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    Reef Bruh's 600 Gallon Upgrade

    Well that is perfect for a gyre or mass movement. And it can be done with closed loops too, it just needs to be set up that way. And while I have...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 8, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    Reef Bruh's 600 Gallon Upgrade

    ^^^ Ya. Here is the Article, 1st part Feature Article: Water flow is more important for corals than light. Part 1. Introduction to Gas Exchange...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 8, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    Reef Bruh's 600 Gallon Upgrade

    I'm at work now, I get off in a couple of hours and when I get home will look at some of my bookmarks for you. Or you can google "gyre flow reef...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 8, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    Reef Bruh's 600 Gallon Upgrade

    Have you ever looked into "gyre" flow tanks. there are some good articles out there on flow... I could help you out. Basically mass flow instead of a...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 7, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    My sump situation pros and cons?

    First, do not put valves on your drains. You can put a valve on the fuge to control flow to it, but the other drain needs to be free flowing to...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 6, 2011 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    help me choose my sump/refuge size

    Well obviously that is subjective... but I can tell you my experience. I had a 60g on my 90g... neccessary no, but nice. Basically a 36" 90g. you...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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    Leighton's 300g upgrade (sold my bowfront will now be a 300g upgrade)

    Ya, a MP60 is pretty big. 2 40s will be good... maybe 3x 40s instead of one MP10... Oh, I assume you have the MP10 now? Do you have a Apex?...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    My sump situation pros and cons?

    Right, OK, well that sounds good. Sounds like it will work. Micro bubbles just get swept along and are hard to get rid of. So yes... you...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Leighton's 300g upgrade (sold my bowfront will now be a 300g upgrade)

    I will second that. The holes in the bottom are not quite right... sure you can put an overflow box in and make it work... but a Bean would be a much...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    My sump situation pros and cons?

    OK... some will use rock rubble as a way to filter bubbles... but I can't stand anything to clean or replace and you can make it without. You will...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    help me choose my sump/refuge size

    75g would give plenty of room for what ever you want to run. 90g would give more room for emergencies and drain back. You do not need to run a sump...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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    MTC skimmer

    You really need a bubble trap. Your skimmer needs to break in and it will calm down at some point. Might not put out and micro bubbles at all......
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    My sump situation pros and cons?

    OK... way too complicated... waaayyy too much rock rubble and wasted space. Rock rubble is nothing but a detrirus trap and is not needed for...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Refugium discussion

    I think another important topic to discuss is whether macro algae will be phased out in favor of bio-pellets. There is a large nitrate load...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 2, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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    Refugium discussion

    I never meant to mean that a fuge can't be more than a box to grow pods... what I'm saying is that it is ideal to place other "components" in to...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 1, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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    Refugium discussion

    There really is just no point. The fuge get some raw food and it gets a lot of poop. It gets plenty. In fact some actually need to filter or reduce...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 1, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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    Qualitydaydream's 180 - 250 transplant! **Pics Galore**

    The important thing to remember is that we do not have a once through filter system like say a RO/DI unit... dirty water in, clean water out... we...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 1, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    Refugium discussion

    OK, then let's keep this discussion clean and use proper terminology. Refugiums do not remove nitrates. Macro algae, and DSBs remove nitrates. A...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 1, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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    Refugium discussion

    Sort of, but not really. And there are some claims against skimmers that have not been found to be true in real life. Mostly coming from ATS...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 1, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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    Refugium discussion

    ^^^ and while that may be true, I have never read of any mechanisim that would cause that. What you are really talking about is flow too high for...
    Post by: Powerman, Sep 1, 2011 in forum: Refugium
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