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06-29-2009, 03:06 PM
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REEFer In Progress
  
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: La Crosse, WI
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You are alive JordaN! lol good to see ya back on here!
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Tanks for looking!
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06-29-2009, 06:27 PM
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L.A.R.K. Plumbing Guru
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sparta, WI
Posts: 2,229
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Interesting about the U.V. Sterilizer... Seeing I have long thought about adding one to my system it does make a lot of sense in the fact that in order to remove the things you would not want in the tank you would need to be able to move A LOT of water through it to successfully get the numbers low enough. Most of the rest of the info was stuff that I already knew (luckily) lol.
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125 AGA w/ 75 AGA sump, Dolphin 3600 SP pump, MRC-3 Skimmer w/ Blueline #70 Pump, 1/5 HP Cyclone Chiller w/ temp controller, as well as a 70 gallon tank that is linked into the system to use as a frag growout*
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06-29-2009, 11:05 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Eau Claire
Posts: 1,541
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Originally Posted by Jrmass
Interesting about the U.V. Sterilizer... Seeing I have long thought about adding one to my system it does make a lot of sense in the fact that in order to remove the things you would not want in the tank you would need to be able to move A LOT of water through it to successfully get the numbers low enough. Most of the rest of the info was stuff that I already knew (luckily) lol.
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I may have a uv for sale but its only good for up to 125. ( I only used it for a month I think). As far as number how do they define how much water has to flow through it. My tank I had it cycle 12 times and hour. It was a 24 gal pod. I find it interesting that he mentions a canister filter to use instead of a UV. Didn't he just replace on issue with another?
The uv seemed to help with my algea but uv also kills off the good bacteria in a tank. Thats why I went to ozone... but there is also a whole nother debate about that one to.
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06-29-2009, 11:16 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 584
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ya know i put 40lbs of that "livesand" in bag from the LFS. i always wondered about that. 
anyway how do i get that good livesand the article talks about?
i found a site but im not sure what do you think?
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06-30-2009, 06:29 PM
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L.A.R.K. Plumbing Guru
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sparta, WI
Posts: 2,229
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Originally Posted by gouch
ya know i put 40lbs of that "livesand" in bag from the LFS. i always wondered about that.
anyway how do i get that good livesand the article talks about?
i found a site but im not sure what do you think?
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best way is to get ahold of someone from your local club who is willing to give you a cup or two of their sand to get you started... That's all it would take to get the good microfauna that you are looking for.
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125 AGA w/ 75 AGA sump, Dolphin 3600 SP pump, MRC-3 Skimmer w/ Blueline #70 Pump, 1/5 HP Cyclone Chiller w/ temp controller, as well as a 70 gallon tank that is linked into the system to use as a frag growout*
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06-30-2009, 08:35 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
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oh wow i just realized i crashed your club forum......hmmmm well sorry 
lol  well thanks for the response i dont belong to a club but ill see if i can get some from an established system. |
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06-30-2009, 09:42 PM
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uber-stupid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Biloxi, MS
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Sorry for bustin in on your club forum but I wanted to say that I have been making that argument about the UV sterilizers for years but it seems to fall on def ears.
I will have a total water volume of around 250 gallons and in order to effectivly use a sterilizer on it it would have to be about 360 watts which costs around 18 hundo... Not cheap and not worth it.
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My girlfriend says bigger is better, so I am going to build the biggest skimmer I can.
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06-30-2009, 09:48 PM
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Son of Jor El
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Springfield MO
Posts: 4,422
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Originally Posted by three90s&125sump
Sorry for bustin in on your club forum but I wanted to say that I have been making that argument about the UV sterilizers for years but it seems to fall on def ears.
I will have a total water volume of around 250 gallons and in order to effectivly use a sterilizer on it it would have to be about 360 watts which costs around 18 hundo... Not cheap and not worth it.
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I say the same thing. Oh, and I wonder into the LARK forums all the time to give an opinion and I have not been tarred and feathered yet 
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Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky went hunting? Well anyway, Brasky decides he's gonna hunt down all four members of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machete. They all beg for their lives, except Fleagul.
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06-30-2009, 10:11 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 584
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I say the same thing. Oh, and I wonder into the LARK forums all the time to give an opinion and I have not been tarred and feathered yet |
whew!! i was worried about that. 
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06-30-2009, 10:19 PM
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L.A.R.K. Plumbing Guru
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sparta, WI
Posts: 2,229
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No worries about intruding... Infact we all appreciate the added insight from others outside our club! Anything said in our page has always been fair game to agree with our critique the heck out of =).
Jason
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125 AGA w/ 75 AGA sump, Dolphin 3600 SP pump, MRC-3 Skimmer w/ Blueline #70 Pump, 1/5 HP Cyclone Chiller w/ temp controller, as well as a 70 gallon tank that is linked into the system to use as a frag growout*
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06-30-2009, 11:38 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Winona MN
Posts: 1,301
Reviews: 27
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Originally Posted by jenglish
I say the same thing. Oh, and I wonder into the LARK forums all the time to give an opinion and I have not been tarred and feathered yet |
Oh just wait, we're all in cahoots about it.
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