so i bought some of that crushed coral and i rinsed it the whole deal and when i dumped it in the whole tank just clouded up white.. is this the stuff that they add or what ever ?
Okay so i have my fish tank in my garage... this is because i did not want the tank in the house to avoid flooding on the nice wood floor which only leaves upstairs and i didnt want it up there for no one to see.. i have all my reptiles in my garage so the tank fits in.. and this is where i...
so then really they arnt much diffrent its just that the overflow pulls in more surface water which i agree is better ... i think im going to buy a ups for it ...
or is it that the water syphion remains ready because there is still water on the inside and out side overflow box keeping the syphion at a stand by... power comes back and pump restarts along with syphion?
i dont understand the diffrence between a over flow box and just syphioning water out of my tank... right now if my pump were to fail i wouldnt loose any water my sump can take it all the water down to the anti syphion hole then the syphion cuts out but cant restart on its own... wouldnt a over...
okay i dont even know if such a thing is even real but do any of you know of a device that would keep the power off for my pump even after the power has been restored?
lets say the power gose out my pump stops and my syphion breaks, then the power come back on the pump starts running and...
Okay so my buddy has a 12 gal. nano cube at his work.. hes been having some problems with his tank and i have no idea why.. he says its all testing fine even the amount of salt in the water...he has some variety in there but mostly shrimps and softies.. he changes 2 gallons once a week so his...
Always put a stop valve on your return line that way you can slow the water down to fine tune your pump to work just right...
My pump is to big but with a stop valve a little less then half way closed makes for a perfect flow... My pump is a 581 gph without that close valve my pump would be do...
First off i just wanted to thank everyone who has not bit my head off for the 34876348763 posts i have put up in the past 2 weeks i really do appriciate all the advice and help there is no way i could have done it without the pros on livingreefs.com lol
anyways my sump is running prime... i...
im only using that till i get till i get my over flow box..and i know mysump would flood but i have a anti syphion hole so it would only drain a little...well like alot but not my whole tank... and im gunna get a check valve on my return line so water cant come back in... this tank is in my...
Well im far from done but its came a long way pretty quick and fairly cheap... Anyways this is it...
I made the sump out of a 20 Gal. long...its made up of three sections, skimmer,live rock and return pump..i also have one baffle..I still need a overflow and skimmer and rock..Right now for my...
if i were you i would make sure that you have a stop valve somewhere between your return pump and aquarium that way you can fine tune the flow rate to match it perfectly if you have a 300gph overflow and a 600gph pump the pumps gunna be to big and pump all the water out.. with the stop valve you...