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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    I am sure it will be fine once I put the stones on it. I ordered them today along with everything I need to get the skimmer up and running. i ordered a needlevalve to be able to bleed air off. So hopefully by midweek everything will be here and I can start getting the show on the road...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    gotcha so will just bleed out. Thanks mike!
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    Not that big of a deal. You can time the top off to shut down at the times that you are stirring if you want or just let it dump fresh mix in. If you adjust the output to drip then you won't get a ton of fresh mix anyway i put mine drip in a high flow area so it mixes the kalk well if it does...
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    People are a little weary of hooking an ro directly up to the tank. Incase the float or whatever malfunctions on. If you have a container you can control how much ro goes into the tank if it sticks and pumps it all in it will only be 10 gals or whatever not 50 or 100. also it is "better" to run...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Great thanks Don! off to the autoparts store I go. I was talking to a guy who runs one of these in his fw setup. he said not to bleed it but restrict the air to the stones with a speedfit valve between the pump and the stones. basically the same as ballvavling down a water pump. Does this make...
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    How many have DIY stands/canopies?

    here's mine. it is almost cheating cause I only had to skin two sides http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8132&page=2&pp=15
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    got the pump today How do I plumb this thing? I assume I would use soft tube from the pump to a barb and then go 1/2 cpvc from there to the airstones. I could go soft to barb to speedfit/ 1/2" ro tube to some sort of bulkhead/uniseal then speedfit to the cpvc airstone manifold. to put a...
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    I also want to say that I didn't try a syphon mine was straight drip so a syphon would probably work better than my setup. it might take out the variability. Tom
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    I dunno. You would just have to try it. kalk has a way of clogging things and that will change your drip rate as well. I used to drip it from a gallon container above my tank and that was a devil to get to dose right. If you have a lot of fresh water in the tank it will be easier to get a stable...
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    Might be hard to get it to sync. Put your valve between the RO container and the kalk reactor so it doesn't clog. the drip rate will also change with how much water you have in the container. If there is alot there will be more pressure and if there isn't it will drip less. I have a float...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Wow it seems like forever since I started this thread. I now have a Lt19 on the way and 3' of 12"dia Pvc coming as well. I am going to get some acrylic to cover the top and bottom of the tube. I have to order my stones yet. but the thing should go together really quick once I get the pieces. Tom
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    I am going to give it a shot trying to bolt to the round flange/riser tube that I already have to the box which I will start this weekend. If I have to oring the bolt heads it won't be that big a deal and that should seal it up fine. I'll post pics when I start building. I have an uninhabited...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Wow thanks Mike! Even with a gasket or oring (I would probably use a rubber gasket) I would have to drill though the top of the mixing box. So on the inside of the box I would have the bolt head but even when tightened water would still get by the head a bit. Right? or would it be watertight...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    I checked out the skimming 101 thread. I was a little confused about the skimmer size. doest the internal size have anything to do with the dwell or feed rates? I read that you measured dwell by timing the bubbles and that you calculated total turnover by the formula of (size/feed)x 9.2 and...
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Duh! I was just reading mikes new skimmer thread again. Saw the specs for the 3-500 one. Will try to cronicle my setup. Tom
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    To clairfy further I am thinking of using the LT-19 and the 150cp airstones. What size mixing box would I need? and tubing? is 6" going to be to small? How high? 48" 60? Thanks Tom
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    air skimmer for 300g setup

    Hey all, After a few years of running a beckett on my smaller tank. I am upgrading my tank and skimmer. I am intriqued by the linear airpump method. My skimmer/sumps are in my basement so noise is not an issue for me. I just want something that will skim the heck out of the water. I have...
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