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I am running a Mag 9.5 (950gph) The overflow can only handle 600gph so its actually a match made in heaven due to head loss from the elbows.
If you reversed things, you could get by with a smaller pump and have the same flow you are getting now. I use an OR2500 on my 90 -- plenty of flow and only 38 watts. Less watts = less heat and less noise.
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I agree, but its been over 1month since I purchased the pump so I can't return it.
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My water prameters have been perfectly stable, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate are 0. I did not get a cycle after adding my cooked LR. I got a cleanup crew 20 astrea snails to start out with. I will be adding 10 more Cerith's on Thursday. The bare bottom guys on this forum say a 2:1 ratio of Astrea's to Ceriths is best. I bit the bullet and decided it's time for some action and I got a 3.5" powder blue tang. I have done lots of research on this type of tang. They seem very difficult to keep but I am up for the challenge. Before I bought him I noticed he was eating like a pig (nori clip). I got him home, aclimated him for 1.5hrs by dripping 2drops per sec for 1hr then dumping half the water out and then 4drops per sec for half an hour. I added him to the tank and left the lights off for 12hrs (moonlights only). Here are a couple video's of his behaviour. Click For Video #1 Click For Video #2
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Hey xenon got a quick question for you, and please take no affense to this I'm not bashing you or trying to sound negative. First I think you did a real professional and clean job on the Install, looks oustanding. Now I was just woundering, how come you went with the 2 M/J I noticed In the first set of Pics, and not somthing else with a little more flow? Or somthing that equals both M/J in the same amount of flow.
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Yep that sums It up! Thats the answer I was looking for.
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love the look of this tank! really like the inwall look you have going! what are your plans for trim around the opening? i can sorta see something on the bottom that looks like trim..
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This is what it looked like with 6 red belly pirahna's.
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Keep the pics and info coming...I'm really enjoying the evolution of your set up!! The PBT is beautiful.
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tagging along, I love PBT's. I had one in a 72g bowfront several years ago, and he was the coolest fish i have ever had.....
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I decided to do the gate valve mod to fine tune the skimmer easier.
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Thanks!
I bent a piece of acrylic to raise the skimmer 7" out of the water so that its within the recommended depth of 6-8". Once thats in the gate valve will be above water level.
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Nice job bending the acrylic. How did you do it?
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Very nice setup. I'm gonna watch this one for ideas for my 90.
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xenon - would you please specifically set out the steps that you used to convert from soft to hard plumbing. I contemplating following your ideas for my aga 75 rr. hanks.
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I guess what I need to know is if you replaced the bulkheads that came with the tank? If not, what have you used to attach the bulkhead to the plumbing. I can see the metal clamps, but is that flex pipe from the bulkhead? This is the connection I'm having trouble with. Thanks.
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All you need is some clamps, and the 90degree elbow. I had to convert the elbow from threaded to socket.
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I got my first corals today.
Pink Birds Nest and green star polyps. I didin't glue it down since I have no idea where I want it yet. I am finding very hard to take a decent pic of this GSP so I took a small video clip. Click For Video Clip
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Looking good!!!
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Yours is looking great can't wait to see how it turns out, just doing mine at the moment and i hope that it turns out as professional as yours, Great Job!
Sean
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just joined the thread really nice setup. i am getting ideas from your detailed work for a new 75 i plan to buy soon. after seeing your 90 maybe a 90.
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