Dbo's 65g BIG UPDATE-Upgrading to 125

mine also is a simple 1 inch pvc pipe. i drilled holes in the pipe to the point of it barely holding together also. still bubbling. ive heard of using a vent but not sure if it will work or not.
Filter socks im not really good with. i always forget to change them lol plus my sump is very, very good at getting microbubbles out before the return pump so those arent a issue. just the noise is driving me nuts!

 

what size pump are you using for your return? maybe one 1in drain is not really enough, i know if too much water try draining through a 1in drain tube it gets loud and gurgley-(word?)

 

Mag 9.5 I can dial it back and it didnt change much.

I put a t on the Pvc with another 90 going straight up and that made it allllot quieter. I can deal with how loud it is now. Since my tank sits right next to my couch I needed it somewhat quiet.

The shrimp i put in is starting to decay. I'll test in a few days and see where I'm at with the cycle.

 

Well the tank has the cycle smell going on. Hopefully that will only last a couple days. It's smelling pretty bad right now.

Also this tank evaporates like no water at all. I'm sure once I kick the halides on full time it will but right now it hasn't even drop a noticeable level in 3 days. I could get used to this lol

 

the reefer waiting game....bite the nails!!...are you using any carbon or just gonna skim and do big water changes??

 

Gunna run carbon in a reactor. Not right now but probably in a few weeks. I'll be doing 6 gallon water changes every week after the cycle is done.
Turned the skimmer on for the first time today and its already skimmed about a inch of dark skimmate. Have to say I love this skimmer. It's dead silent too.

 

Under 24 hours. It's running a little wet right now but geez its working good for 1 day lol

 

how do you like your sump? i am thinking of getting a custom one from bashsea for my shark tank. also do you have any of their pumps im really interested in those.

 

The biofuge is really tight. Very well made and works awesome.
I have no experience with there pumps.
I had one of there protein skimmers before and I wasn't to impressed. Although that was right in the beginning of them making them and since they have changed there design. I've heard nothing but good things from almost all of there products.

 

I think a biofuge would be too small as a single filter, even the 250 gallon. And it wouldn't be blue. The pumps are pretty much rebranded Reeflos with some performance tweaks, still made by reeflo. Excellant quality.