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    Sump /fuge Input welcome

    cheato grows best in high flow areas but i you plan on putting sand and other critters you dont want the flow throwing sand around,
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    Sump /fuge Input welcome

    i have mine set up like your 1st pic and it works great, that way i can control how much flow goes through the fudge, i just put T's the tines and ran both lines into the skimmer section and into the fudge so i can direct flow to where. melves reef is really the best place for sump designs. also...
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    pump for a simple closed loop

    okay so i went back and measured this tank is going in wall and will be mounted in the garage. soo after measureing the front 9 inches of the tank will be in wall i now its possable but im a little uneasy running pipes up the wall so the front two cl loops outs are prob not gonna be there any...
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    pump for a simple closed loop

    all of this is in garage so space is kinda an issue but i do have more room than just under a the stand, with all this said i know im will end up haveing to add some powerheads maybe a vortec, but i would like to drill all the holes and not limit myself now.
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    pump for a simple closed loop

    ah man im sorry for all of you trying to look at my painting haha okay so this is what i've come up so far added two extra cl outs removed the T's on all the cl so there is only 1 lock line and added two overflow holes for the hell of it. planning on something around 4500 gph come on if this...
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    pump for a simple closed loop

    so would the best position for two more outlets be towards the front blowing back on the rocks towards the overflows. i dont have the over flows build yet, is two one inch overflows going to be enough? im debateing drilling two more holes putting two down the sump and one return in each corner i...
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    pump for a simple closed loop

    i wanted to add a very simple closed loop while i was moving the tank. the tank is a 300 8ft long and its going in wall i just wanted to get some of the power heads out, what pumps should i consider? What would you change about this set up if it was yours?
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    Underwater Sports Mantis tank

    ahh yes we do have both there is cheato but we have also added filter floss between the two so it goes live rock rubble on bottom filter floss than a ball of cheato which rolls quite nice i was surprized
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    Upcoming Congressional decision could put a stop to our hobby

    coldwater tanks here we come
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    Underwater Sports Mantis tank

    small update pics so we decided to do an order from macro rocks and it finally came in. the rock is amazing, we also got the light up its a 4 bulb t5 nova extreme. so far we have re aquascaped everyday haha we have 1st little diatom bloom as well hope it clears up soon
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    the 350 (semi in wall)

    ahh im very interested i just got a 300 and was planning something similar i would to see more pics about the set up and how its working out
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    will clowns eat pods?

    my brother had a small clown in his tank who wasnt doing well, so he gave him to me, five min in my tank he was doing great he instantly bonded with my clown and they did the goofy swim danceing thing and found the anem. well my lion just though i added him as food and after a day or two of...
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    mean cleaner shrimp?

    i think he was cleaning your hand mine jumps to me every time i put my hand in but it doesnt hurt at all kinda tickles maybe he was just grumpy or maybe you really a shower haha
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    Here's what I can do with my stock lens ;) You?

    those look darn good to me :)
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    can you clean out old sand?

    my questions comes from a fellow member who decided the old sand bed in the tank was fueling cyano. is there a way to clean out old sand? boil it dry it out anything? what about a deep sand bed? i know your not suppose to touch them but could you remove all the sand spread it out and rinse it or...
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    ultralife red slime remover

    sorry if this hijacks the thread but is there a way to clean old sand? much boiling old rock an drying it out to kill pests, could you clean out the sand in some way to make it all dead but clean?
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    Underwater Sports Mantis tank

    you guys are killin me with the cold water tank talk, if this goes well and we dont have any problems im gonna try and push for one, so the bosses never said we could set it up but at the same time they never said no so we put some water in it haha crappy cell phone pics sorry, the first one is...
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    adding new live rock

    so a new tank has been set up. all the live rock in it so far has come from two diff systems already set up for over a year, Will this tank cycle? if i wanted to add more live rock on top of that either fully cured or bone dry dead. would that cause a cycle? its a 20g long has about 10 pounds in...
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    Underwater Sports Mantis tank

    yes he is a little concerned that the floor staff wont leave the repair room once we set it up, and rightfully so cause mantis are soooo coooool
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    Underwater Sports Mantis tank

    well plans might be foiled before we got started i took it into work today (the seattle store) and the owner gave me evil eyes i used a maxi jet 1200 for return i had it running at home and was happy with the flow, i would love to do a coldwater tank but this a cheap alternative to hopefulling...
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