Katsafado's first ever 10g SW tank(nano)
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katsafados
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Care to explain what a siphon break is?
spanko
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Can't remember how your fuge is set up. Can you post up a picture that shows the return from the fuge to the display? If I remember you have some sort of tube with a pump on the end. The pump sits in the display and pumps water into the fuge. How does the water from the fuge get back to the display?
katsafados
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This is the return pvc from the fuge into the dt
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This is where the water gets pumped into the fuge
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This is the top view of the pvc pipes attached to the fuge, going into my dt tank.
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This is where the water gets pumped into the fuge
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This is the top view of the pvc pipes attached to the fuge, going into my dt tank.
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spanko
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On the pipc that comes out from the fuge into the display. There is a normal water level in the fuge when everything is running as it should. Just below that water level, like maybe 1/4 to 1/2 inch you should drill a small hole in the return pipe that is in the fuge. What will happen then if the pump stops pumping and the siphon keep taking water out of the fuge, when the water level gets below that hole air will enter and break the siphon. So the level in the fuge will only go down that 1/4 to 1/2 inch then stop, keeping your display from overflowing.
I would like someone to verify this before you drill the hole though. I am fairly sure of what I am saying but would like for you to have another opinion also.
I would like someone to verify this before you drill the hole though. I am fairly sure of what I am saying but would like for you to have another opinion also.
katsafados
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I know what you mean. The hole will create an oxygen bubble when the water level gets too low and it should stop the suction of the refugium from pulling the water back into the dt.
BUT
unfortunatly that idea wont work for me and would be useless because of the fact that the highest point of the return pipe is still way to low below water level in the refugium that by the time the water level gets to the hole about 6" will have to flow into my dt which would mean it will still over flow. It usually stops at that point or before it anyways, so there is no real point in drilling.
I think the HOB refugium that I bought was just poorly made. The part where I hang it on should have been a lot lower so that the water level of the refugium met the water level of the tank, so there would be no gravety forcing the water into the dt if the pump fails.
The next suggestion will be, "why dont you make the water levels the same then" , I cant do that either because then the water wouldnt be able to clear the bubble wall and the refugium wouldnt work. Also I'd be loosing half the volume of water in there because of it.
I think my emergency plan is the only way to fight the dt overflowing. %%
Thanks for the help though! If you think of a different way, let me know! I gues its harder for you to think of it sin ce you cant see the whole set up properly, pics just dont do justice!
BUT
unfortunatly that idea wont work for me and would be useless because of the fact that the highest point of the return pipe is still way to low below water level in the refugium that by the time the water level gets to the hole about 6" will have to flow into my dt which would mean it will still over flow. It usually stops at that point or before it anyways, so there is no real point in drilling.
I think the HOB refugium that I bought was just poorly made. The part where I hang it on should have been a lot lower so that the water level of the refugium met the water level of the tank, so there would be no gravety forcing the water into the dt if the pump fails.
The next suggestion will be, "why dont you make the water levels the same then" , I cant do that either because then the water wouldnt be able to clear the bubble wall and the refugium wouldnt work. Also I'd be loosing half the volume of water in there because of it.
I think my emergency plan is the only way to fight the dt overflowing. %%
Thanks for the help though! If you think of a different way, let me know! I gues its harder for you to think of it sin ce you cant see the whole set up properly, pics just dont do justice!
spanko
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Well if it were me I would contact the manufacturer then. I believe you must have a problem with the way it is set up. I can just about guarandamtee you they did not engineer a HOB fuge that would empty into your display when the pump went out. Pose the problem to them and see what they say about.
JMO
JMO
katsafados
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Contacting them wouldnt do any good now lol. I'd have to tear apart the refugium, with all the cool algaes that are growing in it now and set it back up. My tank is running well, so I dont want to chance having to pull it apart.
katsafados
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Is this a good trade??
3 hairy mushroom frags
for
$5
and a
blasto frag?
This dude wants to get some hairy mushrooms from me lol.
3 hairy mushroom frags
for
$5
and a
blasto frag?
This dude wants to get some hairy mushrooms from me lol.
katsafados
Active Member
Why not lol i have room inbetween the dying favia and the zoas.
Are they nice corals? Do you thin kthe trade is good? I think so since hairy mushrooms grow really fast, and the $5 is gas money to meet the guy ahha.
Are blastos hard corals to care for?
Are they nice corals? Do you thin kthe trade is good? I think so since hairy mushrooms grow really fast, and the $5 is gas money to meet the guy ahha.
Are blastos hard corals to care for?
katsafados
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katsafados
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He said he paid $30 for 3
I paid 40 for 5 large shrooms and 2 baby shrooms.
Its a pretty fair trade. $15 worth of my stuff for $10 worth of his plus $5 cash
I paid 40 for 5 large shrooms and 2 baby shrooms.
Its a pretty fair trade. $15 worth of my stuff for $10 worth of his plus $5 cash
katsafados
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Already did. Was just hopeing for some first hand experience.
Did you see my babies???!?!?!??!?
Did you see my babies???!?!?!??!?
meowzer
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Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3145467
Already did. Was just hopeing for some first hand experience.
Did you see my babies???!?!?!??!?
YES I DID....good job ...POP...
http:///forum/post/3145467
Already did. Was just hopeing for some first hand experience.
Did you see my babies???!?!?!??!?
YES I DID....good job ...POP...
katsafados
Active Member
Nopt really lol
I got a %50 yeild. I got 8 frags from 2 shrooms and I'm only let with 4 frags lol and some sort of "slimy melted shroom stuff" maybe itll grow into one.
3 are going to this dude, and 1 is going to m hairdresser in exchange for a haircut haha. (its acctually my g.fs hairdresser, but mine now also and she has a really nice tank but has no time to do much to it.)
I got a %50 yeild. I got 8 frags from 2 shrooms and I'm only let with 4 frags lol and some sort of "slimy melted shroom stuff" maybe itll grow into one.
3 are going to this dude, and 1 is going to m hairdresser in exchange for a haircut haha. (its acctually my g.fs hairdresser, but mine now also and she has a really nice tank but has no time to do much to it.)