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anyone ever have a problem with the durso style standpipe slowing down flow?? when i take the last elbow off the durso it flows fine but with that last elbow pointing down in the water its very very slow. ive experimented with many many different holes all the way up to having a huge slot...

xp2 owner and very happy with it been running for over a year now not one issue would have bought a xp3 if i could do it again though. cant ever have to much room for media.

im hooking the pool hose to a threaded pvc fitting and i just looked more closely and im just gonna have to use regular clear tubing of the same diameter. the clamps just cut through the tubing i have i believe its just cheaply made tubing very thin. thanks josh

i finally got all my stuff for my sump hooked up. now i have a pool filter hose thats running from my pump to my tank it connects to pvc fittings. i cant get those connections to seal i started with one hose clamp and that wasnt enough then i tried two clamps on the same fitting to no evail how...

any benefit to it in freshwater tank???

thats how im going to do it and ill get some surface agitation with the return and a few powerheads. not as worried about it since its gonna be in fresh water.

sweet are there any tricks to running the durso intakes that the durso website doesnt mention. i still dont understang how it will let water fall but if it does it without all the noise then the more power to it.

man i already have a mag 18 on the way. o well ill see how well it works and might have to upgrade hopefully itll get the job done for awhile so i can get this thing tuned in and running correctly.i wouldnt mind an external but am i gonna have to drill my sump to run it if i ever do get one...

helps alot thanks. i think i got a grip on whats goin on here i just need a few little tidbits of info just like you have just gave me thanks again. ill get some pics of it up when its up and running.

stand pipe question? anyone ever use a durso stand pipe without an overflow box??

anyone ever use a durso stand pipe without an overflow box??

im building my own sump. the tank is drilled but has no overflow boxes installed. i was wondering if i can just use a freestanding pipe and no overflow box. if i put them at the same level in the tank they should just keep the water level at the level i adjust them too without the need for a...

alright then a mag 18 should work because it has 1800gph @0 feet and around 1200 gph @5 feet. and i relize where in the sump i wanna dump the water. im gonna run it over filter floss then over lots of bio media then over more floss then to pump but ive seen things on here like drip trays or...

55 gallon is the biggest i have on hand and im gonna have a very light fish load till i can get a bigger sump no big hurry and i recalculated the tank and its 235gallons w/o rocks and everything else so not quite as big as i first thought. yes this sump will be my primary filteration. i was...

would a mag 18 be able to keep up with two 1 inch bulkhead overflows?? and how do you distribute water when it first enters sump?? thanks josh

nope its gonna be a freshwater tank with african cichlids.

i just got a 280 gallon tank with stand this tank is predrilled with 4 1.5" holes two on each end of the tank in the center of the bottom. where should i start. i have a 30 gallon and a 55 gallon i could use for a sump but not sure exactly how to do this. like what size pump would i need to run...

no has natural colored gravel. after 2 days it turned to a faint pink then finally went away. now its just greasy looking water.

he said his water was pretty clear and after 2 days of having it running it was crystal clear and the trap on the skimmer had alot of red water in it????

just as title says does any use one on a freshwater tank. is it worth it. i really like to overkill filtering and what not and my cousin had one from saltwater tank he had and put it on his freshwater and said its a must have. if you do what pros and cons. and what skimmer would you recomend...

well this filter had got some sand in it when i switched from gravel to sand. my fault. ever since then it would make terrible noise and i would clean impeller and motor housing real good and it would be fine and then just do it all over again. this time the cleaning didnt work. i think it...

well the canister has one tray of sponges then ceramic rings then filter floss, the emp just has the regular carbon cartridges i really just use it for the bio wheels and water movement.

right now i have a 55 gallon mbuna cichlid tank with rena xp2 and a emp400 my whisper 30-60 just died. what filter would you put on this tank to replace the 30-60. im thinking either another emp400 or possibly another xp2?? i know i probally dont need a third filter but i like the safety of it...