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  1. Tangster
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    To sock or not to sock??

    With all those baffled area and the baffle wall there has to be plenty of eddy currents and settlement in there I myself never found a need for a...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    To sock or not to sock??

    Not as good as bio balls for surface area and wil do little else other then to splash water I would simply line the bottom up to just above the water...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Leaky Bulkhead

    Well right off the bat I can say that with any threaded PVC PVC or ABS threaded plastic fittings main cause of failure is the heat generated on the...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Which size return pump?

    I just about said the same thing to someone last night in a P/M and using a ETSS skimmer get a large pump and valve the skimmer then run it all on...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: Refugium
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    To sock or not to sock??

    For what its worth that snow is 99.99% plain old water far better products around if you simply stir up your sump thats plenty of marine snow in...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Skimmer-Pump Questions

    You say a ETSS 500 Skimmer ETSS has had several different styles of skimmers called a 500 , And having ran ETSS for many yrs from the Reef Devil to...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Anyone running a probe start bulb on a pulse ballast?

    Well starting a M/H lamp is like starting a car there On a probe start lamp there are three electrodes in a arc tube of a probe-start MH lamp, a...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 12, 2010 in forum: Metal Halide Aquarium Lighting
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    Leaky Bulkhead

    unless you pulled a thread by over tighten it with the shank nut then simple make a bead of plumbers putty and pull the B/H out clean the area on the...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Anyone running a probe start bulb on a pulse ballast?

    people talk and say a lot of stuff what is the brand and Mod# transformer you have and MFU of the capacitor ?
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: Metal Halide Aquarium Lighting
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    MH Bulbs

    The bulbs that come with the fixture are Chinese junk and will not last long and at best be close to the proper K values .. Better figure on new...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: Metal Halide Aquarium Lighting
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    Trouble choosing a return pump.

    The only thing I would change per this drawing is I would never use a filter sock and I would extend that fuge feed all the way to the bottom of the...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: Refugium
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    Air pump on a skimmer?

    Anytime you try to inject pressurized air from a pump in to a Mazzei injector you disturb the air flow and they will do nothing , And if your skimmer...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    Time Dilation

    Is there somthing worng with this act ? Man pink floyd or Tom waits and a ceiling fan all have wasted a few hrs of my life ;D And in the end we...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: The Bucket
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    SPS newbie frag question

    Steve just I'd just leave them on the plug thats the critical point getting them to put down a base and once they do that they take off in growth . I...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 11, 2010 in forum: Frags
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    Time Dilation

    time dilation - Bing And as for time ? we all run out of it sooner or later
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 10, 2010 in forum: The Bucket
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    To sock or not to sock??

    Ob1 say yes Grasshopper LOL hey some listen some don't If I could only get to them before they start to read LOL I have never in my life used a...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 10, 2010 in forum: New To The Hobby
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    Air pump on a skimmer?

    For yrs thats all we had where air driven large skimmers the key is the wooden diffuser and a strong pump what you have to do is drill a 3/16 th hole...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Protein Skimmers
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    Can oxygen levels be meausred?

    Yes well you can lead the old horse to water but making it drink is a different matter all together . I know I keep my 02 at totally dissolved levels...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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    Trouble choosing a return pump.

    This is why I suggested the use of a 9.5 pump having only set up several hundred 55 over the yrs and aiming to achieve the same thing you are here...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: Refugium
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    Can oxygen levels be meausred?

    Magnesium needs to be tested as often as Alk and Cal. until you can get a grip on the levels then I'd test once a week for all three the lower mag is...
    Post by: Tangster, Feb 7, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
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