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👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 I’ll be in for 3 or 4 ! 

2 hours ago, katarian said:

How high of a flow are we talking about?

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SPS type of flow. If LPS and softies maybe ok

Siphon out your gravel little by little with your water changes. You’ll eventually get it all after a few changes. Then just add sand after. I like the Fiji pink just don’t go oolite if flows gonna be higher. Looks nicest but blows all over the place.

5 minutes ago, katarian said:

Links to any good ones?

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Just get the spears gate valves from BRS and a couple unions. Should be about $30 in all 

3 hours ago, Brian Tesch said:

Bean and Animal is the way to go if you have the space. Just installed a DIY setup on my new build and done properly it will eliminate all of the sound. I have around 1100 GPH moving through my pipes and if you stick your ear next to the overflow you literally cant hear a sound. 

 

Super easy to setup, however one thing I learned last week was not to buy a standard PVC ball valve. The ones you can buy at homedepot just dont have the adjustability range to properly dial in your siphon. In short when you adjust standard pvc valves theres no way your turning it less than 10 to 15 degrees at a time. Found a valve on amazon that was way more adjustable. That fine tuning is difference between a quiet overflow and a silent overflow.

Should be a gate valve for best tuning. Ball valve should be for open/ close applications . Gate valve for adjustments 

Yeah just lurk over here and R2R forums. Should be easy to piece equipment for a nano 

Just Picked up the sea swirl jack. Thanks again! Gonna work nice in my frag tank!

Philippines is always nice. Haven’t scuba dived but snorkeled all over the place as I am from there. Tubbataha off Palawan is nice I heard from reef friends that dive and Palawan is one of my favorite vacation spots also. I heard good things about APO reef also . 

Yeah test a fresh batch to make sure it’s actually your tank and not a faulty test kit

If I’m not reefing I’m prolly bowling. Me and the wifey currently in the process of purchasing our own center. Bowling, pool, whisky/beer, reefing ,,,,,,   All in one place. That’s the goal, then it won’t seem like work. Lol. A nice tank in a bowling alley is gonna be cool I think. 

On ‎2‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 11:19 PM, Manny Tavan said:

I’m a pulm & critical care doc...basically the last doc you ever want to see

holy crap is this Dr Tavan! Im an Rt at LMP. I work with you all the time but noc shift. Cant wait to see you again to talk reefing

25 minutes ago, albertareef said:

Hmm.  75lb capacity each so probably would want at least 4 of them for a combination of weight and hand holds yeah?  What does a red sea 650 peninsula weigh... seems like that is our new standard these days 

Prob best to be safe and get the 9 inch ones. Those have a 150 lb/ handle capacity 

I rented at interstate rentals in Portland and they were about $15 each per day. 

Whatever you do, don’t use those cheap $20 ones that claim to hold like 400 lbs per handle. Rent the ones you can pump and has a suction gauge. I learned the hard way with Jorge’s tank lol 

I use fritz since its closest to what I keep my parameters at. 8.2 alk and 420 ca. 1.026

I feel Hannah is best for alk. Just remember to clean the couvetes with RODI water and have spare reagent on hand. I've used RS and Salifert in the past for alk and prefer the hannah

1 hour ago, Paratore said:

No fruit loops, those are BBEB if we are talking about the same ones. I love fruit loops too but I’m not a fan of micro zoas lol!


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Ahhh it’s hard telling them apart for me. What’s ur opinion on these? Fruit loops or BBEB? Been in my tank for awhile but not sure which one

Ooooh are those fruit loops on the c pack? In the middle? Love those! 

Hannah for alk. Red Sea for ca, mag..... I like the salifert better than the Red Sea but the RS seems better quality. Plus they have refills 

10 hours ago, Jorge said:

Yes a mesh screen. Acrylic with mesh.

Lol hook me up, your not using it lol

2 hours ago, Jorge said:

No way! I found the acrylic lid for it!

really? you didn't run it open top? or is it a mesh screen?

4 hours ago, Jorge said:

I used to have a 48x36x24.. probably doesn't help though

Ugggh still sitting in the garage 😩

1 hour ago, Emerald525 said:

It was very nice to meet you Mark!

You too kim! I’m sure we’ll do business in the future again 😁

20 hours ago, albertareef said:

Excellent choices!  If I didn’t already have one of the rainbows I would have been all over that - they are awesome. Those are particularly nice looking rastas as well. 

I know just picked them up yesterday and there going awesome! Was totally gonna pick up those utter chaos but still recovering from holiday reef shopping lol

I’ll take the rastas and a single polyp rainbow infusion !