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Ok, so i think I have narrowed my skimmer choice down to the Bubble Magus Nac7 and the Eshopps S-150. They are both cone style skimmers with small footprints(which I need). any opinions to make me sway one way or the other? The eshopps is a little spendier I guess but I can afford either...

75 gallon tank... the sump i think holds about 32 gallons. My RODI unit doesn't arrive till friday according to UPS tracking. So If i clean it all out tonight the chlorine would have plenty of time to evaporate.

I have a new aquarium and acrylic sump, is it ok to rinse all of this stuff off with tap water before I fill it with salt water? It has some dust etc that should be rinsed off before I do my initial fill. I Just want to make sure that I wont get anything from the tap water leech onto my...

I have the standpipe and return line assembly ready to go (megaflow overflow kit). The work I need help with is plumbing the drain from the bottom of the tank to the sump and then the return from the sump to the bottom of the tank again. Also I need to probably plumb the fuge into it somehow( I...

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Yep I would recommend the Aqua C to anybody that wants to use a HOB.

Also can I use purple primer and regular pvc cement for a hard pipe or do I need something special? What diameter should I use? I have not picked out a pump yet, what should I get? I have been looking at a mag 9.5 maybe? I am open to all suggestions.

Ok here are some pictures. So the drain from the tank should go to the middle of the sump which is a drip tray where I can put some floss stuff or whatever. Under that is an open area and a sponge. I could put bio balls or LR rubble there. I the baffle allows water to go underneath and into the...

What is the right ordination of my bulkheads?? (taking pictures right now of tank)

Also for the pvc can I use the regular purple primer and regular pvc cement or do I need something special?

Ok thanks for the reply. Yes my tank is pre-drilled with a 600gph overflow. I have the kit for the standpipe and return which is matched to the overflow. My question I guess is the flow through my specific sump. Should I use and external skimmer or can I just drop one in my return area. Same...

Sorry never had experience with either. I DID have an aqua C remora HOB skimmer on my old 55g and it worked great.

Do they add any chemicals to it? We have a massive RO system to feed a boiler at work. After the softners we add sodium bisulfite to get rid of any chlorine before our RO membranes. Our retention tank has a pump on it which goes to a DI filter for our Lab. Would that DI filtered water still be...

Hi, I am building my 1st tank that incorporates a sump/overflow/refugium and know basically nothing about plumbing. I got a good deal on a 75g all glass megaflow overflow aquarium and a custom refugium/sump. All brand new and never been used. Ill attatch a picture of the fuge/sump so that you...

Ok sounds good. I guess I will just keep a close eye on it to see if its getting better or worse. I was just worried that I should maybe take it out right away.

I am not currently running carbon. I need to get to the LFS tomorrow.

Ammonia now is barely showing anything. Less than .25ppm. But my 2nd question would be could the brain be causing my ammonia if he is decaying? Or is it more than likely just from the sand bed being disturbed and rocks being moved in and out of the tank?

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/jsteph24/ Ok I hope that works. The first pic is after the move and the 2nd is before when he was healthy I believe.

Yes I have. I did see a small ammonia spike. somewhere between 0.25ppm and 0.50ppm. Otherwise everything else was normal.

We only moved about a mile so It wasnt a long move. I can't get my picture sized properly to attatch it. The tank does not have any fish In it as I sold them before we moved and this coral is about the only thing left in the tank other than the live rock and a few hitchhikers(snails, crabs)...