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#226
10/03/2007, 09:28 PM
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melev sent a picture of the sump before he shipped it so i figured id show you all the beautiful work he dose
http://melevsreef.com/pics/07/10/purebullet_sump1.jpg we are getting our frag pack from travis tomorrow so well post pics then |
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#228
10/04/2007, 08:48 PM
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so wile at his house after we put the corals in the weirdest thing happened. we fed the fish and all the fish ate like they normally do. the lights fadded out and the moons came on. as we cleaned out the the skimmer we noticed the sailfin tang spazz out. im talking just start blowing over and spazzing. it looked as if it got hit buy a truck. and the fish was just eating and swimming around not 10 mins before this. the fish died within 30 seconds. it was both of our favorite fish and i have no clue what happened. iv never seen or heard of anything like it. when i took it out and examined it there seemed to be nothing wrong with it. there were no marks or ick on it. if anyone has heard or seen anything like this please tell me.
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#230
10/04/2007, 09:06 PM
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thanks id really like to find out what happend to the fish
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10/05/2007, 01:47 PM
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that really is exactly what happened. it couldn't have been electrocution because my hand was in the tank all day. it couldn't have been anything on my hands because nothing else is doing fine. just a weird thing i guess
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#233
10/13/2007, 07:05 PM
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Installed the new acrylic sump custom made bt MELEV. Took out the old glass 40gb that was cracked. Also added a Tunze auto top off controller(works great).Wish I could have done as soon as I got Melev, but I've been working some 12 hour days. Great job on the sump here are some pictures.
 
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#234
10/13/2007, 07:05 PM
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Installed the new acrylic sump custom made bt MELEV. Took out the old glass 40gb that was cracked. Also added a Tunze auto top off controller(works great).Wish I could have done as soon as I got Melev, but I've been working some 12 hour days. Great job on the sump here are some pictures.
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#236
10/13/2007, 07:59 PM
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Great looking sump!
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#237
10/13/2007, 08:32 PM
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looks great how are the new corals doing?
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#239
10/14/2007, 03:55 PM
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not to high jack this thread but had a question for melev i was going to feed my rc 500 from one of my 2" drains with a ball valve on it if i understood you this will not work? i need a gate valve insted? thanks
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#240
10/14/2007, 05:19 PM
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yes you need a gatevalve with a T before to the sump to reduce the air bubbles going into the skimmer
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#241
10/14/2007, 08:01 PM
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We did use the gate valve as Melev suggestion, and it did work well as you can see the pictures of protein skimmer and what its pulling out of the tank. The gate valve allows better regulation of water flow. Another great suggestion from Melev on my upgrade.The water from the T I have returning to the other side of the sump.
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10/14/2007, 09:29 PM
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btw melev dose GREAT work the sump looks great. THANKS
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10/14/2007, 11:24 PM
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I like how it looks in your stand.
 I'm not sure why you needed such a large piece of eggcrate before the second set of baffles. It would seem you only needed it at the top.Your collection up still looks a bit tough to get to. Do you have the room to rotate the skimmer 180 degrees and let the outlet run behind the collection cup to the end of the sump, or is the Tee fitting already glued in place? I'm guessing it is glued. A union or coupling would allow you to do a little surgery, but you may not want to do that. Having it behind would give you more access to the refugium from the front.
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#245
10/15/2007, 01:49 PM
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mbaychuk - I noticed the water level in your sump is relatively high. Do you know if the sump can accomodate the additional water from the top of the tank if there was a power failure?
I only asked because b/c I did some calculation a while back and my sump was cutting it close. Just curious if you know how much gallons that might be? |
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#246
10/15/2007, 09:42 PM
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it fits without problems. i think the water comes up about another inch and a half. the water is a little higher then it was but where getting it worked out
as for the skimmer its actually very easy to get into the refugium and access the sump. and the skimmer cup comes right out with no problems. |
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#248
10/16/2007, 08:02 PM
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I always do a dummy power failure to be sure the sump can handle the water when I choose the water level in the sump. I have plenty of lead way when the power is off. My thought is more water I can have the better
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#249
11/24/2007, 11:44 PM
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decided to update this thread for him. alot has happend. the tank has stabilized and the ick is gone. we got ride of the dimond goby because he was to aggrissive but found out that the pistol shrimp is attacking and killing all of the smaller fish in the tank. he is the next to go. a sailfin and puple tang were also added recently. ill see if i can get him to post some pics
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#250
11/25/2007, 04:03 AM
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nice tank
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