"Reliable Reefing" - Live Reef Chat Sunday 11/15- 9-11p EST

[speedstar]

Vortech's with battery backup, powertrip invertor on hi low batteries for heaters and returns lights if needed can run one.

[jimsflies]

To get things started...Redundancy and reliability are concepts I worked with in my previous job...which was inspecting water plants. As you can imagine having the ability to continuously make water is important...as is maintaining key elements of your reef tank.

Basically, it means having a backup.

[igot2gats]

Go to your user cp-->edit options-->somewhere about 3/4 way down is a place to indicate the # of posts per page it will show

got it - thanks

[Sir Patrick]

and back up equipment in case somthing goes bad.

[Mike]

I do have the lights set up to run on different cicuits yes. The room was built with 3 20 amps to run the tank. I have an additional 15 amp on the back wall for misc use. There is an additional circulation fan on a temp/humidistat too.

[MizTanks]

Wish they made a mini doser~no wonder I dislike doing it so much.

[jimsflies]

I think to keep this somewhat structured, we should take a few examples of failures/ disasters that can happen and talk about mechanisms to prevent them.

[Sir Patrick]

I keep drip loops, and no power outlets behind the tank.

Had a fire from not doing these a few years ago- leson learned

[Mike]

There was the low tide disaster where the hose flew off the closed loop recently

[jimsflies]

Lets start with Sir Patrick's for a few...