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  1. menace78

    How mush lower should my overflow chamber level be thank my tank?

    I have a central overflow with only the slits on top built into the acrylic tank. it's 18"w X 7"d. curently my return is providing about 1" (or 1/2 the hight of the slits in the overflow). It has a dorso conected to a 1.5" bulkhead and a 2.5" open toped pipe for emergency overflow. Everything...
  2. menace78

    How mush lower should my overflow chamber level be thank my tank?

    So no min. or max. drop? no real pro's or con's other than noise and salt creap? I can see lowering it could temporaraly raise the level in the sump. I don't know if there's a diferent way to set it up, but water quantity in the long run is the only thing that permanently changes my sump...
  3. menace78

    How mush lower should my overflow chamber level be thank my tank?

    I've always used overflow boxes and just got my first RR tank and have searched threw the threads with no luck so here's the ?. My dorso is adjustable and I'm wondering if there's a good hight for the overflow drop to be or if it's just a noise preferance? Pro's and Con's of a longer drop...
  4. menace78

    Scratches inside of my new acrylic tank. any advice?

    That's what I was looking for. Thank you for the help.
  5. menace78

    Scratches inside of my new acrylic tank. any advice?

    I recently setup my 1st acrylic display tank and guess I won't be using a magfloat cleaner anymore. Looks like a pice of crushed coral got between the scrubber and before i noticed it, the acrylic now has a verry visable 6" squaggaly scratch on the inside. Question is, Is there any way to fix...
  6. menace78

    need advice. have a little different ? about aiptasia.

    I broke down my 135 gal due to a move and an aiptasia infestation and screbbed and dried (for 3 months) all but ~25 lbs of liverock to start anew. The rock I kept has leathers, mushrooms and o0ther softies on them that I want to keep so I want to aclimate them to the new system before fraging...
  7. menace78

    12g aquapod mod

    I looked back at them. you'r right they are 6000K bulbs but they are 6w (hot HO), but the 20" i see on there is actinic. Was trying to help >.<
  8. menace78

    12g aquapod mod

    Do a google search for them. I have seen them as small as 9" 6W They also have a 20" not sure how much width that tank has, but do a search and I'm sure you can find what you need :) So with the right setup. you should be able to mod them into the hood.
  9. menace78

    In need of plumbing/bulkhead advice.

    I just looked up the bernie style overflow and now see why you run 2 BHs. If you have them both draining into 1 1.5" line, than 1x 1.5 BH should work for what I'm doing. Thank you for the input.
  10. menace78

    In need of plumbing/bulkhead advice.

    What kind of gph do you run threw you'r sump? I'm going to be running a max of 700gph. would i need a second 1.5" bh for the sump or would 1 do the job? I'll have about 10" tall by 1.5" round dorsal standpipe with 1 90° bend on the bottom going out the back into the 1.5" BH.
  11. menace78

    In need of plumbing/bulkhead advice.

    No ideas on sizes huh? I'm thinking about 1.5" bulkheads for the sump and closed loop output and 3/4" for the returns and closed loop manifold inputs. This sound like a good size? Or does anyone know of an acurate calculator for bukhead size? I've found a few online but they all seem to give...
  12. menace78

    i have a crazy ? sump/fuge set up

    It dosn't have to, just where most people put there skimmer (in-sump skimmers). You can put the skimmer anywhere you have sufficient water hight to allow it to work. Most HOB skimmers don't work well in-sump due to the lowered water hight in the sump for backflow in case of power outage. If...
  13. menace78

    In need of plumbing/bulkhead advice.

    The illistration is just to show orientation. I'm still trying to decide weather the closed loop will feed from the overflow or just from the back wall of the tank with a cover. I'm not sure I want the possible noise of 2500gph crashing over the overflow. I plan on the bulkhead flanges being...
  14. menace78

    i have a crazy ? sump/fuge set up

    Just my thought on the setup.
  15. menace78

    In need of plumbing/bulkhead advice.

    I'm setting up a 75g bowfront and need advice on what size bulkheads I need or any tips on a better way to plumb it all. I made up a little drawing with #'s for the bulkheads so there easy to identify for replies. I'll be running about 1800gph threw a closed loop threw a manifold built into...
  16. menace78

    I Still have the tank. but I broke it down. I didn't have a sump when I was running it tho...

    I Still have the tank. but I broke it down. I didn't have a sump when I was running it tho. just turned the open side of the CPR backpack skimmer i was using into a mini fuge. I found that it was hard to get good omidirectional flow in mine, and that's why I broke it down. but they do look good...
  17. menace78

    That octogon is a 40g. I upgraded to a 150g regular tank but still have the hex (6 sides).

    That octogon is a 40g. I upgraded to a 150g regular tank but still have the hex (6 sides).
  18. menace78

    I'm looking for just about anything :p Right now I have 150g with about 10 heads of pom pom...

    I'm looking for just about anything :p Right now I have 150g with about 10 heads of pom pom xenia, a candy cane, some leathers, and mushrooms (red and green) along with about a 12" round GBTA with a pair of true percs hosting it. I would like to just add some color and fill as cheaply as i can...
  19. menace78

    What kinds of coral can i keep?

    wow. didn't even realize that was you for some reason :p cool. I've always loved the way those clams look. O and I'll take you up on the offer for the reactor. Let me know if your still looking to get rid of it :) and did you have any luck selling that tank with the cracked bracing?
  20. menace78

    bad sponsor link?

    I don't know what's wrong with it bit the "A Red Sea Aquarium" link just links back to RF.. I had to google it to find the website.. might want to get that sorted out. ;)
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