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I want to buy a back up powersupply that has some 3 prong outlets attatched to it GFCI and surge protected. Something I can recharge and run my powerheads on it or even my lights. Anyone ever heard of something like this. If it last for like 72 hours that would be awesome......ever heard of...

Originally Posted by Farmboy Something else you might try is closing the ball valve a little at a time to see if it minimizes the bubbles. I have a "T" and send some of the return water back into my sump to limit the water going back to the display. I found that the volume of water I was...

Originally Posted by Farmboy Which one is the return? If the one on the right is the return, then you may try removing anything from the suction (input) side of the pump. This can cause bubbles. (At least it did in my system. I have a smaller pump than that.) Yea..the one on the right is...

Great advice! I ran my 65 and 11 gl tanks on battery ops air pumps for 4 days and lost nothing...some zoos were very stressed but really that was it. The generator thing is true....be carefull it will burn out pumps. My Seio burned out from a generator. The air pumps are like 1 for every...

Awesome...thank you so much its crazyfishyguy@aol.com Please send it. THANKS

this is full tank shot

here are the rest of the pics......please point out any errors

here are the pics of the sump i got as many angles as I could and will post more in a minute. The pump on the right is the return pump and the left is the skimmer

Ultimately......will these small bubbles hurt my corals??????? My water is still clear....I hear that they can suffocate corals, but there has to be small micro bubbles in the ocean over turbulant reef flats. Which is where SPS dominates.

Originally Posted by wax32 No, thats flex hose or something. This stuff reminds me of legos or something, it is made up of little parts that fit together to make a bendable posable hose. Return Hose Yes that is what I have returning to the tank....it is single though. That is...

Originally Posted by the_fish well i guess my idea does not work, it was worth a try anyways. Thank you fish...I absolutly did look at that and it was ok. I did drop the water level in the sump to see if I could stop it there. It did not help

Originally Posted by wax32 If you have modular type hose for your return into your tank it might not be perfectly air tight. I have this problem too with my locline. So far I don't seem to have any real problems because of it though. I s that the kind that looks like a vacume cleaner hose...

Originally Posted by abethedog check your connections and plumbing from the pressure side of the pump. It is possible that the fast moving water causes a venturi at a possible leak. Because this is on the pressure side air is drawn in. Check any threaded fittings. Maybe new teflon or...

Originally Posted by ophiura Got a picture of your sump? Do you have any baffles or sponges or anything in there? I just checked my camera and it is dead...I will post a pic after it charges. I do have one baffle(small sump..sealife systems 125) and I run 2 large blue sponges in the sump...

Over the last 3 weeks I have been struggling big time with tons of little bubbles comming into the tank from the return pump. My LPS corals are starting to show some stress and i can not fix it!!! I run an ETSS skimmer externally plummed its been up for 2-3 months. These are a list of things...

Coral banded shrimps will devore those things. I had a ton after tank set up and the banded ate almost every one of them.

dburr, when you say calcium deteriating. what do you mean? I have been struggling with Calc. lately. I can not seem to get past 390. I use Salifert tests and dose with kent calk top off 100%. I have been using a 1/4 teaspoon in a gl of R/O. I just upped it to a 1/2 teaspoon to try and raise.

Yea...thats MEG. 3.0...8.4dkh. No there wasent anything on it. It was in a good flow area.. The wholes were weird and filled with black stuff. Not sure.

Thanks :joy:

I did in essence....Can it recover though? It doesnt look good.