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Alright cool - Sounds good
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+1!
I would go mag 3 or 1250 at most.
Micro bubble and noise will be issues will a mag 7 on a 30g.
Lol, you can try a mag 7.....but you will regret it.I ate my fish that died.
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Yeah I agree mag 3 should be good enough with the 5 the highest I would do.Comment
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Finally got some new toys!
Aquatic Life 36" 6 bulb t5 with lunars
PM r24 Refugium
A big buckeye field supply 5 stage ro with di
I'm waiting on my Mag3 to come in as well. After a couple days of getting plumbing set up, I should be about ready to start making some waterComment
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Nice. Where are you storing the SW and FW?Comment
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Wow, nice light and sump man.
You got good equipment on the build.I ate my fish that died.
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I haven't gotten the RO set up yet, but I'll probably get some 30gal rubbermaid tub to mix the SW. And since I'm not dealing with large quantities, I'll just leave fresh RO in a 5-10gal somewhere.Comment
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Thanks! It's not a MH, I tried to find something reasonably priced that sat on the tank, but it wasn't easy to do. I saw that the nice DSA tank at city pets has this same fixture right when you walk in and is a gorgeous tank. Figured it would work well.Comment
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Sweet light! What sort of T5s will you be running in it?While I'm not reef ready, I am salt ernate lifestyle curious...
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Right now it just has 2x 10k and 2x actinic I believe. I may switch up the 10ks with 14k eventually.Comment
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Working on plumbing now:
View from the back. The middle drain is my emergency drain and the one to the right is my main drain.
View from inside. Left one is my main drain. I have a ball valve hooked up to it and its real low to the bottom for herbie method. Right one is the emergency drain, no need for valve. They will both be bolted to that middle vertical 2x3 with some sort of steel clamp. I haven't used any pvc cement yet but will before adding water. Not sure what I'm doing with the return yet. The mag 3 has a 1/2" connection. I'm reading that I should immediately jump up to a 3/4" for less strain on pump. My output is 1", should I just bump it up to 1" right away from the pump, or should I turn it into 1" right before bulkhead? PVC piping or eheim tubing for return?Comment
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The drain line is not where you want to place your ball valve. You do not want to restrict the flow there. The drain will drain only as much water as the return pump sends back to your main tank. It does not drain any more than that and you don't want it to drain less either.Originally posted by Andrew_B View Post
If your pump can pump 300GPH back into your main tank, you want the drain to be able to drain 300GPH or MORE. If you have a drain that can drain 1,000 GPH, it does not hurt, there is no water for it to drain after 300GPH.
Some people want to control flow and they put the ball valve on the return line but I wouldn't do that either. They say it does not hurt the pump to restrict its outflow but I feel like it would. If I do not want a lot of water to pump into the main tank, I use a smaller pump.Comment
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My 2 cents regarding using drain holes without some sort of overflow with teeth: It's do-able but you are less likely to get all the surface gunk down those holes.Comment
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My drain will be completely submerged at all times outside of power outages to prevent any kind of splashing/micro bubbles/noise. So I need to make sure i'm draining at the same speed as the pump.Comment
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@ rage, Andrew is setting it up a herbie method style system.
@ Andrew, how are you making the emergency drain input higher than the normal drain input?
I have an ehiem 1250....you got me thinking I should re-pipe with bigger hose!
I ate my fish that died.
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