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thanks david that was the answer i was expecting and looking for, i'll save my money Mark

What is everyones experience in using check valves?? i found some for the aquarium trade at champion light they have clean out caps on them as well?

those 2 never fight been together for 8 months always seem to working together to achieve the same results ( making a mess of my sandbed )

lot of good info here wamp, so at 15x /hr u were pumping 2700 GPH ? was this a reef ready tank? how did u get 2700gph out of a iwaki pump were u runinng 2 md 70's at 1500 GPH each? in which case if it was a reef ready tank the over flows did not have and trouble keepping up with this? Mark

update one of the gobies is back swimming around must have been hiding but still missing the 1st one for 3 days now i am betting on the buried alive thing, going to check ammonia etc tonight

Anthem. how did u come up with 600 GPh on the overflow? when i contacted Oceanic they told me the overflows were 1000 GPH , in which case i run a Mag Drive 12 on my 72 bowfront which has 1 overflow and approx a head of 4ft Mark

yes i just read your other post, unfort i am 80% deaf and live alone so i won't be ablt to hear it clicking since that is one of the worst parts of my hearing, i can't even hear a really bad thunderstorm at night, ( good thing about this is a sleep very well )

i would say go for the mag 9 it is 950 per hour not sure what it steps down to at your head reguirments and bends but i would think at least u would be able to run it full open oppsed to the mag 12 which if it was too much u would need a valve to throttle it back not to mention the 12 puts...

ok cool that is how we will go then thanks guys

is it possible for a mantis to appear after 8 months of adding live rock ? now i am missing 2 diamond gobies, snails are all fine and so is the slower swimming mandrian Thanks Mark

hey everyone, quick question on external mounted pumps like the giants, iwaki, etc should they be: bolted down? not bolted down just piece of rubber under themn ?? or both Thanks Mark

what kind of spike will i get? amonia??

yeah he is not around just worried that if he is dead and buried under the sand if i am going to get any kind of spike, glad u got the pump and everything was ok

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if u want i can email u tonight a picture of fuzzy he is so cute let me know

bump ? anyone out there with some insight i know it's late at night just worried about getting some crazy spike

u mean your sump only has 1 bulkhead for a return pump?? is it a external pump?? what pump is it?

harris, look at my response what is going on with your return pump to the tank, so u have a u/v that picks up the water from the sump and then returns it to the sump with it's own little pump correct?

dual over flow is it a reef ready ? if not what are the overflows rated for ? do u have one 1pump feeding each return line or just one pump going to a t then feeding the overflows? what pump is it?? what do u have in the tank

ok here's the scoop this is day 2 missing one of my 2 diamond ( sand ) gobies, the 2 of them sure do make a mess of the sand bed and there are lots of tunnels under my live rock , perhaps one of them got burried alvie which would not surprise me especially the way they pile up the sand...