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    Air stone skimmers: Beware of the wrong items sent!!

    Aren't those the stones you already have Alberto? Those are the ones I am using.
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    problems with ballast

    Yeah no doubt, I am not going to run them to see if they straighten out. they had been running intermittantly for longer than I liked. I had a standby and took one of the new bulbs out. the standby bulb was the only one that was actually working. I think the new bulbs may have worked okay for a...
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    problems with ballast

    Maxx, it seems that it is a bulb issue. I picked up two used radiums from a local reefer. They have fired fine for two days. Its a bummer cause I bought the other bulbs with my ballast supposedly barely used. They looked new no burn marks or whatever. and I paid almost full price for them. So it...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    thanks! interesting skimmer you should start your own thread on how you built it. Looks pretty cool.
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    problems with ballast

    She's working. I don't think it is a gfci issue becasue i had it plugged into a few outlets/circuits that were nongfci and it still was doing the same thing. I am leaning more along the lines of a picky bulb. I do have a circuit that is basically dedicated to the tank. The circuit supplies all...
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    problems with ballast

    Yeah the bathroom socket is gfci. would running the ballast 240 be any help? I went through my panel and the only breaker that I could find "empty" is running electric baseboard upstairs. I want to take this out anyway. So i might get an electrictian in to swap out that breaker for two 20...
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    problems with ballast

    I found a breaker for a freezer, since we don't have a freezer I am going to try to trace that wire and run an outlet just for the ballast. I hope that will sort this out. thanks for the help i will keep you posted.
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    problems with ballast

    I am just running se's not 400 watt pendants. I am running radiums in the reflector sockets. I switched the cords around. and it still seems to be shutting off the same light. yet when I swapped bulbs around it switched the lights that is going off.
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    problems with ballast

    I am running it off the bathroom curcuit right now and there is nothing on that breaker. It is still causing issues. I am using factory lamp cords. I might crack it open and check the wiring tonight.
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    problems with ballast

    yeah I am trying to run it off different outlets in the house to see if that is it. I have all 20 amp breakers and a lot of them but I am not really sure what is for what as we bought the house last year. The labeling on the breaker diagram is. Les' office. bedroom #1 etc. Makes it impossible to...
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    problems with ballast

    I got a bluewave VII dual ballast 400 watt hqi. One of my bulbs keeps going off and on. I swapped it out with an old bulb and now the other bulb goes on and off. I have no idea what is going on with it. It only has one cord. I have heard of people changing this to dual cords dunno if this would...
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    Odd skimmer idea

    Somewhere i read the seio was designed with skimmer use in mind. don't know if it is true.
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    Air stone skimmers: Beware of the wrong items sent!!

    My skimmer has a small 1/2" drain. If I seal the lid on tight and the drain is the only air outlet it makes smaller bubbles than if the lid is off or loose. If the lid is off it causes much larger bubbles quicker. The way I have mine set now there is a 3/4" vent through the lid of the skimmer...
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    Air stone skimmers: Beware of the wrong items sent!!

    Mine have the red epoxy ring. .They seem to work okay. dunno if they are truely fine pore. they are cpvc fittings. My very uneducated guess on your skimmer is that it is not sealed up tight enough. mine acts wildly different depending on how much backpressure is on it. but I imagine your...
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    diy calcium reactor help

    I went to the shop and had a short piece of tube lying around. It was 2.5" dia about 5" long so I slapped some ends on it taped in the speedfits and now I have the a soda can looking bubble counter. It works great much better than the aquamedic. I think the aquamedic wasn't sealing well at all...
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    diy calcium reactor help

    I just bought an aquamedic. it wasn't sealing very well. I tried to fix it and broke it.
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    sig i just copied the sizes of stones and pump from donw's skimmer. Cause I could see that it was working and producing foam. No science behind it for me sorry. TOm
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    diy calcium reactor help

    Cool, it has been up adnd running and workin okay. until yesterday when i broke my bubble counter. I am going to have to figure something out. can i just make an acrylic square and put the co2 in the bottom and then a fitting on the top of it to draw the co2 to the tank? or do need a tube...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    4 x 6" aquatceco fine pore airstones. mounted verticaly. http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/9751/cid/2328 alr150cp i believe
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    diy calcium reactor help

    i think it will be a pain. should I tap the side of the reactor for an effluent out? or put a fitting low in the input line to the pump? won't the recirc take care of the extra co2?
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