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Originally Posted by Beth Please don't post links to other sites. Thanks. I didn't post a link, simply quoted something from another site & gave them their proper respect their article deserved.

On mine I trimmed the 3.5" tubing in half. It is still about 5" below the water level, but that is the shallowest I could get. It is supposed to be at 3"-4". Mine is producing tons of micro bubbles & seems to be working great so far. Mine is the 220 btw.

If it is over that level you use the 3.5" tube instead of the 8". It costed $300, but horrible experience with the guy I ordered it from.

Originally Posted by trainfever The skimmer has to be after the refugium or it will be removing the beneficial things out of the water that is needed by the refugium. Most people will say the opposite, which is the reason I changed it around. I do think that some take it out of proportion...

You mis-understood me. Originally it was going refugium -> skimmer -> return. Problem is a lot of the pods will get sucked up by the skimmer. I was able to make it go skimmer ->refugium -> return now. Yes the bio-balls are going to be removed slowly over a course of time.

Well nevermind because I was able to fit the simmer into the first area after messing with it some.

Well yesterday my custom built sump came in finally. I had waited on this thing forever. Horrible dealing with the guy who made it & took forever. I kind of jumped into because he acted like he could get it to me fast, which he extremley failed to do so. Here's the deal, the water flows in over...

Originally Posted by KrazeKajin can anybody tell me how I can plumb an aqua C Remora for an overflow (meaning how can I get the skim to drop into a larger container like a milk jug or so? You mean where any excess waste in the collection cup falls into? I would probally just drill a small about...

Originally Posted by E.ES.C I'll give you the same advice that I got.... Keep it in your pants or keep it covered :cheer: :jumping: :jumping:

Well really you want to have a tank cycled before you add fish. You could do this by adding uncured LR. If the rock is already cured then you could add a raw shrimp. You can also cycle tanks with fish like damsels. This is frowned upon these days, for one the fish have to stress a lot to go...

Originally Posted by Rslinger You said you are using carbin well that stuff releases phos. Not a lot of it though & some don't at all.

Ok now I see where you said you got some more snails & hermits. That is good.

True a couple of days won't hurt not much of a point to letting most fish do like that though. You are right sometimes the phosphates won't show up on tests because the algae is using so much so quickly. Do you have a cleaner crew? A nice big cleaner crew does wonders on algae. They will also...

That is crazy that ya'll paid someone to start it up & they did it wrong & didn't know diddly-squat. I hate to hear these stories. That is just wrong of people. Pretty much I would follow Sepulation's advice.

Originally Posted by Pontius Chuck Norris wouldn't worry about one particular chick, because he's had EVERY chick already anyway. and by the way, he'd break the chick's father's back just for good measure. I haven't looked at this thread in a while. So what happened? No offense to any...

Originally Posted by sign guy will a css220 be enough for a 180 reef + 75 sump? I kind of think it is small for that. The companies do over rate them. That is one thing I like about Euro-Reef, they give the true rating. For instance teh RS80 is rated for 200 comparative gallons, but only 80...

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930 If they really are white with a blue tint as you say, and as the pic shows, that's not a good thing. It means they're bleached. You may be right. I can't find anything on white rics.

No, I'm running some piece of junk old time Venturi driven un-identified piece that my brother gave me. It's years old, I'm upgrading next month probally getting the Coralif SuperSkimmer 220. I've heard good things about the ASM though.

Originally Posted by sandymya DI is deionized what is RO? Reverse Osmosis, I use Reverse Osmosis/De-Ionized water. Though some people just use Reverse Osmosis water either is good.

Putting it higher will not necessarily make you produce skimate. Actually protien is one of the things skimmers take out the least of. Though there is a lot of stuff on the top that is skimmed out. I would try to attach it without using any extra pipe, this can take away from pressure. The Aqua...