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02-16-2006, 06:37 PM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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Welcome to 3Reef! _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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02-16-2006, 06:50 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
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In addition to check valves (which i dont trust)make sure you have a siphon break in your return if you'er running a sump _________ 135g 3" SB 3- 400w MH, 2 65w PC actinic, 2 10K PC, 40g refugium, EV-180 PS ,Mag 18 ret,1700 PH,2 maxi 1200's air water and ice 5 stage RO/DI  | |
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02-16-2006, 07:41 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winsted, CT Age: 36
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Cool, I'm learnin' stuff already. I know what a check valve is, but what's a siphon break? | |
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02-16-2006, 08:39 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
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Its a little hole about a 1/4" big or so,right below the water line on your return line from the sump. when the power goes out, gravity will pull water from the tank to the sump and flood your house.w/a hole there it will drain til air gets sucked in thru the lil hole breaking the siphon.just make sure your sump will hold the extra water.
Heres a pic. 1st hole was too low
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02-16-2006, 08:57 PM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida Age: 34
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Im agree with NUGIO I don't trust check valves best bet is the siphon break. My cousin is a plumber used a spring loaded check valve and salt water and metal dont get along so when he came home he had 80 gallons of water on the floor when he got home. Big mess and to think he would know better being a plumber. _________ "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"
Albert Einstein
125 G reef ready. 3 175W MH XM 15K bulbs, Berlin turbo skimmer, 18W turbo twist UV, wet/dry, and a diy refugium, Little Giant 3-MDQX-SC return, 3 MAXIJET 1200 and 1 900gph. Phosban reactor with half phos media and half carbon. I have a false yellow, Dog face puffer, damsel,Panther Grouper, Foxface, percula clown and some LR | |
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02-16-2006, 09:16 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Wow, what type of check valves are you guys buying?
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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02-17-2006, 02:39 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winsted, CT Age: 36
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Originally Posted by NUGIO Its a little hole about a 1/4" big or so,right below the water line on your return line from the sump. when the power goes out, gravity will pull water from the tank to the sump and flood your house.w/a hole there it will drain til air gets sucked in thru the lil hole breaking the siphon.just make sure your sump will hold the extra water.
Heres a pic. 1st hole was too low | Makes perfect sense and is such a simple idea. The pic helped tremendously. I'll probably run both. Hopefully the check valve will work, but if not, the hole will be there just in case. | |
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02-17-2006, 06:13 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
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I also do not feel comfortable with the check valve
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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02-17-2006, 06:21 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
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Cool glad the pics helped! my check valve failed due to build up of gunk in it.slowly leaked,noticed it after it was on a few months and i shut the pump down for a water change.
just do without it cause your flow will decrease. | |
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