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01/21/2008, 10:35 PM | #251 |
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Joe- give me a call in the morning. I have a bit of research to do, and a honey-do list, but ya never know. I also need to pick your brain on clean-up crews.
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01/22/2008, 01:39 AM | #252 |
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WOW! thats a great looking 40 breeder!
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01/22/2008, 05:27 PM | #253 | |
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What is a dart on a 4-way? hope everything works out.. i am getting plans to set up a 40 gallon, and i really like your penincila(spelling?) setup. can you get some pics. of your sump? |
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01/22/2008, 05:37 PM | #254 |
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what size pvc are you using now
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01/23/2008, 12:32 AM | #255 |
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Lilred, thanks
Apachie, a Dart is a pump made by Sequence with about 3800gph. A 4-way is a device made by oceansmotions that takes your input line and connects it to a plastic piece with a rotating drum and 4 holes around it. When the drum rotates, water goes to a different hole. This creates a more random flow in the tank. http://www.oceansmotions.com/store/p...b5d1a540e43bc7 I am using a 3/4" return and 1" to 1.5" drains. By putting the ball valve on the return and throttling it back, I have pretty much eliminated the micro bubbles! That makes me happy. Pics tomorrow.
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01/23/2008, 12:40 PM | #256 |
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Ok, here are some new pictures. As you can see, some things have grown out some. Enough chat, here are the pics.
There you go, I hope you enjoy.
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01/23/2008, 03:26 PM | #257 |
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why dont you put the clowns in the tank?
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01/23/2008, 10:55 PM | #258 |
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They are very small and the trigger is a little bit aggressive. They are only 4 months old.
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02/18/2008, 08:04 PM | #259 |
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Long awaited update. New Aquascape!!!
By grandegixxer, shot with CYBERSHOT at 2008-02-18 By grandegixxer, shot with CYBERSHOT at 2008-02-18 By grandegixxer, shot with CYBERSHOT at 2008-02-18 By grandegixxer, shot with CYBERSHOT at 2008-02-18 Enjoy.
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02/22/2008, 06:57 AM | #260 |
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I like the new scaping...looks really cool...like the sweeping look from left to right...
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02/22/2008, 11:59 AM | #261 |
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NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definitly stick with the scape.
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02/22/2008, 02:02 PM | #262 | |
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velocity * cross sectional area is only useful to measure the gph. It says nothing about creating gph. While restricting the cross sectional area of the manifold supply will change the speed the water is flowing through any given slice of the manifold, it probably will have little if any impact on total water supplied through it. |
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02/22/2008, 03:30 PM | #263 |
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Just read through the entire thread. Awesome tank. I really like the size of the 40 breeder.
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02/23/2008, 07:56 AM | #264 |
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Thanks for the compliments guys. I have moved a couple of things around that kept falling over, but the tank looks really nice right now. I have sitting in my garage right now, 2x 400w ballasts. I am going to replace 1 of the 175's with a 400w 10k and the other one will go over the 10g frag tank I have planned with a 20k bulb.
The closed loop discussion is pointless. It has been totally abandoned. I took it offline and replaced it with 2 modded Tunze 6025's. Flow is better by quite a bit now. I will probably add 1 more 6025 though.
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02/24/2008, 04:57 PM | #265 |
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I was thinking about the flow today and here is what I am considering. I have a flow accelerator eductor sitting in a drawer. I think I am going to take the spray bar off of the return pump and put the eductor on it. Then I will throttle the return plumbing line so that it doesn't disrupt the sand at the other end of the tank. I am going to do this tonight when I get home. Any thoughts?
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02/24/2008, 08:10 PM | #266 |
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Awesome looking tank, great job. How are your two clowns doing in the sump? Still around?
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02/24/2008, 08:59 PM | #267 |
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Yeah, they are still hanging out down there in the breeders net. I set up a N-C 12 for my wife and I am waiting for it to stabilize and then the clowns will be going in there.
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02/26/2008, 10:35 AM | #268 |
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Great setup, I love the look of the tile lip around the tank. Bummer that you have the powerheads, I know you wanted nothing in the tank. It might be too late but what about using the SCWD mod you made and running two eductors? Nice work, looking foward to pics as it grows out.
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02/26/2008, 08:22 PM | #269 |
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The SCWD mod wasn't working right. The drum inside it kept getting caught on the outer housing. That was the issue with it. I messed with it to the point that I just took it off and got the Tunze's It doesn't look too bad at all really.
Thanks for the compliments, I like the shelf too except when the wife and kids decide to use it to store all of their crap on it.
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02/26/2008, 09:59 PM | #270 |
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i just got that same size tank. upgrading from 29 gal. it seems really short. i like it though
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02/26/2008, 10:48 PM | #271 |
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Congrats on the setup...Taking your time pays off!!!
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02/28/2008, 07:49 AM | #272 |
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Ok, I did a little super-charging last night. I put the eductor on the return outlet and it has actually helped quite a bit. Also, the most drastic change I made is replacing the 2 175w MH with a 400w mh with a Reeflux 10k bulb. It is a little bit brighter.
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03/04/2008, 08:35 PM | #273 |
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Everything in the tank is doing great! Everything is adapting well to the new light as well as the increase in flow. I will take some pics when I get a chance and post them up. I got some new Zoas and a really nice acro colony this weekend, and they are doing well. Stay tuned for the pics.
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03/05/2008, 12:15 AM | #274 |
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you made me hate my tank
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03/05/2008, 02:07 AM | #275 |
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If its brighter, lets see some pics!
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