180gal Starphire New Reef Build - Work In Progress

Letsdiscus

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Thank u.. Got 3 Tangs- original Scorpoas which survived the Ick outbreak.. since then added Choclate Tang and Kole tang. Got a flame angel yet again though this time i have kept him in my overflow behind the tank for a few days till i grow him strong before introducing to the main display..


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Dima

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My skimmer finally arrived its all set. Tuned it on ar low speed and opened gate valve full. I guess i need run it like that for couple of weeks. Had to make a small stand to keep it at 8in deep
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Letsdiscus

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Good point. Was waiting on reef supplies to revert guess they may reply tomorrow after the weekend.
Just opened a ticket wth coravue. Thanks for the tip..
Tanks doing grt after the ick recovery. Back wth most of my new stocks minus brown powder tang. Will post some pics ahortly..


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Thougjht i would share this for anyones benefit dealing with coral vue products.. not been a greatest experience for me with my skimmer pump..
Firstly bear in mind now most of their skimmer pumps come only wth two year warranty as against three years. Reef supply honoured thier 3 years waranty which i had got when i purchased my skimmer which enabled me to send my pump to coral vue (US) for diagnoise /repair.
Having spent $45 via Canada post to send the pump was still ok.
Trouble happened when i got a bill from fedex just yesterday for $56.16 for inport duty/custom clearance etc.

Having spent most of my day today trying to challenge this, i was told inhave to pay for this at my cost. Coral vue declared the value of goods to $123 US while shipping back and dis not mention that this is a repair itwm under watranty. I believw that would have helped either reducing or perhaps imply no duty/ charges for import.

So in my opinion if we have any US made product in use in this hobby which carries manufacturers warranty, which sadly most of the freaking items r made there, it does not make sense to me to send them for repairs if something goes wrong during warranty as u will land up spending perhaps half the price of that item in shipping /import charges.
Iam not sure if anyone has faced a similar situation but this is just my recent experience and i am not to pleased with Coral vue..



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Dima

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Thougjht i would share this for anyones benefit dealing with coral vue products.. not been a greatest experience for me with my skimmer pump..
Firstly bear in mind now most of their skimmer pumps come only wth two year warranty as against three years. Reef supply honoured thier 3 years waranty which i had got when i purchased my skimmer which enabled me to send my pump to coral vue (US) for diagnoise /repair.
Having spent $45 via Canada post to send the pump was still ok.
Trouble happened when i got a bill from fedex just yesterday for $56.16 for inport duty/custom clearance etc.

Having spent most of my day today trying to challenge this, i was told inhave to pay for this at my cost. Coral vue declared the value of goods to $123 US while shipping back and dis not mention that this is a repair itwm under watranty. I believw that would have helped either reducing or perhaps imply no duty/ charges for import.

So in my opinion if we have any US made product in use in this hobby which carries manufacturers warranty, which sadly most of the freaking items r made there, it does not make sense to me to send them for repairs if something goes wrong during warranty as u will land up spending perhaps half the price of that item in shipping /import charges.
Iam not sure if anyone has faced a similar situation but this is just my recent experience and i am not to pleased with Coral vue..



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I hear you. Happened to me many times. Keeping reef tank in US at least half cheaper. Sometimes I use services like kinek.com, they really help to cut the costs.
 

Letsdiscus

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I hear you. Happened to me many times. Keeping reef tank in US at least half cheaper. Sometimes I use services like kinek.com, they really help to cut the costs.

I agree.. have used kinek earlier. Guess wil need to use it more often and be less patriotic here ☹️


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Dima

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Brampton Ontario
Decided to try this heater. According to reviews it says the most reliable. Have another 300w eheim as a pair to it for my 180gal. If i like it will get another one.


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SamB

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I swear by the Cobalt Neo Therms - pricey but worth every penny IMO :cool:
 

EZMac

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London, ON
With a wall like that id suggests some cool looking jellyfish and colour changing led’s.
Trippy.
Looks great though.
Cheers
 

Dima

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Brampton Ontario
Installed uv just in case... lots of talks either its needed or not. Decided to try. Connected it to return and feed apx 130gph through it.


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[KRAFTIG]

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Toronto
Nice work on the lights, wanted the same, though could not justify the price fish only tank. Why such a low quality UV sterilizer on such a primo build?
 
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