Full Tour - Dream Reef Sump and Filtration System
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- Ever wondered what all of the gadgets under the dream reef tank did? In this video I will give you a full tour of everything under the dream reef tank.
From the flow of water through the sump, the filtration within the sump, the supplementation outside the sump, the equipment outside and even the stand and cabinetry itself.
If you'd like to see anything else covered on the Dream Reef Tank, don't be shy - let me know in the comments below!
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Parker! You are the new face of the global aquarium Hobby. Smooth and educated. Love it man!
Too kind! Thank you :)
Thanks for all the replies, really appreciate it 👍🏾
Never a trouble! Thanks for taking the time to watch and enjoy my videos :)
I love seeing sump and filtration focused videos!!
Glad you enjoyed it mate 👍🏻
Great vid sam, very informative looks awesome under there really appreciate the warts and all side of reefing ,look forward to your next one 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
Hey Parker. I really love this tank. Have looked at all of your videos on it . This is one of the best aquarium I have ever seen . Love all the tech too ! Great job and keep it up !
You’re too kind, thank you!
Congratulations Parker! Your videos always amazed me.
Glad you like them, thanks for watching!
I love the clear explanation and honesty. Looking forward to learning more. Subscribed 🙂
Many thanks! Let me know what else you’d like to see!
I'm amazed with how much gear you can fit in that sump . Great video Sam , good information. Thanks mate!
Always room for more mate!!
Such an impressive set up. And excellently explained.
Thanks for watching
Sam, Your sump is very complete. You have great equipment which will stand the test of time. Love the automation. I’ve followed your “Dream Reef” since since step one. Great job. 👏
Appreciate it mate, thank you
It's funny that even after watching the full build and countless updates over the last 3 years; seeing the same gear over and over again. I never miss a video and enjoy every recap from beginning to end. The dream tank really is a dream, even if it's someone elses dream.. Keep on trucking Parker you're the man!
you're too kind, thanks so much. It truly warms my heart to know that people all around the world are so invested in my little piece of the ocean. Thanks for the support and thanks for taking the time to watch my videos!
Brilliant video.
Love a good sump tour
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Geezz parker I didn’t get the notifications for a few months and now that display doesn’t even look familiar!! As always thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us man. I could fill an entire notebook full of tips, tricks, and product recommendations/ suggestions that I have picked up thru ur vids over the years.
Welcome back!!! Appreciate the kind words, I’m just another reefer though - no special knowledge :)
Absolutely awesome, I love your updates especially when you really show us the guts of your system. I am surprised you don't have an Apex or GHL to help with some of your controls and redundancy, I know they are not essential, but you like your tech and I'm surprised you haven't been tempted. Thanks for your efforts on one of my favourite sites
I’ve been tempted a number of times, but I continue to be unimpressed with the controller options on the market.
Plus the fact that none of them support the Australian market :(
The best thing about this video is that it came out all spontaneous without any prior cleaning and fabrication... as it was.
Beautiful tank and lovely filtration system
Glad you enjoyed it mate 👍🏻
Great work Sam, hard to go wrong with a UV that size, I have one.
Totally agree
Thanks for the great video on the sump Sam! You can hit the rust on the hinges for the cabinet doors with rust converter. It leaves a coating over the treated area that will prevent the oxidation continuing. Just remove the hinges whilst treating until the product dries to prevent the brushing action splashing anything into your sump when the product is wet. Once dry, the product has a polymer coating and will be no risk.
Many thanks will do
Always a great video beautiful system mate
Thanks so much!
Cheers once again for a top notch video Sam...it took me 3hrs to watch the whole thing, I kept falling off to sleep...a case of too much food lol
... and what a shock to see my name at the end....thanks to you and your waterbox 20 idiot proof series I took the plunge and gave this reefing a go...and I love it
thanks for the surprise lol
Haha glad to hear you got some food and enjoyed the episode. Keep up the great work mate 👍🏻
I have a hmali platinum under my 300 and I absolutely love it. The quality surpasses most of the sumps i shopped around for..❤
They’re bloody awesome hey!
Really growing out now mate. Looking stunning 😍
Yeah it’s going pretty berserk!
Greate sump video. Tip from Jake. To stop the venturi from cloging, let it suck up a little hot water through the air hose.
Yeah have heard this tip before, just trying to work out how to automate the injection of some hot water now and then 😂
Your reef tank is awesome, my father and I have freshwater aquariums. I subscribed to your channel.
Thanks so much!!
Great video as always! Regarding the fleece bunching up. From past experience on the Clarisea : the fleece passes over several shafts/rollers along its path. If the roller bends under tension, the distance to the next shaft is differentit (center vs edge). This causes the fleece to bunch up. Perhaps look into the roller at the bottom of the unit, see if its possible to get a stiffer shaft.
Interesting insight! Thank you :)
Great video 🏴
Many thanks!
Nice vid Sam, I’m starting to venture into reef moonshiners method for my acro tank and Rockpool tank so it’s very interesting to see how you set up your sump etc. I also ordered a hmahli sump after watching your vids so your channel has been a great resource. I still have some questions for the major elements which I have parked for my lecturers to go through but solid info
Always happy to answer any questions you have! Sounds like you’ve got some quality equipment there though so you’re already on the right path 👍🏻
@@ParkersReef we’d need to discuss over a few beers I think. There is a lot I’m trying to get my head around but I appreciate it. My systems aren’t as impressive as yours but I do take a fair bit from your learnings and apply to my home tanks and experimental systems. Only been at the marine science game for year 1 so a lot I need to catch up on. Love your channel though
@SquawkVFRC I’m always down for a few beers and reef chat 😅
@@ParkersReef done! Next time I’m im Melbourne I’ll reach out
Truly impressive set up nice work: hinge tip wipe them down with a thin film of olive oil that’ll stop or slow down the rust.
Thank you!!
This aquarium is beautiful well executed nice tech on the tank as well , but if you have a reef tank even a small one with low tech can be expensive😬 it’s addictive as well because the science of it is so intriguing and the feeling of completion feels so good
Yes unfortunately it can be an expensive hobby. Low tech can work equally as well though, it can be a real trap in this hobby to over complicate things!
Vaseline your hinges, your tank is amazing and I think you are doing a brilliant job maintaining it
Thanks so much!!
I'm just starting my first reef tank and this is super inspiring! maybe someday I can make a similar tank. it makes my little AIO tank look like the saddest little thing ever. lol
def not the saddest thing ever! A good all in one can be incredible and I am sure yours nothing short of
Beautiful Sam ❤
Thank you!! 😊
Absolutely beautiful. One thing you didn’t show is the automation part and the power management to the equipment and lights etc
Haha yeah, for decent reason - it’s a bit of a mess 😅
Automation I showed a bit of, what else would you like to see?
This is what a crazy hobbyist with an Engineering Degree and high IQ can achieve. I’m so envious.
hahaha no engineering degree here and the high IQ is debatable :D :D :D
But thank you anyway :)
I love your little buddy outside, I bet he’s a good boy
! ⚪️son 🐶
Yeah she’s a good dog, getting old now though
very nice
Thanks so much :)
I'd love a video on your approach to stability! Just how stable are your parameters, how much do you let all vary in a 24 hour period, how do you keep up with demand as things change with growth. I can't decide whether to let my alk rise and fall daily and dose the same amount every hour, or use my controller to peg alk to a fix number etc.
yeah ok, I'll have a think about how I could make that into a video. But to quickly answer your question, I am not too worried about things moving throughout the day , but I do want them to remain same day-to-day.
That being said, if you have the technology to dial things in hour by hour, it certainly couldn't hurt!
Great video. Is there any idea when the MT Essential will be out?
Hoping to hear more soon, expecting mid this year at a complete guess
Hi Sam. Love your videos. Question. Are you still using the Kamoer x2sr for awc? Or you using the x1? I have a long run I’m thinking of doing in a couple months and debating the two
I’m using two of the x1-prot2.
I only had the x2sr for video review and I like the size and flexibility of the x1-prot2 more.
Hi Sam,
Great video. Are you able to point me in the direction how to built the RO water floats you have for the auto turn on and off.
Yeah it’s a fairly simple little latching relay circuit that I popped together. However, auto aqua now make a unit that does this off the shelf with everything you need. I think the my call it the smart RODI
great video. How often do u change ur uv light bulb?
every 12 months. 14 if I am lazy :)
Fantastic - love the high sal water change system
It's very complex... not sure I could ever go that full on (even with the funds).
What is a little strange to me is that you do Auto-water change plus reef moonshiners... in that - can't you just rely on the water change to keep things more or less balanced and then do an all in one trace (with maybe a couple of of important additions)?
You have me thinking about my dream setup - think I'd be 1% a day autowater change, Kalk, trace, maybe AllForReef if necessary), skimmer, ozone and that's it really. I'd probably just get the Reeffactory pH or GHL and then that new KH Aquawiz (no calibration would be a dream). I'd want to be able to leave the tank for a month if necessary - setting up for that would really take some planning especially if I'd want a copperband :)
Yeah water change alone isn’t enough to keep up with trace elements. We have a huge coral density for the water volume and some of the trace elements oxidise out of the water pretty quickly
@@ParkersReef Yeah, I guess I mean that from once you got it back into balance I'm surprised you need to add so many individual elements. But there's not just the coral - there is the fuge too and they can really suck out certain trace. I'd love to run a fuge but I think the issue for me is that it throws the trace out by so much. It's also interesting (but not surprising) that different systems use different elements at different rates. Maybe that's the next frontier - trace mixes for groups of elements (and not colours). Maybe Fauna Marin would be likely to get there first if they didn't focus on just one method (their Balling plus something for CaRX) because they stay away from Kalk and fuges. Interested in seeing the upcoming interview with Claude on Frag Garage as Adam should ask him about all of that
Hey Sam great video again! Do you still have the cade frag tank and could give an update video? 😊
I do! The plan is to move it to Dave’s new shop and set up as a display there though :)
Hey Sam, beautiful sump! What brand are the water level sensors you are using in the skimmer section?
They’re from auto aqua. Quite affordable and really neat and tidy. Those ones are the skimmer shut off sensors but you can use them to shut off any device if the water levels gets too high
That’s awesome! Did you have an issue that presented after 3 years? Would love to set and forget and just know what to look for
Not really, just wanted to freshen up the biological media
Great video - i notice you're not using the Reefbot Lab in the system, why is that? Just curious after you did an unboxing and setup vid a few months/years back... Cheers!
Yeah I was comparing the two devices (they both perform basically the same function) and decided the mastertronic was better suited to my needs
Do you have already a video of the supplements (mangene, ..) you are using for the tank ; tips for keeping goniopor/alveopora ?
Yeah probably best is the moonshiner overview video I did, check that one out :)
I've been dosing sodium hydroxide to offset the Ph from my calcium reactor in addition to kalkwasser. It's super caustic stuff and is exothermic when mixing up, so you have to be very careful with it (always add it to water, never water to it). Works like absolute gang busters to boost Ph, though. I was able to double the throughput on my calcium reactor and still maintain in the 8.2-8.3 range.
Edited, because youtube seems to refuse to allow me to respond normally:
The sodium hydroxide gets mixed up and dosed the same as any other additive. It is recommended to do it slowly, in small doses over the day, due to its potency. I only have to dose 300ml per day into a system with approx 340g total volume, on top of 6L of kalkwasser. It is an alkalinity buffer, so you'd be using that instead of your current solution and would need to keep on eye on it.
The original thread by Randy Holmes-Farley can be found on reef2reef as "Second New DIY Two Part Recipe with Higher pH Boost".
are you adding the solution directly to the tank?
@@ParkersReef Edited my original comment since YT seems to have issues with my replying otherwise.
@@jackkain7141 thanks for taking the time to reply, I will go check it out!
What media is under the algae in the fuge? Amazing tank!
Thank you!!! It’s aquaforest bio fill media :)
Great video Sam. I have been debating adding the KH Guardian for some time. I currently test alkalinity with a Hannah checker manually 3 times a week. Would you still recommend that the KH Guardian is the way to go in 2024?
Absolutely would recommend the unit, it’s incredible.
However, bare in mind it is Ethernet only and not wifi, so if your tank is not near a router, look to add a Ethernet over powerline kit to your purchase
I have a question, how does your side/front panes connect to the aluminum frame? I have an aluminum frame but cannot find any wood attachments that will allow me to remove the side panels…like yours.
I use T-nuts to secure some strips to the inside of the frame and then used standard hinges that screwed to that and then to the door.
On the end panels I used connectors called "Keku" clips to allow the panels to clip on and off.
You can see more information on this here:
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Thank you for a full tour of your dream tank!
Did you used stainless screw on your 80/20 or the normal black screw? If so, did you see any rust?
Thanks!
I did use stainless steel which was a much more expensive option, but has shown zero rust in that time :)
@@ParkersReefthank you! I did the mistake of not putting stainless screw. I wonder if I should take redo it or put something over to prevent the rust.. tank and canopy already over the stand
@@i2eef I'd wait and see how you go. If you replace them now or later it's going to be just as difficult, so you can afford to wait a while and see how they go
Eh mate, gorgeous tank! Do you have any regrets with the 30 inch (76cm) depth of the display? If you could go back in time, would you go deeper, keep it the same or go shallower?
If anything id go an inch or two deeper, love the depth of the tank
Any thoughts on best skimmer for a cade 1500? Considering Octo Regal 200int, but not sure if there are better options out there.
Octo is great, seatorch is another quality option
Hey, are you using the auto aqua smart security sensors to turn off all your pumps ect? I’m thinking about switching all my gear over to reef factory so would their level sensor do he same thing?
I'm using the auto aqua smart security skimmer sensor for my continuous duty pumps yes. The reef factory level sensor could do the same, but we don't yet have the power switches from them here in Aus :/
Thanks! Do you replace 10% every 6 weeks like they recommend?
I do not. I ran this media for about 3 years before swapping it all out :)
Hello Parker! Have you try dose DD reefs zlements phplus 2 Part dosing system?
I have heard reef zlements phplus is sodium hyroxide based. Run reef zlements phplus with calsium reactor?
I have not, will look into it 👍🏻
Hi parker, love the channel. I dont know how you keep track of all that. Im in the market for a auto tester and was wondering which one you would recommend between reefbot, mastertronic, and trident. I tried to find your update on the reefbot and couldn't find it. I saw the review, but nothing else on it. Thanks
I like the mastertronic out of those options the most, although I’d be tempted to hold out for the new mastertronic essentials
@@ParkersReef Thank you, I figured since i didn't see the reefbot under your tank any more you might like the mastertronic better. I always look forward to your uploads. keep up the great work.. Do you have any idea when the new mastertronic might hit the US?
Im expecting it to be sometime this year
Couldn't find charlie reef tank chanel as you recommended
He doesn’t have a channel mate
@ParkersReef ah OK so where we can see his tank and his ways as you mentioned ?
You ever considered an Apex? I know you like to run everything separate 😊
Just thinking a leak detector would of notified you of the smart tester syphon
Sure have and absolutely will not, in my opinion they’re overpriced and poor quality.
I do have a leak sensor and it did notify me (was mentioned in the video), that’s what brought me home from work to sort it out :)
@ParkersReef didn't catch that in video sorry mate. That's fair enough they get a lot of love in the US. I've not had too much issues myself but don't want to ginch it lol 😆
@jonathanstephens7804 haha all good mate! They have their purpose, I just prefer individual components rather than a central controller myself :)
So now you use KHG for this tank, not using KH Keeper anymore? Any reason? Thanks.
This tank has always had the KH guardian, my frag tank runs the KH keeper.
Both have their pros and cons :)
I thought you had both the Masteronic and Reefbot Lab or am I mis-remembering?
I did, but just running the mastertronic now
Hey Sam does your member Charlie have a channel I would love to see that tank?
He does not, but I may be able to cover it in a future video!
Do you have any news about the mastertronic essential?
Nothing new from the last video I did on it covering what it will test
Keep up the great work SP. Your friends from NY
Thanks! Will do!
Am I the only person who watches “ PARKERS Reef!! “ and wish I were Australian? LOL
Hahaha always welcome to come down under!!
Glad to see a good wrap for modular components. I’m looking at using them for a big tank stand. Lovely tank there but ridiculously over engineered. Way too many points of failure for my liking.
To each their own :)
How much $$ in that sump ? I mean i love it but i wonder how?
It’s all covered in my “how much did it cost” video for the whole tank :)
No one would believe me but all i have is a heater a uv and a return pump in my sump 😅
Nothing wrong with that at all!
I believe it
Two canister filters will do the same/better job..
Hahahahaha yeah for sure 😂
First
Sure are!
*PromoSM*
Hahaha sure, sure it is 😂
34:54 That’s a lot of do this and then this one cancels, the other one out and then bring in fresh salt water. I’m just gonna stick to all for reef. I’ll just pay the money.
Go for it, it’s a great product 👍🏻
How sad that the dog gets 0.00005% of the space in the dog house that the fish equipment requires to run.
Considering the dog has another five beds and doesn’t sleep in any of them, I think she does fine 😅
Hey Parker. Which size of roller filter fleece you do use ?
It’s a 200ml custom roll. Comes from Hmahli (who make the sump)
@@ParkersReef what about your reef factory roller filter ? It was good or bad ? You showed in your video it clean your tank everyday with 7cm to 15 cm per day with fleece. I am decided to buy reef factory roller filter M size. So is it actually 7to15 cm per day of taking fleece ? Actually I want to know that with M size how many days will it last (M size fleece ) ?
I have a question what does it mean when my gorgonian coral turn green is it dying or shedding .. 😢 please help... ever coral in my tank looks good except that one.
I don’t have a lot of experience with NPS corals to be honest, but it sounds like an algae has grown over it :(