Squidd.......Teach me.....DYI:Plumbing 101 on a SW Tank
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squidd
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Oh, yeah...now I remember...
Originally posted by Leona
Also, Do you know anything about the
Natural Wave Multi-Cycle Pump timer?
or the Power center w/day-night timer?
Leona
I don't like timers on pumps in general, unless they are "soft start" units (easier on pump motor) which the "Natural Wave" is not...
P.S. I have one N.I.B. I'll sell $20..
The Coralife timer for lighting on the other hand looks like a good deal, although I like the Grasslin units better....
Originally posted by Leona
Also, Do you know anything about the
Natural Wave Multi-Cycle Pump timer?
or the Power center w/day-night timer?
Leona
I don't like timers on pumps in general, unless they are "soft start" units (easier on pump motor) which the "Natural Wave" is not...
P.S. I have one N.I.B. I'll sell $20..
The Coralife timer for lighting on the other hand looks like a good deal, although I like the Grasslin units better....
leona
Member
Originally posted by DSkidmore
I'm still only an apprentice teacher. I'd have to do some reasearch to get an actual flow number out of the line size/elbow count. I know I've seen charts somewhere, just have to remember where...
Then your fired......j/k
Now your a student just like me.....
edwar050
Member
this thread is an informative machine, I am also like Leona in that I have a 55 and am creating a 30 fuge. I want to use a HOB overflow and quiet one pump either a Quiet One Pump (3000) 780GPH or a CD-14145 Quiet One Pump (4000) 1017GPH which would be better? Could I upgrade these to a larger tank squid like a 90? Also I am a broke college student so I feel the need to do it right and well but cheaply. I would love the Euro Reef but have to settle for seaclone.
squidd
Active Member
Not particularly...unless you wanted to run a bunch of powerheads in the tank on "alternating switching"...to get random flow...
You brought up the original question
Also, Do you know anything about theNatural Wave Multi-Cycle Pump timer?
or the Power center w/day-night timer?
Leona
Why were you asking...??
You brought up the original question
Also, Do you know anything about theNatural Wave Multi-Cycle Pump timer?
or the Power center w/day-night timer?
Leona
Why were you asking...??
leona
Member
Originally posted by Squidd
Not particularly...unless you wanted to run a bunch of powerheads in the tank on "alternating switching"...to get random flow...
You brought up the original question
Why were you asking...??
Saw it in a book of mine. I was mainly looking for something to turn the lights on and off and to make more of a early morning before the lights just go on. Like we do now. I thought that is what the timers do.
Leona
squidd
Active Member
Originally posted by Leona
.. I was mainly looking for something to turn the lights on and off and to make more of a early morning before the lights just go on. Like we do now. I thought that is what the timers do.
Leona
The "other" timer, the Coralife Power Center, "is" a lighting timer and works on a "longer" cycle (8-10-12 hrs) turning lights on and off for a Dawn, Daylight, Dusk effect....
The Wave Maker is a "short cycle" timer (20 seconds to 3 minutes at a time, over and over) for alternating powerhead flow...