sure flow 1600 mod
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vito525
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I found another site that had them...I got 6 55-60lb pull magnets for $16 including shipping. Appearently they got 10,000 of these and they were not up to technical spec for manufacturing or industrial purposes, but they are strong, cheap magnets (Great for us with moth laden wallets). I plan on making all my power heads magnets, I am tired of putting them back up. I will epoxy them (I build R/C Airplanes and have a ton of it laying around.)
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mikegray
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i have a 125 reef tank im building and i have 4 maxijet 1200's in it right now.. i would think making all 4 sureflow would be absolutely crazy in the tank so i decided to just now order 2 sureflow for one of each side... and keep 2 just regular 1200's at the top middle and plus i have 2 returns.... well see how that works out.. i just got done ordering the sureflows and the 60lb magnets. i hope my sand doesnt go crazy once these are on both sides of the tank
mikegray
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sweet. right now im having a problem like always particals flying around looks like mini bubbles but its actually not.. alot of stuff from sand and i look closely as it is without sureflow. and i see the tiny pieces of debris and sand get picked up and then shoot around so my tank is never crystal clear yet... im worried about the sureflow maybe ill just have to lift them up a little more..
flricordia
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The shurflows are awesome. I setup 2 in an 8' 240, one at each end, will be putting 2 more in soon and removing the closed loop set-up. 4 of these will give this tank more ramndom flow than it has ever seen.
I can't believe I can run a 240 on 4 maxijet mods alone. Wish these had been out before spending $100s on a high maintanance closed loop.
I can't believe I can run a 240 on 4 maxijet mods alone. Wish these had been out before spending $100s on a high maintanance closed loop.
vito525
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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
How do you epoxy them??? please explain for us dummys.
These ones are already nickel coated, I'll have to see how smooth they are. If I were to epoxy them, I would probably thin out the epoxy a bit with alcohol and brush several coats (letting each one cure, 5 minute epoxy should do it.) on the side that would attach to the glass. Just enough not to scratch your glass.
How do you epoxy them??? please explain for us dummys.
These ones are already nickel coated, I'll have to see how smooth they are. If I were to epoxy them, I would probably thin out the epoxy a bit with alcohol and brush several coats (letting each one cure, 5 minute epoxy should do it.) on the side that would attach to the glass. Just enough not to scratch your glass.
donald
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Originally Posted by vito525
Where in a medium size town (Jacksonville Florida) would you find magnets of that variety? Do they have to be Epoxy coated? I would rather not order them online.
Look at Lowe's, they have some strong ceramic magnets, they don't rust, you might have to use a couple of them but they are cheap. (2 for 3$ of so). I have several of them in my tank and I love them, no problems. I also used one of the smaller round ones for my thermometer. I hate suction cups!
Where in a medium size town (Jacksonville Florida) would you find magnets of that variety? Do they have to be Epoxy coated? I would rather not order them online.
Look at Lowe's, they have some strong ceramic magnets, they don't rust, you might have to use a couple of them but they are cheap. (2 for 3$ of so). I have several of them in my tank and I love them, no problems. I also used one of the smaller round ones for my thermometer. I hate suction cups!