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  1. Powerman
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    Qualitydaydream's 180 - 250 transplant! **Pics Galore**

    So if you empty your skimmer weekly... how do you know you should not be emptying it daily? As far as Herbie, there is nothing dangerous about it,...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 26, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
  2. Powerman
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    Qualitydaydream's 180 - 250 transplant! **Pics Galore**

    Yes. main drains, other holes for emergencies, and returns over the back. A Herbie is safe... what some people say is unsafe is throttling a...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 26, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
  3. Powerman
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    Qualitydaydream's 180 - 250 transplant! **Pics Galore**

    OK... well let's just say there is a difference of opinion... there are some that do not hang their hat on all the latest greatest shinney things out...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 26, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
  4. Powerman
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    Qualitydaydream's 180 - 250 transplant! **Pics Galore**

    My Herbie write up is in my sig.. you really need to read it and understand it and the questions you asked are in there.... quick answer yes, but you...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 26, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
  5. Powerman
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    Qualitydaydream's 180 - 250 transplant! **Pics Galore**

    Bud... sorry, but not even close. Just looking at the #s, I wouldn't put it on more than a 120g. A good skimmer for a 300g system is going to cost...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 26, 2011 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    Actually, you can. I mean drill 2 more holes and you can have 6 drains... point is you do not need them. The whole point of a pre drilled tank is...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
  7. Powerman
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    Changing too much water on water changes

    You don't HAVE to change water for no reason, either you are trying to remove something or add something. If you think you are doing neither then...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
  8. Powerman
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    No sweat... That's a design feature of Herbie and the same operating concept brought forward by Bean... to be silent you must have a flooded pipe, or...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
  9. Powerman
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    Yes... and now we are back to Herbie as I mentioned. I don't really see why a Bean would not work... small differnces in level should not really play...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    ...nm
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
  11. Powerman
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    Because Herbie is not a siphon like a Bean so to speak. Don't even care to open that can of worms again.... but it is just a drain... a drain that...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    What to put inside sump? How to arrange filter media and equipment?

    Yes it is just new. Do some water changes, still plenty of things need establishing. Bio pellets I doubt are really up to speed.
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  13. Powerman
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    What to put inside sump? How to arrange filter media and equipment?

    Good Lord... what else is there? You have thrown about everything know to man in there. You system is way too new and you have way too many things...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Auto Water change through skimmer questions

    Ya, that will be nice. One good thing about running wet is it stays cleaner longer so that will help too. For you you can just do two changes a day...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Auto Water change through skimmer questions

    Just google osmolators, there have been several threads here on them... those that have them LOVE them... I am one of them. The gist is that they...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 24, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Auto Water change through skimmer questions

    I asked because for my 90 which was about 110 gallons 1 gallon a day worked out for simplicity sake and it was plenty... I probably could have even...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 24, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    Right... the return returns.. I just speak of the whole point of sending water to the sump... to supply what you have in the sump. Didn't mean to...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 24, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    I'm not missing the point.. it's all relative to size and flow. The main drain is not full open, it is throttled a bit... the secondary takes excess...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 24, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    Ya, that's how that works... and if you have to get bulkheads, don't get barbed ones... they really neck down inside to like 3/4". You were probably...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 24, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Two overflow drains or a drain and a return

    That's cool... a 1" overflow will gravity drain 600 gph... so you have 1200 gph of drain. Not necessarily... Mag gives it's specs in a 2" line even...
    Post by: Powerman, Aug 24, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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