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Ok, I wish I would have found this forum sooner and not thought I can do this myself, and would have drilled in more overflows.
Its funny how it just keeps sucking you in more and more
You also might want to check calcium, alk, and mag as they all play a part in ph. Just rember to go slow.
Otty Good point, When I have boiled rock in the past it was in small amounts so it worked well. And the price of gas as we all know would be...
I have boiled in the past and yes it does smell!:o I boil it in the garage or outside in an old turkey frier pot.The process seems to me to be faster...
Wildreef If I run drain straight down wouldnt the water be coming in so fast that it would splash all over? If making pump return area bigger...
Did as you suggested Tangster but the pump still runs dry :confused:. Took out DWV TY fitting and put fuge feed on return line. Also took out the...
Just curious if using Otty's nuking process is better then boiling the rock? Are there any advantages or disadvantages to either process?
Ha I kill me! No seriousley I did it that way on purpose not realizing the back pressure issue. I thought it would be a smoother flow to the fuge....
Pictures of sump plumbing and overflow. The cap to the standpipe is not installed yet untill I can figure out my problem. With cap off though water...
Its under the fuge stand Yes pipe on left is 1.5" drain from tank just above that is a wye that goes to fuge with a ball valve on it to control...
No additives added. I mixed a total of 6 barrel's over the last 3 weeks and 2 of these did this. I have been using reef crystals for a year now and...
I think I have screwed up the sump design somewhere :confused: and hope some of you will be able to help me out. This is a new build so no livestock...
Thanks Tangster, I always fill the barrel first then add the salt 1 cup at a time. Must be just a freak batch cause I mixed up 3o gal yesterday and...
Any Idea what would cause the calcium to precipitate like that. So far the batch I mixed up today looks fine.
:o Pretty cool hope you find out what it is.
Thanks omard! :) I need to mix up another 30 today and will do as you suggest.
I use the Oceanvision adheisive background and did this last tank in blue cause I was looking for somthing diffrent. Had blac on 2 of my past tanks...
no additives, just mixed up with freshly made RO/DI with a tds of 1. checked what was left of RO/DI water and shows a tds of 1 with 2 different...
The picture in the post I just put a 30 watt freshwater light i had laying around. The outer orbit is still on my 72 untill I move all livestock...
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