2jr5t Жыл бұрын

Thanx buddy

@user-jx5zk2jr5t Жыл бұрын

What is your tank size?

@user-jx5zk2jr5t Жыл бұрын

Is it bubble magus ARF 1(size-large)

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

It's a 5ft X 2f5 X 2ft tank. Book says 425l on top and 75ish in the sump. Yeah I thinking it's the mark 1 large. I got it second hand in my local shop

@andym209 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job I'm getting one for my 6 foot tank hopefully he will be ok with my moorish idols and reagal tang

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Mine got a bit hassled by my purple tang but I saw no aggression from my regal tang when I added it

@JadieBabie1991 Жыл бұрын

What’s the noise like on this?

@JadieBabie1991 Жыл бұрын

Could you have it in a bedroom?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Once you get the pipes tuned with the return pump they are very quiet. I have mine in the living room and I have slept int there a few times. I would say more noise comes from the return pumps and skimmer etc than the pipes

@sampool1256 7 ай бұрын

Great video.. what have you got sticking out of your skimmer?

@agonzalez2 Жыл бұрын

Great video I just got the gen 2. My question, i have set the water level to the line of the roller. Same as my ATO sensor. Then water level drops as the roller gets clogged. ATO kicks on but has a auto shut off to not overflow. Duetto ATO. For a nano. But my system is 270g now. Should i changout the ATO for a larger system one? Or just let the roller do its thing

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

A big system like that then the ATO putting some extra water in wouldn't matter as it never does in mine. It would all depend on the flow rate for if it's big enough. Only ever used this roller so not sure how other ones would perform

@Filming-and-Stuff Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the update mate. Enjoyed it. 👍🏼

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@inception727 Жыл бұрын

Just brought same light

@MisterDoctorE Жыл бұрын

I have this one also, never running a tank without UV again; it really does wonders. In fact I love UV so much that I am adding another one, adding Aqua Medic 36W UV.

@Tyrdormu Жыл бұрын

Thats great mate! I'm glad you do it this way. There is a lot of controversy out there regards natural water, but you cant get better than the real thing for your fish and coral.

@leeandmandybattersby5958 Жыл бұрын

great video as always ... i have 4 different pairs at the moment the only one i have which is very agressive is my lightning maroon

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I am sure I have heard maroons can be aggressive, my brother had some and they got territorial over his nem

@rabbc007 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for video

@Jellybellybaby82 Жыл бұрын

Hey, how are u finding the maxspect jumps? Are they any good?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

They are great, seem to grow things well. Got a bit noisier then when first brought but it's just because I need to clean them out

@andrewmorrison2798 Жыл бұрын

Hi I am very new to this hobby set up my first marine tank last year and it crashed. I am on with setting it up again but I am worried about cycling it will natural sea water help I live on the north east coast.

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

I cycled the tank with natural sea water and some Dr Tim's and put the fish in the tank within a couple of days of it being set up as the previous tank cracked. I have gone away from the natural for a bit as I did a big water change and the parameters were different but I am planning to do a mix of natural and mixed together to make sure the salinity is right

@josephfriedrich9792 Жыл бұрын

Are you running those at more of a white light? Or just fir the video

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

I run about 40% yellows and one of the blue channels has white light in it but still looks blue on camera so I had a DD lense on the phone. Makes the video pretty much match how it looks to the eye

@josephfriedrich9792 Жыл бұрын

How far off the water are they mounted? Can you share your settings?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

I will post up video going through my settings in the next couple of days

@josephfriedrich9792 Жыл бұрын

Can you post your qr code?

@josephfriedrich9792 Жыл бұрын

Does this led HAVE to have internet acess to work? Or can you set it and forget it?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

You can link it to the internet or you can connect locally via the app. Once set you can leave it alone as can sett all the levels and timing. Also has a manual mode and you can download other people's preset ones

@marlonesparagoza7163 Жыл бұрын

what is your tank height and light distamce to water surface?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

The tank is 2ft X 2ft X 5ft and lights are around 10 or 11 inches off the surface

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Just an update on these. Tank have been running over 18 months as I still have all 10

@theautist9227 Жыл бұрын

Is there anything, in your experience with the chromis, that helped with them not killing each other?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

I think adding them together and regular food. I feed frozen in the evening but have some flakes or pellets go in at 9am and 9pm. Also I am a fan of swimming room for the fish

@Francis.Rivers Жыл бұрын

Yes..!! Ive been in the hobby for 10yrs now and i always just have soft corals, cheaper,easier and way less maintenance. Funny thing is when i have guests they ignore all of the other corals and only ask about the pulsing/pom pom xenias

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

I liked the idea of going pro with sps but unless you have loads of cash or loads of time it's very hard to do

@hhinojosareef1 Жыл бұрын

Happy wife happy life especially in reefing.. 😂🤣😂🙏🏼

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Yup, just make sure they never find out how much you spend

@clutchiee Жыл бұрын

What tank size is it and what lights do you use?

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

It's 5ft X 2ft X 2ft. Spec sheet says 425l on top without rockwork etc. I have the Maxspect jump 165leds 2 of them. Might be a bit under what I need for a 5ft but with careful coral placement they work well

@andyday9911 Жыл бұрын

Top tips been watching back and really great content! Keep going :)

@fatttymclad Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I am hoping to do some more videos this week. I have been neglecting it a bit as out of the country for work

@philkyle8919 Жыл бұрын

Done it for 25 years at stokesbay in gosport never ever had a problem .

@rivierareefer5318 Жыл бұрын

Could well be you salinity. I’ve heard using NSW can have higher then normal salinity levels. Sometimes even as high as 1.028-1.029. would certainly explain why many of the corals aren’t happy

@akvasvet Жыл бұрын

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