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    Quick financial recovery advice?

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    My buddy Steve is going to call you... he has a 2006 mini cooper.. mechanic looking for work dream!!

    Also.. I spoke to dawn about your dog. If that happens in the future, get the dog sh%$t faced drunk. The alcohol binds to the neuro receptors so the antifreeze does not.

    I said what? You give them bottles of beer? No she said, IV everclear. She was a vet tech for a long time.

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    Quick financial recovery advice?

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    I'm sorry to hear that Taylor!  I can vouch that Taylor is a solid guy and I would not hesitate to have him help you with anything you need done.  He put new struts on my wifes Lexus for a FRACTION of what it would have cost me at a repair facility.. like 1/3 of what it would have cost.  Taylor, I will put some feelers out on facebook and see if I can't drum up some auto work for you. 

     

     

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    Fishroom Remodel Has Begun!

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    yes. You can certainly find higher quality ball valves and unions but you have to remember that we are generally dealing with very low pressure systems.  

    I am going to use some DWV (drain waste vent) fittings on my system to lower flow resistance and noise.  I have a big pump so blasting it through a T fitting is not all that great for flows. 

    But DWV fittings do come in long sweeps and other cool shapes like this...

    https://www.supply.com/1-1-2-in-h-x-h-x-h-x-h-pvc-dwv-45-degree-double-wye-4834-domestic/p487569

    Fishroom Remodel Has Begun!

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    Uniseal warehouse is going to be your jam. Unless your in a hurry then BRS has them as well. Note.. when inserting big pipes into uniseals it is a major @*&%%$# so, sand a slight bevel on the outside of the pipe and use some lubricant. Non aquarium stuff we just used dish soap, but for aquarium I would use silicone grease.



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    Fishroom Remodel Has Begun!

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    Your google broke"  LOL  

    here is the table that appears all the time on the iternet.  The first column is "gravity" or really low flow.  I confirmed with our storm water engineers that these numbers are inline with what their design flows are (which are typically very subtle slopes).   The table I can't find that I would love to get is the table that used to be on the beanimal website.  He had a table for full siphon flows based on pipe size and feet of head. 

    Aquariums all flow at VERY low psi BTW, like less than 1 psi.  to calculate PSI from head height you divide the height in inches by 27.71.  So if you drilled a hole in the bottom of a 24" tall tank, the water pressure would be .87 psi.  I know its intuitive to think that water is super heavy and creates lots of pressure... but it doesn't.  Municipal water towers to push out 60-65psi water at your faucet are around 150' high.  

    Also, I use uniseals on anything 2" or higher.  They are way cheaper than bulkheads, work better on rounded surfaces and allow you to replace plumbing without unions.   

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    Glass magfloat not for acrylic???

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    be advised.. the micro mesh kit is just sand paper..  So I would just buy full size sheets on amazon and cut to fit your algae scraper.  Or.. if your dieing to have another cardboard box laying around then it is probably worth $67.  which is a total ripoff BTW. 

     

    https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/micromeshstd.php?gclid=Cj0KCQiAm4TyBRDgARIsAOU75sqsjcb2vlfv3RtoojE_Kuk4MzDDP1Zz3X6SR_upSfrziq7228k_1QkaAkGmEALw_wcB

     

    Fishroom Remodel Has Begun!

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    My monster system will also be located on both sides of the room.  600 gallon tank, refugium, roller mat on the right side, skimmer, frag tanks, UV, etc located on the left side. 

    My pump will also be located on the left side.  Sooo...  gravity outfall from the display into roller mat and macro algae> gravity feed into 100 gallon stock tank >  then 3" pvc pipe that transfers the water to another 100 gallon stock tank on the other side of the room (left).   Tables show that 3" handle 7,000 gph so there should not be too much elevation difference from Fuge 1 and fuge 2 on the other side of the room.   From the second stock tank I have a reeflo hammerhead that will push about 3,000 gph to the display and another 2,000 gph to the frag tank, skimmer chamber, and UV system.  All of those are located on the left side and drain directly back to the left side stock tank. 

     

     

    Should I buy an Apex?

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    If no internet, it may not be worth it.

    A big part of the value of the apex are the alerts that tell you something is wrong. I suppose it would depend on how complex your system is.

    It can do cool stuff like shut your UV off if the pump turns off, or shut an ATO of it running x minutes, etc.

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