Hiatt filtration system

[CaptainGreg]

Anybody use sea lab 28 with hiatt systems?

Do not use it... It just release so much junk into your tank you get problem with algae. It is too expensive also.

[CaptainGreg]

I think the problem with too much flow is that you need some exposure time to within your carbon system. The single most critical part of the process is oxygenation.

In my case, it worked too well. Even with 1 torpedo on my 215, it worked too well. For a FO tank, I wouldn't hesitate.

I had red slime on my rocks and gravel and not it just a white film and falling away from the rock and gravel. They are all dead. My coral seem to enjoy the cloudy water. They seem to be eating the stuff. I think it is RN bacteria. They grow on my rock and tank glass. I test the water and the alk/cal is a little low. I going to let it run like this for a few days to make sure the red slime bacteria are all gone then turn off the second pump.

My skimmer is full of this stuff and it is not dust. My skimmer is working overtime. I get a full cup of white stuff every day.

[CaptainGreg]

I backed off the pump and the water clear up in less than 10 min. The water is clear. There is still a small patch of red slime algae in the area where there is no current to deposit the RN bacteria. I am going to run the water more than 10x at night and bring it back to 10X when the light is on.

I never see my coral look so good in a long time. I am going to add more coral and fish in a few days to increase the bioload.

[Elijaher]

Do you have your return above or under the water?

[CaptainGreg]

Do you have your return above or under the water?

I decided to have the water return in the water... I have my power head pointed up....

No problem with the CO2 or PH...My friend also doing the same with the return in the water and the Power heads pointing up...He have been doing that for about a year and everything look great, but he did not do More than 10X water rate.

[Elijaher]

I pretty much doing the same thing.Have any pic of your return and powerhead?

[CaptainGreg]

I am new to this and I am not sure how to attach picture. The attach picture on the message ask for my URL... Is that my file path to my local machine?

[CaptainGreg]

I will try to put the picture to my album...

I just realize my carbon tube design picture was not saved on my album.. I just added again.

[CaptainGreg]

One of our Board Members (bstreep) was running more than 10X on his tank (I believe). His tank actually became too sterile using the Hiatt. He has a few posts on RC on some older threads on RC regarding his Hiatt experience.

From what Snake has explained, the bacteria settle everywhere in the tank, not just in the carbon tube. They will not be ejected out of the tube with flows in excess of 10X.

The whole point to the required flow rate, is that it helps increase over all oxygen content of the water to assist with the metabolic rate and reproduction of the bacteria (this is per Mr. Hiatt not me).

That could be one reason Bill had longterm problems with his filter system.

You are correct on the RN getting all over the tank. It cover everything. It kill all the algae, but my coral is doing great. Still have some red slime in one spot where there is almost no flow. The brown Algae on the power head is dying but not as bad as before.

[CaptainGreg]

I check your profile at rc nice pic. Boomer is something else at rc.

Yes you are correct about Boomer...

He is good, but everything changes with time and new thing come and goes and some are good and some are bad... In this hobby, I keep an open mind... Simulate nature is hard...
We need people like Boomer to keep some of the vendor in line. Like everything out there..Buyer Beware. I just don't like being rip off...that why it is great that we have these post where we can share our finding about new product and methods.