need some help, opinions, thoughts whatever is good lol...

tangs rule

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Originally Posted by cubnb79 http:///forum/thread/387060/need-some-help-opinions-thoughts-whatever-is-good-lol/60#post_3406448
think i should maybe add some top off water????
You could - just don't overfill . . incase the power quit do you have enough room in the sump to hold the DT overflow till the siphon breaks? Adding some may help.
Also try lowering (reducing) the bubble level some. Usually the air adjustment will allow this.
You may need to alter your sump some to allow for bubble rise prior to it being sucked into the return pump.
I'd also get those test kits out from under the tank/in the stand. It's a moist enviroment in there, and the moisture will cause the papers to mold, and could casue other issues. (speaking from experience)
 
cubnb79

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well i've tried everything and still no luck...reduced a little bit but still doing it...how long can i leave this like that till i figure out a diffrent way
 
travelerjp98

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It can remain that way forever...lol... but I hope that you can figure it out... because I can't stand it when I don't have enough top off water in my sump and bubbles get into my tank...
 
cubnb79

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yea im pretty busy all weekend so at least i got the skimmer running finally and ill deal with the air bubbles later...
 
flower

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Okay...you have the coralife skimmer that I hated so much I gave it away....See the hose where it goes into that black box?.....extend the hose and the black overflow box until it is underwater. Lower the box, don't add more water. The box must be underwater. I also added white filler under the black sponge to try and get rid of micro bubbles.
You should have baffles that separate the chambers...that "SHOULD" get rid of the micro bubbles.
 
cubnb79

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skimmer working great...other than extra bubbles...i havent tried what you're saying flower but i will the second i get a chance...its the newest model and i've almost already cut there flex tube all the way off to be able to get what specs they have in the manual...white filter in there along with the black filter....my black box is basically under water its just floating in its spot basically...and what are you making your baffles out of???
 
flower

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Originally Posted by cubnb79 http:///forum/thread/387060/need-some-help-opinions-thoughts-whatever-is-good-lol/80#post_3407037
skimmer working great...other than extra bubbles...i havent tried what you're saying flower but i will the second i get a chance...its the newest model and i've almost already cut there flex tube all the way off to be able to get what specs they have in the manual...white filter in there along with the black filter....my black box is basically under water its just floating in its spot basically...and what are you making your baffles out of???
I had a used 30g long glass tank and I had a glass place cut baffles for me.....I used silicone to hold them in place. I divided it into three sections, the retun is in the center and the one end is the overflow from the tank and the opposite side is the refugium that flows over to the center return chamber. I dosn't look very good but it functions. I have a Tunz nano skimmer for up to 60g in the overflow chamber. It's such a small skimmer and it works awesome.
I have a larger version on the 90g...I run an Octopus 1000 sss in that sump...another awesome skimmer. I had the Coralife you are using as a HOB and it drove me to tears with microbubbles, floading... and it took it a solid month to skim 1/8th of skim in the cup. It just never worked right.
 
cubnb79

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gotcha im prob. going to have to come up with something diffrent to take care of bubbles but it's been little over 24hrs now and im 1/3rd full cup of crap..in saying that its still breaking in but im happy with it so far minus bubbles which once i have some time ill figure it out im decent at rigging things lol
 
cubnb79

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this is something new tonight...my power heads are starting to turn white kinda looks like frost on the ground and ideas????
 
cubnb79

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yea give me a few min...it wasnt like that earlier today matter of fact maybe in the past couple hrs...
 
cubnb79

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two diffrent power heads...pics kinda blurry but the white stuff is on the front grills and on the inside bottom of them just the front half...i've had some feather duster deaths due to adding crowned pearl scale tonight...
 
scott t

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Originally Posted by cubnb79 http:///forum/thread/387060/need-some-help-opinions-thoughts-whatever-is-good-lol/80#post_3407820


two diffrent power heads...pics kinda blurry but the white stuff is on the front grills and on the inside bottom of them just the front half...i've had some feather duster deaths due to adding crowned pearl scale tonight...
How long has your tank been set up and did you just do a water change., That is what all 4 of my powerheads looked like when I set my tank up , I think it was the salt settling on them. Just a thought...
 
cubnb79

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nope no water change. it's been up for 5 months now (miscounted on the 7 months as i first stated)...nothing new but the skimmer few days now and the fish...
 
cubnb79

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no idea what #1 is and instinct thought of #2 but i've never added calcium either which way i have no idea if either or is good or bad if bad how to get rid of
 
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