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I've never owned a refractometer. *shrug* So far so good. There's no magic bullet in this hobby. Sometimes "just ok" works.

I'll post some photos tonight how it is right now, should serve as a good "before" comparison.

Well, I'll give you that. They are loud in nature. But I have designed my sump in such a way that the running water sound is pretty difficult to hear even when your head is in the cabinet and inches from the surface of the water. The issue is the water entering the sump, it's niagra falls in...

To add to the above... PVC pipe sizes confuses the shit out of me. I'm looking to replace my bulkheads with a 1" threaded and a 3/4" threaded... this is the size of the pipe that will fit INTO each side of the bulkhead correct? I'm looking at 3/4" slip bulkhead fittings on Amazon, good price and...

Alllright so I finally have my 90 gallon moved to the new house. The tank was originally sitting in my parents house for almost 10 years and it was in a room that almost no one really went in other than to feed the fish. That being said, this thing is incredibly loud and my father had absolutely...

I don't have a problem with the rules. However, this forum will always be 2nd to any forum that is not owned by a business. It's the same with any hobby. When I'm not tinkering with tanks I'm tinkering with cars and those forums are the same way. The #1 forum for the VW / Audi scene is...

Marketing is a problem here. Saltwaterfish.com does not appear to value the forums, as you must scroll all the way down the page and happen to notice it on the left hand side in normal sized font, no tabbed graphics like the top of the page. I only knew this place existed because I found it...

Thanks for the replies. I've decided on a configuration where the skimmer hangs on the side of the sump. I figure if it is capable of it I'm going to do it to save some space. I spent some time today cutting the plexi and devising a way to hold the sock right below the drain bulkhead. I think...

I guess if i use a smaller sock. The sock that has been used on the tank for the past 10 years or so is fairly large. I have seen skinnier socks on others tanks but never thought twice about it.

Ok I'm back and I'm in need of more "Sump Advice". I've pulled the skimmer out of the old sump and brought it over to my house to test fit everything. I would like to have the skimmer in the drain compartment as you can see in these photos: http://imgur.com/a/xo702 The plexy sitting on top in...

New species discovered. We'll name it "Spongecus Pegasusi"

The big tear down and rebuild is happening on the weekend of the 14th. So once it's all in place I'll be posting for sure.

This is cool... My wife lives Bangai Cardinals and I think they are rather boring fish. I'll never show her these photos because she'll want to dedicate her life to raising these things. Also, story on the tooth picks?

Oh, well ABOVE 9 inches is possible but I'll have an auto top off system so not likely, unless something seriously malfunctions and just fills my sump with RO water. :) Sounds like the issues with the large baffle at the end will be minimal. I'll just keep it... I was not looking forward to...

Interesting... yellow coralline? Could be... if so that's pretty rare and really neat. Have you touched it? I dare you. :)

I've used lemon juice, boiling water, armies of peppermint shrimp. While each method works in one form or another I've decided that the best way to prevent xenia from taking over my tank is to never put it in. Lol

Sorry I missed this on the previous post. I've had bubble traps in various spots on other sumps and from my observations I've concluded that the further away from the return pump the better. This way the bubbles have to make it through the trap and also through the fuge before making it to the...

The way it's configured, I don't believe it ever would.

Thanks for the reply. I've always planned a platform for the skimmer so that issue is mitigated. There will be pods in the fuge but I have never seen pods swim "up stream" so to speak. I think I'll have to play that one by ear and see how it goes. I can always add a small filter/barrier between...

I finally got around to adding the baffles to my 30 gallon long (going under a 90 gallon) and during my leak test I noticed my bone head move and felt depressed for a bit. Then I started thinking about it and I don't think it will really have any impact on the operation of the sump but I wanted...