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  1. Powerman
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    Air flow for cooling ballasts.

    You should blow cold air in. Cold air is denser and a fan will not move as much air pulling hot air than it would moving cold air. Putting cold air...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 5, 2011 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Microbubbles! Need help solving.

    There is no mystery here, it's all a numbers thing. A Mag 12 uses 110w at full power. A Mag 9.5 which is what you should have uses 93 watts. a Ehiem...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 5, 2011 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Help with Microbubbles...

    Ya... fast work. Good job. Great thing to do getting it right in the beginning. I hope that cures your problem. Like I said, if not look at how much...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 5, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Help with Microbubbles...

    Your baffles are too close together. Skinny baffles create higher velocity and sweep micro bubbles along. You don't have to have all that room for a...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 5, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Bubble Traps vs Dividers

    Properly built traps do exactly that... trap bubbles and do not let them pass. 3 pane traps are the most effective. The wider they are the more...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 5, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Why do fish die at night?

    Yep. Many people over stock their tanks. Has nothing to do with filtration, it is how much O2 salt water can hold. The higher the salinity and temp...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    are there minerals that are removed we cant test for?

    I see. It sounded like you were only feeding twice a week. I never target fed any coral I had. I fed the fish twice a day, and fed rotties or...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    are there minerals that are removed we cant test for?

    So how much do you feed and what is it twice a week? How many fish do you have?
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Why do fish die at night?

    Hypoxia.
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    are there minerals that are removed we cant test for?

    I disagree that skimmers remove any trace elements. The only thing they do remove is what ever is bound to the waste and particulate. Meaning if a...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Power Heads GPH?

    Very few people actually make waves in their tank. Vortechs can do it, but the majority just use the other flow patterns. Making a wave will void the...
    Post by: Powerman, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Power Heads GPH?

    Flow isn't just a number.... every tank is different. First you need to make sure you have enough flow through your rocks. "Enough" being enough to...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Skimmer questions...

    SRO came out with a line of pumps... specifically built to be skimmer pumps. Every skimmer pump out there is a water pump converted to a needle...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    I Need Help Choosing Skimmer!

    ... like I said.. given the choice which you have I would take Laguna based Askoll pump of the SWC. Same base pump as Bubble Kings Red Dragon and...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    I Need Help Choosing Skimmer!

    SWC is a Canadian company that designs and builds their own skimmers. From there they are manufactured for production in China like 90% of all the...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    I Need Help Choosing Skimmer!

    SWC and Reef Octopus are pretty much identical. I'll let them argue it out over who copied who. They were made in the same factory for some time. SWC...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    I Need Help Choosing Skimmer!

    Well... you don't just add up tank. You need to calculate actual water volume and it will much less than 245g with rock sand and less than full...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    RR 75g return pump too much?

    That is not true. Flow will be better... and flow ratings if you look at the Mag mannual give flows with 2" line. The only thing that is lowered in a...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    I Need Help Choosing Skimmer!

    I would say you are looking at at least 200g maybe 220g if you don't have a bunch of LR. Less if you add more and go reef like you want. Some good...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    Skimmer questions...

    You can read the skimmer article in my sig for some clarification. It's tough if you have those skimmers. If you want to run one run them. They do...
    Post by: Powerman, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: New To The Hobby
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