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Old 01/11/2008, 01:48 PM
Charlie Davidson Charlie Davidson is offline
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water that feeds fuge???

I have a mj1200 feeding my fuge, from slump.
The water out of the fuge goes back to slump.
I was told its best to feed fuge with water from return pump (tee off discharge of pump). That way I do not need the MJ.
I was thinking, its best to feed fuge/macroalage with water from the Display tank overflow... ???
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Old 01/11/2008, 02:26 PM
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I believe that is the preferred method. At any rate, I've always had mine Overflow > skimmer > fuge >return.
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Old 01/11/2008, 02:44 PM
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It's all the same water
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Old 01/11/2008, 02:58 PM
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Not that I want to drink any-- but if i was to guess what is cleanest, out of skimmer.

I was thinking that the dirtest water should be feed to fuge (alage scubber) .. if that is were you keep your macro.. this dirty water has food that feed pods or mollies or seahorses
if you have them in there..
Water is cleaned by Macro / pods and then is sent to slump for skimming and other mechanical means..

Then is pumped back to Display Tank..

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Old 01/11/2008, 03:01 PM
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I've seen a lot of people recommend that, and I can see the logic in it. Personally though I would go whichever route is the simplest (least amount of pumps, least amount of plumbing etc.). Having a separate pump just to feed the fuge would be my last option.
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:01 PM
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While that makes sense, wouldn't you run the risk of skimming out pods, phyto, etc from the fuge?
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:07 PM
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I've seen a lot of people recommend that, and I can see the logic in it. Personally though I would go whichever route is the simplest (least amount of pumps, least amount of plumbing etc.). Having a separate pump just to feed the fuge would be my last option.
agreed. in the end, the simplest was is usually the best. its all the same water, chaeto will grow, and pods will reproduce....its all good.
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:15 PM
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Brandon,
You know,,, after piping it in, the best method is, what works the best for my tank and how its setup... I tee off drain from tank, 50% to fuge and 50% to slump.. Fuge drain would not accept anymore water than that anyway..
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:43 PM
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Just don't know why,,, But I can see that Carpet wetter award being sent to deltaville @ 3am tomorrow morning
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Old 01/11/2008, 03:45 PM
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:06 PM
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Don't feel bad charlie! I haven't spilled water in about 7 years and in the last week I've had 4 good ones!!! Skimmer seals bad,Forgot I was filling salt-vat,ect. Too many things trying to get done at once

I always thought it was funny when I read posts about carpet-wetting until I was on my knees with my shop-vac
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:12 PM
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LB, I got 2 timers with bell for Chritmas, So I can set it when filling a container.. I set it for @8minutes per gallon.. Helps me remember to shut off water when bell rings..
Just don't say "I will get it in a minute" (I forget)
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Old 01/11/2008, 05:17 PM
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Wife was tring to tell you something--Timer bells for christmas--
I usually never leave mine unattended but with two tanks I'm tring to keep one alive and get the other finished so I seem to be doing 3 or 4 things at a time.
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Old 01/11/2008, 06:18 PM
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Just don't know why,,, But I can see that Carpet wetter award being sent to deltaville @ 3am tomorrow morning
Being sent???? I thought you had a permanent copy!
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Old 01/11/2008, 07:12 PM
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Being sent???? I thought you had a permanent copy!
It should be a trophy--- liquid filled and leaks--
 

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