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If you run GFO it's good to use carbon as a prefilter to improve the life of your GFO.
Dude you are doing great. Not overkill!! Recommended flow turnover is as follows: Soft: 10x -25x flow turnover LPS: 50x flow turnover SPS: 70x...
Tunze now has a nano ATO that is just a lil more than the JBJ. JBJ JBJ A.T.O. Water Level Controller - Bulk Reef Supply Tunze Tunze Osmolator Nano...
I'd run chemical in the HOB and mech in the marineland
Here are a couple vids showing what I have. JJHH's Library | Photobucket JJHH's Library | Photobucket Thanks you!
My Tunze Nano ATO will not shut off when the float is raised. It runs the full length of the 1.8 minute emergency shutoff length, then shuts off. The...
How about a gate valve between your overflow and your sump to dial in the flow.
Check out Tropic Eden for sand. I just used their mini flakes for my aquarium. You could use their sugar sand .5mm sized. Plus, the sand rinses...
Flexible PVC will be aquarium safe. One reason people use flexible PVC is its easier to plumb. Also, it doesn't restrict flow as much as 90's and...
If you are going to dose copper, you should set up a quarentine tank to do so. Copper will kill all of your beneficial bacteria so you would have to...
A ball valve and a true union coupler should be put inline from your tank drain and just before the return. Also, a true union is recommended on...
That's exactly what I was going to suggest. 1) Look up manf recommender water level. 2) Remove carbon and GFO and go back to your original config,...
Try going 200 micron instead of 100 micron. They won't clog as fast. 100's capture a ton of stuff but require more upkeep.
You don't need LED. Just a normal lamp lightbulb. The compact fluorescent type that look light corkscrews.
I know this, pumps that aren't rated marine lack some of the proper gaskets to stand up to salt. Have you tried pulling the pump out and running it...
Go down to 25% and come up from there.
As for a skimmer, the conventional wisdom is to go up a size, or go as big as you can. If you have a 90 gallon, get one rated for a 120/150/180 size...
Good call. Live rock can take care of the biological for you. HOB certainly have ease of maint going for them. What a sump can do for you is first,...
For a 90, go with a 1" hole for your overflow. Drill the bottom of the tank and then use A Durso overflow. For the water returning to the tank, 3/4"...
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