coffeetwitch
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good to hear that they have settled down.
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S3Reefer
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Wow... All I can say.... Is.... Wow.. Lol
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huma-huma
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S3Reefer said:
Is that a good wow or bad wow??
Alright well as you all know, the tank is up and running. Ran into some fundig issues. So other than normal necessities, cant buy anything for the tank right now. Having the brown algae issue still but ive dialed back the lights and feeding to help. As long as it doesnt overwhelm the tank i dont mind. Either a tiger wardi or diamond goby is in the plans. Just dont have the immediate funds. Also gonna talk to my boss tomorrow about working out a deal for one of his extra uv pond sterilizers. Once i get my situations straightened out, gonna get the uv up and running, then once i rid myself of the algae issue, im going to start dosing with purple up. The main focus of this tank is technically the fish, but id really prefer the rock to have have copious amounts of coralline to make up for the lack of coral. Next piece on the purchase list: mag 18 that a buddy is holding for me
S3Reefer
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Good wow. I lol. It's definitely a good wow. 
, I love your setup
, I love your setup
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huma-huma
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S3Reefer said:Good wow. I lol. It's definitely a good wow.
Well in that case, thank you
S3Reefer
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No problem... :3
crister13
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I don't mean to hijack your thread but I don't understand how the herbie works with 2 overflows. My understanding is u need 1 overflow because with 2 boxed the water is going to fill up to the tube unless you throttle back that tube. Any help on this subject?
crister13
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And build is doing great so far btw!
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huma-huma
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crister13 said:
Its no different than running 2 seperate herbie overflows. Only difference is youd have to run an oversized pipe where the two drains empty out at
crister13
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Sorry I wasn't being specific enough. I understand it now. My scenario is different. I have two drains but the return occupies one of the holes in each overflow. So you would need to run a third pipe for return. I understand. Thank you.
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huma-huma
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Wait, i understad you have dual overflows, but each overflow should have a return hole (smaller) and drain hole (bigger) you just run full syphon on the drain tube
crister13
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If u have an herbie style in each box u need two tubes. Then u need another for return. So with dual overflows your looking at 5 tubes. Overflows (2 main 2 emergency) and 1 return. Right?
crister13
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I'm going to make herbie overflow. Right now yes I have 1 return and 1 drain in each overflow. But I'm going to convert it so I have 2 herbie overflows and then run the return up the back of the tank. This would work???
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huma-huma
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Herbie= 1 return and a full syphon drain, ball valve on drain to control syphon. No need for 2 drains to each return
nikki_kaiser
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huma-huma said:
LOL!!! That's funny!!!! Love it!
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huma-huma
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So i spent roughly 45 minutes working on my plumbing and got absolutely nowhere. So the misses made the mistake of saying "why dont we just get the pieces we need?" so a trip to home depot(actually 2 cause i left my bulkhead there), $6.50, and a bunch of pvc and fittings later. I now have the materials for a hardline return. Pics shortly of my layout
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huma-huma
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Oh and does anyone think running 2400 gph through my refugium would be too much?? Keep in mind im using a 55 as the refugium. I have prob 30-32" just for the center chamber alone. If in need to, ill run a t-split coming off the return pump and attach a ball valve letting it drain back into the refugium, thatll let me adjust the flowrate to the main tank if needed
crister13
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Well u usually want 5-10x overturn through the sump.... So I would say yeah too much.
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huma-huma
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crister13 said:
So if i t-split the return line and plumb one line back into the skimmer chamber, would that help
crister13
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It's still the same amount moving through the sump.... Idk. I don't really think it would be horrible but if it were me I would just put a ball valve on and throttle the pump back a bit. Jmo
