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  1. fly guy

    looking for a tank builder

    12 FOOT?? Acrylic?? Ive been pleased with James at Envision Acrylics. He does high end stuff and that timeline may be kinda short for him.....but might want to give him a call.
  2. fly guy

    oceans motions design

    Thats the 90...it was a little tighter fit than on the 225. ;) The 90 also has a external coast to coast overflow which made it a little tougher yet you can see the 225 has quite a bit more room.......the second pic is of the 90 as well, but just of the cls, you can see whats going on a...
  3. fly guy

    oceans motions design

    primarily sps tank?? What kind of corals?? bb or sandbed?? Have you thought about using spraybars?? Why do you want to use revolutions as well?? I dont think that pump is going to cut it regardless of the answers above.
  4. fly guy

    oceans motions design

    i run a 8-way on both of my tanks(a 90 and a 225) and wouldnt have it any other way. One a dsb and one a BB tank that I never have to siphon anything out of. Im a big fan of incorporating spraybars into them, and not sure I would see a ton of value to using revolutions as well, but many ways...
  5. fly guy

    Skimmer setup..

    Skimming wetter will actually pull out more organics in the big picture. The flipside is it can be much more sensitive to overlflowing your skimmer cup and you need to take into account the saltwater taken out if you skim really wet. To add to that, for people using not very powerful skimmers...
  6. fly guy

    Skimmer setup..

    Out of curiosity, do you have your sump set up so that the water level NEVER changes in the skimmer section?? If not, it is important to do so with any in sump skimmer to truly have it perform consistent to your desired wetness/dryness of skimmate. An ATO set up can helpw ith this, but the...
  7. fly guy

    Cooking Live Rock

    What you did was simply kill all of the life and beneficial bacteria turning your live rock into base rock. It did nothing as far as turgoring out any phosphates, but if thrown in with some live rock the beneficial bacteria will begin colonizing within days, a couple months to have enough...
  8. fly guy

    Closed loop/return advice

    om just for the cls yes. I use the same 8 way and pump on my 90......it was interesting fitting it all in. Honestly, with that SWEET room and in wall system. Lose the seaswirls and buy an OM 8-way. I would suggest that for any cls system as it is the best......but with what you have to work...
  9. fly guy

    Closed loop/return advice

    Thats gorgeous. How fun it will be watching this come together
  10. fly guy

    Closed loop/return advice

    With the hammerhead you can just simply take it into a 1.5" T and then to the pump. Try to set it up so there arent any 90's within 5-6 inches of the pumps intake. It will make it easier on the pump. here is my 225.....you can ignore the OM crap but just look at the bulkheads coming out of...
  11. fly guy

    Closed loop/return advice

    So 2 barracudas?? I would seriously rethink that and step up to at least a Hammerhead for the cls. for the sump return....why so big of a pump?? There is no value to moving any more water by your skimmer than it can process. The goal is sending as little unskimmed water back to the tank as...
  12. fly guy

    Closed loop/return advice

    There IS a benefit to two holes. Less suction, lots of water supply to the cls pump. How big is that tank?? Do you know what CLS pump you are planning on?? This couold affect how exactly you T them together. regardless of the above answers, drill two bulkheads and cover them with these...
  13. fly guy

    Closed loop/return advice

    my answers to the questions on your pic 1. hole size, whatever size the hose you are going to use will fit snugly in. If you stick a short piece of hose with a little valve on it you can control the airflow. It doesnt always make a difference on dursos.....but sometimes it does to reduce...
  14. fly guy

    Lost and Found!

    OMG...FOUR YEARS!! Thats crazy. Congrats :)
  15. fly guy

    Euro Reef RS 100 or 135

    If you can get your hands on the ATI BM 160........It may be a good option and cheaper then the rs-180. I use the BM 250 on my 225 and love it. Im considering getting rid of my ER-180 and swapping out for the BM-160, but i want to wait until more people have used it, to make sure it really...
  16. fly guy

    Water Temperature ??

    79,80-83 intentionally with controllers
  17. fly guy

    Cooking Live Rock

    cooking and curing are entirely different things. Have you ever properly cooked rock and witnessed the "pointlessness" of it as you run your system first hand?? Have you ever started up a tank or owned a system using just cooked rock? Just curious.
  18. fly guy

    Looking for 2 article links

    This may have the latter article you are looking for http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/
  19. fly guy

    Cooking Live Rock

    its truly a beautiful thing. You end up with clean healthy rock that doesnt smell like anything but clean rock :)
  20. fly guy

    Why?

    Blame Canada
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