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that idea would prolly work better than my drawing but IMO 25 pct of the water to the refuge is still to much id prolly go to a bout 10 pct of the...
greetings nice setup u got there watch the snails and hermits in my experience the hermits end up eating the snails
[ATTACH] like the pic above sorry think i confused yah, and my self for that matter :-X
with that design all of the water would find the skimmer but the purpose of the tap to the refuge area is to adjust the flow it receives the way...
posted wrong pic sorry lol [ATTACH] this idea is better bec ause it doesnt compramise yer gph to the display tank
u are gonna have to much flow over yer refuge area something like this would be more efficient [ATTACH] note only 2 baffles instead of the 3...
hey just thought id post this im sure alot of people hate the sound over water goin down there over flow box, i couldnt sleep threw it and came up...
it must have worked wonders for u if yer so proud to spam unrelated forums with it :P
sorry for the double post if u build your overflows like the 1 i have u can get this plate made up as seen in the top right corner of my tank to stop...
i wouldnt drill any holes in the bottem of the tank cos if they leak there a pain to fix, its easyer to work with a hole in the back panel of glass...
something my lfs did with the exact same skimmer i had was put a more powerfull pump with a restricition tap to adjust the flow as required it works...
get a restriction tap so u can adjust yer water speed on yer return all the other ideas work but u cant adjust them to yer needs a tap gives u options
i tryed doing this with a hong on back skimmer and found if u lengthen the intake pipe u will need a stronger pump or u will never see any skimate...
from what ive seen of hatcherys theres alot of cleaning involved because of the life span of the brine yer always removing the dead 1's they only...
thnx guys i really really dont want to remove the rocks beacuse i got em perfect and i know if i do, they will never be the same again i also dont...
over the last few days i seem to have lost a couple of green chromis 3 in total i know theres a crab in the tank and it never did any damage till...
i too make my saltwater the night before i plan on putting it in the tank but i buy my water in containers just cut a hole in the top drop a power...
thnx for the kind words :)
*side note* with my stand size alot of the more expencive skimmers that are for sale here dont seem to fit under it
the skimmer was wider than i thought when i baught it when i installed it i had to do some mods i had to trim the base to fit between my baffles in...
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