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03-29-2008, 07:53 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I wanna say no. All the yrs of cleaning the pumps, I have never seen any coraline deposits inside the pump. Remember that coraline needs light to grow. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | 
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03-29-2008, 08:06 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Coralline will not harm the skimmer heck you have so much sand and Carbonates to pass it will eventually wear out all impellers and moving parts .. Thats why the rotating water current pumps and all just never work like when people use Check valves they will prevent a flood LOL Nope they won't work as advertised when needed. But the skimmer is fine/ Just always keep new pump impellers and seals on hand all the time.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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03-29-2008, 09:08 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
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Thanks boys!
Gotta get scrapin' ...... this coraline is taking over the tank. Check this out  :  
I'm going to leave this side alone as it acts like a sun screen on this side of the tank. I have a window on that wall and sunlight peaks through for about 30 mins. 
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03-29-2008, 09:13 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Cut the main pumps off to allow the scrapings to settle out into the tanks rocks and on the bottom while scraping .. | |
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03-29-2008, 09:20 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
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Originally Posted by Tangster  Cut the main pumps off to allow the scrapings to settle out into the tanks rocks and on the bottom while scraping .. | Yup.... I also thought about that. Thanks  | |
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03-30-2008, 10:47 AM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Deposits will build up on the magnets of impellers. When needed, I filled the impeller cavity of the pump with vinegar and put the impeller back in to soak for an hour. After that, I would wipe the deposits off and it was like new. | |
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03-30-2008, 10:49 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
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Cool....thanks Matt. | |
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03-30-2008, 10:49 AM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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No prob. | |
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03-30-2008, 10:54 AM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sssnake Thanks boys!
Gotta get scrapin' ...... this coraline is taking over the tank. Check this out :
I'm going to leave this side alone as it acts like a sun screen on this side of the tank. I have a window on that wall and sunlight peaks through for about 30 mins. | I do the same thing, I keep the right glass and front glass scraped but the left glass and back are totally encrusted. I do the same thing, Roger...I turn the powerheads off and let the scrapings settle _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
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2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
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