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  1. john

    "flower pot''

    I have a flower pot that has been thriveing and growing for the past two years in MH lights with other mixed hard and soft corals and fairly strong current it even plays host to one of my clowns
  2. john

    closed loop

    I'll try to figure out if I have enough room behind the tank for the up and over thanks for the addvice
  3. john

    closed loop

    It would be impossible to drill back of my tank without breaking it down and all of this plumbing and pump would be above water level which would allow drain out in power loss thats why I need a form of forced prime just how much water flow would it take to do it?
  4. john

    closed loop

    I just replumbed my return pump thru the chiller which eliminates the mag 9.5 that I had in the sump 100 watts less heat in the water chiller dosen't run as often I am now thinking of replaceing the four maxijet 1200's that I have in the tank with the mag pump setting on top of the tank with...
  5. john

    PNWers: local tank, lighting needs?

    I would think that a 60 watt light bulb in the next room will be more than enough light I don't know how to make all the artificial rain indoors
  6. john

    Sump Refugium

    with that mag 3 pump it will be low flow
  7. john

    What Temp. Do You Run?

    77 at night 78.5 days with all the lights I still have very fast growth and little algea
  8. john

    Do you use a check valve to prevent floods?

    drill a small hole at the top of the return line and check it once in awhile to make sure its not plugged
  9. john

    How long does this take

    I have a green BTA that has been trying to split for over two weeks now, how long does it take
  10. john

    What Chiller are you using?

    pacific coast cl 650 its kept my 155 below 79 all summer
  11. john

    i need help with lighting

    give tthe fish a little time both of my clown stayed at the top of the tank for a couple weeks
  12. john

    Keyhole flange series ?

    o-ring Don what tool do you use to cut the o-ring grove the smallest round router bit I could find was 1/4"
  13. john

    calcium reactor

    ok thanks for the help I'll get busy replumbing I already did the drill and push through method on the bubble counter so I know what your talking about just one more question does the second chamber raise PH ?
  14. john

    calcium reactor

    please suggest a hose routing yes blue hose was just tied together to keep from draining black hose from top of bubble counter to elbow before pump inlet water flows up from pump down thru first tube
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  16. john

    calcium reactor

    well I had a little help from a friend [my kid] and adobe7.0 finaly got it now all I need is spell check thanks also for the link Niki
  17. john

    calcium reactor

    I hope I got the picture this time
  18. john

    calcium reactor

    that was the output from second chamber I never tested the first maybe I should just hook it back up and try again I should then test first chamber thanks for the help now if only I could post a picture try to upload one to the gallery that didn"t work either maybe its this HP photo program
  19. john

    calcium reactor

    with all the ajustments I was never able to got below 7.2 just checked the calibration on the pinpoint it was good so I guess co2 was not mixing well where should I be putting co2 in to get best mix is the pump maybe to small or large I found the media container carib sea ARM
  20. john

    calcium reactor

    my current DKH 8 calcium 350 mag 1350 I am aware that the reactor is for maintenace not to build values I purchased an small reactor the other day and it came up to way better values in the first day but I would rather use my diy unit two chambers built from plans of the GEO unit on rc
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