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ETSS MAKES SEVERAL GOOD MODELS WHICH WILL DO THE TRICK. ETSS800.

CA LEVEL SHOULD BE BETWEEN 400 AND 450. ADD BUFFER TO RAISE AND STABALIZE YOUR PH

CAN ANYONE TELL ME, WHEN HAIR ALGE IS FINALY DIEING OFF, DOES IT START TO TURN FROM GREEN TO BROWN? :confused:

ARN, I'M NOT SURE YOU HAVE THE TEMP. VALUE OF THE BULB CORRECT. IF IT IS IT'S MUCH TOO LOW. AT THAT TEMP IT A GREAT GROW LAMP FOR ANYTHING GREEN. DEPENDING ON THE MANUFACTURER THE TEMP. RATING SHOULD RANGE FROM 6500K AT THE LOWEST AND DEPENDING ON HOW BLUE YOU WANT THE COLOR THE TEMP. RATING...

SORRY THATS TIMES 360 NOT 350 ON THE CALCULATION.

NEWFISHLINY, YES I MEAN THE FLOW DISCHARGE OF THE SKIMMER. TO DTERMINE THIS YOU MEASURE THE TIME IN SECONDS IT TAKES TO FILL A 5 GALLON BUCKET THEN CALCULATE: TOTAL GALLONS FILLED DIVIDED BY SECONDS TO FILL TIMES 350= SKIMMERS GPH FLOW. I GUESS YOU CAN USE A SMALLER CONTAINER AS WELL. :)

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NEWFISHLINY, I HAVE A ETSS 1000 WORKS GREAT, IT REMOVES A TON OF GUNK. I CLEAN THE UPPER OVER FLOW SECTION ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, THE BUILD UP IS THICK AND DARK BROWN. AS FOR THE FLOW RATE THE IDEAL TURN AROUND RATE FOR MOST APPLICATIONS IS 4 TIMES PER HOUR, HOWEVER EACH SYSTEM IS DIFFERENT...

ANGLEOFDEATH132, I HAVE A ETS 1000 I TAKE THE UPPER SECTION OFF ABOUT ONCE EACH WEEK. THE SKUM GETS VERY THICK AND HAS TO BE WASHED OUT, AFTER PUTTING IT TOGETHER THE UNIT IS UP AND RUNNING 100% IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

skimmer, and refugium.

:( that's a bummer DAD, it stinks!! i guess the lesson learned is never assume the person helping you knows what their doing. the bucket of water not from the tank the rock was in, should have set off some warning bells though, live and learn.

mike, you said the temp. of the water has droped by 2 degrees, evaporation is a cooling process. the additional air flow has increased the evaporation rate of the water and decreased the temp.

I KEEP THE WATER LEVEL AT ABOUT 5" ENOUGH SO THE LEVEL IS ABOVE THE BULKHEAD FITTINGS WHICH FEED THE SKIMMER PUMP AND RETURN PUMP. THERE IS ENOUGH VOLUME LEFT TO HOLD THE SIPHON WATER AND FUGE. WATER IN CASE OF A POWER OUTAGE.

I USE AN RO UNIT. I FIGURE IF I WON'T DRINK THE WATER OUT OF THE TAP IT'S NOT GOING IN MY TANK. AN RO UNIT, IF NOTHING ELSE, GIVES YOU MORE CONTROLL OVER WHAT YOUR PUTTING IN YOUR TANK.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WOULD WORK, BY TAKING THE INTERNAL BASKETS OUT OF THE FLUVAL THERE MAY NOT BE GOOD WATER FLOW THROUGH THE ROCK. THE NITRATES OF 40 ARE A LITTLE HIGH BELOW 10 OR 0 IF POSSIBLE WOULD BE IDEAL. PERHAPS IF IT'S POSSIBLE YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO ADDING A REFUGIUM ABOVE THE TANK...

I JUST SET UP A REFUGIUM IN THE GARAGE WITCH IS IN THE NEXT ROOM OFF THE DEN. I SET A SHELF ON TWO HEAVY DUTY BRACKETS. DRILLED 2 HOLES THRU THE CABINETS THEN THRU THE WALL. ONE HOLE IS FOR THE SUPPLY LINE HOOKED UP TO A POWERHEAD IN THE SUMP, AND THE OTHER IS FOR THE GRAVITY RETURN. THE...

I USED A THEMOSTAT SWITCH FOR AN ATTIC FAN. CAN GET ONE AT ANY HOME DEPOT. USED WITH A RADIO SHACK 110V FAN.

BR0OMER5' S GOT IT RIGHT! EVERY TANK IS DIFFERENT, YOU RUN YOUR TANK WITH THE PARAMETERS WHICH GIVE YOU THE BEST RESULTS. I RUN MY TANK AT A CONSTANT 80 DEGREES

VERY NICE HITCHHIKER GOOD DEAL. NICEST HITCHHIKER I GOT WAS A BLACK AND WHITE NUDIBRANCH. GOOD LUCK!

A GOOD CLEAN UP CREW SHOULD DO THE TRICK. STAR FISH, HERMITS, EMERALD CRABS......ETC.