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If you click on the pix, it will enlarge. I cannot use Paint so please pardon the scratch. Will this pipe layout work for a 120 gal aquarium? Red 1" Open Channel Yellow 3/4 " full siphon Black 3/4" return to tank Green 1" Emergency Using a Sicci 4 40 gal Sump There is a dam that came with...

Hello Guys My BA is being made with a dual corner overflow system. I want to put my skimmer on the right side of my cabinet where I think traditionally the return is placed . Into this chamber, I want to run the open channel and full siphon drain. inside the left chamber, I want to have the...

I purchased a 75 gal off of CL a few months ago and have found the bulkhead is siliconed on. I cant twist it off. Anybody have other Ideas besides throwing the tank away. Would surly appreciate it. Thanks

I have been in a discussion on how to move the water leaving the skimmer to the next chamber. My sump is 16' and all the baffles are 16' with the exception to the one before the last baffle in front of the return. I have a reef Octopus nwb 150 and the pecks cll for a water level of 8-10" on...

Hi Everyone that is reading this. I am going to cycle a tank .with shrimp in a 120 gal. DT using distilled water At the same time that I begin the cycle, ,I want to purchase a cleanup crew and put it into another smaller tank whose water is treated with Prime to observe(QT) and see if there is...

Hi Guys The 120gal Deep Blue dual overflow tank I ordered came this morning and already I have a question. I will be putting in a Herbie system and was thinking that the emergency drain would be 1.25 inches. The regular drain was to be 1 inch. I am tempted to use the 1.75 asthe main drain but I...

Thanks for looking in. I am setting up a dual Herbie return system and have a question about the Emergency drain routing. Since this drain is basically used for emergency overflow situations, I want to let 1 line flow into the Sump chamber which is right below that line and the other one that...

Thanks to a few thread I have seen here, I am thinking about floor support under the 48" 125 tank I am going to use a 18,000 lb. floor jack , set it on solid concrete block and run the jack up under a joist with a 4x4 set perpendicular under the joist . I have crawl space under the house...

Two weeks ago I went into a LFS and inquired about ordering a 120 gal dual corner overflow tank. We looked at one on display they had set up and I went home to think about that one. Upon deciding on it ,I went to the store to buy it and talked to the asst mgr. about dementions and all. We got...

With dual corner overflows, do I double the pumps capacity to handle both drains velocity requirements ? I don't know if I can cut back drainage enough to balance the Syncre 3.0 max. 600 GPH @ 5' of head 1"drain size drains 600 gph 9" overflow Thanks for your answers. Go Gamecocks!

Do you do them? I was on another forum recently and there was a post about this. There were more than half of the posters say they minimal change. I am talking 1% or just a few gals a year to no water changes Any thoughts here?

I just got a shipment of 45 lbs of LR today from LA. It looks ok I guess but don't know. So with all the different versions of what to do I need some advise please. Also I have about have about 80 lbs of DR and another 25 lbs of LR that I think I killed with an ammonia overdose soaking in...

Hi AA My whole tank build depends on if I get this right or not so I am depending on you guys. What is the best way to go with bulkheads when using Durso: slipxslip, slipxmpt,slipxfpt,or mptxmpt? Yourhelp please. And Thanks. Jay

Where do people order their saltwater aquariums from?:banghead:

Hi everyone I have seen several compatibility charts for purchasing ones tnk stock. However, I have researched found nothing to show the order in which you add these fishes to the tank. Least aggressive to most aggressive is what I understand. What about when you have 3 aggressives or 4 semis...

This is the stand I have been working on for my 75 gl. A friend helped me get the frame going but had to leave for a family vacation So I got left holding the hammer and driver. Here is a few shot of whats been going on. It's bigger than it needs to be to hold a 75 but I don't want to have...

Which compartment in your sump? Where is it the most effective?

t is time to decide how I am positioning the guts. My setup has a 40 sump/ref. l to r skimmer to fuge to return pump. Question: can all of the component draw from and feed back to the return

Help please. I have received a shipment of 40 lbs of Key Largo aquacultured LR from a dealer that says their rock is precured. I divided it in 2 mixing LR and some DR I already have. I added ammonia to the water and have a 1150 gph powerhead in each barrel. Now for the dumb part. Am I curing or...

i guys I got my first shipment of Marco live rock (25 lbs) Friday. I put it in a 20 gal barrel,powerhead, along with 25 lbs of DR and covered it with RHODI and salt 1/2 cup per gal, . I have read somewhere stated that ammonia is faster than shrimp but from what I have been reading on the...

Hello AA. I am getting ready to start a tank build and am thinking about the way I want to do the QT'ing. I have 1 20G, and 3 10 gals. tanks as well as the 75g DT. The 120 lbs of DR is cycled. I' m ordering LR today. Not listing stock yet . My question. I would like to know if I can qt...