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Unread 08/03/2009, 08:34 PM   #68
jason2459
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Well, lets try this again. I previously said blah blah blah... blah blah a lot of times. I'll split this up into several posts.

Capn, I readjusted my pumps a bit. I also added my ozonizer today to get it adjusted and stabilized before I add anything and kill it. I'm starting at 5%(2.5mg/h) and expect to get up to about 50%(25mg/h) over the next week or two. I'll be checking the ORP to let me know if everything will be okay. The ORP level right now is way low so I should be okay.

From left to right. Here I adjusted the left seio pump down and facing up and to the center a bit. That along with my refugium return causes some good water movement on the surface. I think I had it there before. You can also see I adjusted the skimmer pump angled up toward the surface more.

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With the skimmer pump angled up it's pulling the surface scum in a lot better. It also makes a tiny little vortex at times. Doesn't make any noise though so that's good. You can kind of see it behind the gazillion bubbles, more on that below.

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In the middle I have the 830 pointed forward and downward. On the right I have the other 530 poing slightly down and center.

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In the back below the skimmer pump I have the maxijet stuffed behind a rock pointed to the right and down slightly.

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The skimmer outputs into the refugium which it's outflow kind of spreads itself out over where it hangs onto the tank. I used to have it poing right into the water but this spread it out over a longer area, reduces air forming bubbles as it enters the tank, and also thought about Paul B's algae trough idea and though this would be good for that too.

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