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For people who don't know what the RC-500 skimmer looks like:
That's 12 inch diameter acrylic and 30 inches tall. Holds about 9 gallons of water. I'll be removing the ball valve and replacing with a gate valve.
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This purple montipora plate is from May 2006:
And in September 2006:
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This is a Pink Birds Nest (Seriatopora hystrix) with purple polyps I picked up at our August Reef Club meeting. These pictures were taken about 3 weeks after it was added to the display. All branch stubs are new growth in 3 weeks. This was a smooth Y shape frag when I mounted it.
And from above:
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NICE !!!!!
the Seriatopora is so cool.
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Looking forward to seeing that skimmer in action Rich!
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I'm looking forward to hearing your energy and temperature report.
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I'm doing fine now on temperatures since summer is over. It was in the lower 40's last night. Drawing in that cool air really keeps tank temperature in check. The tank has been doing about 81 to 83 with lights on. I won't know for sure if the problem is solved until next summer.
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Acropora table frag added to display:
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This is a porites I purchased when it was dark brown at a recent frag swap. This picture is from last month and it shows the color change to a nice mustard yellow color. It is currently a green color (need to take an updated picture).
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BTW - New skimmer should be here for the weekend.
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That skimmer looks dangerous! I run two ER's in sump and haven't really looked at the new RC models. How are you planning to run water into the skimmer?
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I feel strange making plumbing recommendations to Mr Durso, but this may help if you haven't set up an overflow fed skimmer before. This diagram (not mine) explains the setup pretty well.
HTH
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Thanks for the drawing. Pretty close to what I had in mind, except I was going to have the gate on the skimmer exit not on the entrance.
I wasn't expecting any gurgling and surging, it that typically expected?
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Well, you know what happens when you run a Durso standpipe. I assume you are, LOL. Air comes down the plumbing with the water. You want to give the air an "easy exit" out the leg of the T. You want as little air as possible going to the skimmer. Some air is fine, just not large disruptive bubbles. Every setup is different, so its hard to say how yours will run. This drawing comes from the Deltec forum. All Deltec AP skimmers are recirc, and this is the way most people plumb them.
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Video of my 180 Gallon Reef, please right-click and Save-as.
3.5 minutes, 58MB. http://www.rl180reef.com/movies/Oct2006_HiRes.mpg
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You must have just fed the tank, the favites was all polyped out. The new(ish) clams look quite happy.
Beautiful video, nice guitar!
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Is the skimmer here yet, or did the holiday delay its arrival?
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Garlic......
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