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I was a nerdy kid with a FW tank in the early 60s. I remember taking a bus to the next town to the closest LFS. Have kept fish on and off my whole...
Hi, If you have the flow set up for more overflow than return, fairly quickly the tank level will drop and overflow will decrease without your...
Hi Marie, Your QT can be small. Most people recommend about 20 gallons. When getting a new fish, I take water out of the main tank to use in the...
Thanks again all! Here are a few more than early to work tomorrow. -Paul
Thanks all. Divot, you should know (sort of) that for us older (me not you) guys, this is a process. Actually, I just got a MAc and it seems...
I finally am beginning to figure out how to upload photos. Here are a few. I'll take some more next week. Hope you enjoy.- Paul
sailfin tang- about 6 inches
Its 3200 watts. Pump 350w, skimmer 275w, heaters 500w QT prob 150w total. The room started getting a little cold so I put on a space heater. The...
Hi all, Last week I had 9 hours of power off. On the way home from work I picked up a generator. Then I had to get it fired up in the dark and get...
Thanks, Reefsparky for the info. The nickname piezopaul came from my occupation. I'm an ER doc and for me more pressure yields more energy hense...
Actually, I think a refugium is a refuge more than a refuse. Good things always happen in marine environments when O2 levels are high. (flow is...
My sump is commercially bought, but has a refugium as the center of 3 sections. First section has overfow from the tank and out/in for the skimmer....
I'm pretty electrically ignorant, but wouldn't that much stray voltage trip Ravenmind's GFI circuit? I've never checked for stray voltage but pretty...
How about a small bucket in the 20 with a small pump in the sump pumping water to the bucket which then simply overflows back to the sump in which...
Hi, IMO these manufacturers usually try to find a good match for their skimmers. A larger pump won't necessarily be better. It might make settings...
Be careful. Those "up to ___ gallons" ratings can be misleading. It is very dependent on planned bioload, and what type of fauna you have. A Fish...
It really doesn't take much for those things to go bad. A little rust, a little evaporated salt water mist and they become unreliable. Looping the...
Yeah, but I'm young at heart!!-Paul
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