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01-12-2003, 08:30 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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Good Morning ARC!
Stay warm today 
Jenn
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01-12-2003, 11:00 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: West Cobb, GA
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Good Morning Everyone...well late morning,
water change day on three tanks today since we
slacked off last night to watch the Falcons loose.
have a great day 
Lori 
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01-12-2003, 11:19 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Oxford Ga
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Hey everyone .........brrrrrr it is cold ........well i did my water change early this morning so that is all out of the way. Still trying
to figure out how to make my return flow not have a back flow when i put them to far down.............
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01-12-2003, 11:32 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Macon GA
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Good Morning Everyone.
Well I swapped out my membrane housing and DI cartridges last night. I ended up with two leaking fittings so I ended up staying up till 3:00 am fixing that. Sounds like it should have been easier but have to wait till the unit cycles off in order to test the pressure fitting properly. Oh well I didn't want to get a huge amount of sleep anyway.
Yesterday there was only two replys to good morning.
Today this makes number three --- hey thats an improvement.
Charles
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01-12-2003, 11:33 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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Maria: Don't put them too far down
Some folks and some manufacturers drill a tiny hole in the return PVC just before where it meets the loc-line. Water will spray (down) out the hole but it breaks the back-siphon if the power is cut off.
HTH
Jenn
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01-12-2003, 11:37 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Oxford Ga
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Jenn
What is a loc-line..............Well my dad and i put a small hole in one of the thingys but maybe didnt put it in the right place
Im going to bring my dad to the next meeting so he can meet
everyone...........Then Jenn u can show him what a Loc-line is....lol
Maria
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01-12-2003, 11:42 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
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Loc-line is the black flexible pipe that most of us use for our water return. It is connected to the PVC return pipe, and can be manipulated to change the direction of the water flowing out of it.
Jenn
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01-12-2003, 11:45 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
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Hey Rick -- that's 2 good morning threads going off-topic to off-topic, making them on-topic (reef topic - the other thread is on the main forum)
I'm sure I can hear the theme from Twilight Zone in the background.
Jenn
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01-12-2003, 11:45 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Oxford Ga
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Yeaaaaaa that is what i have...........My dad drilled a hole there this morning but it didnt stop the back flow............so ohhhhhh well just put it back up to the top..........
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01-12-2003, 01:09 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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Quote:
Originally posted by JennM
Hey Rick -- that's 2 good morning threads going off-topic to off-topic, making them on-topic (reef topic - the other thread is on the main forum)
I'm sure I can hear the theme from Twilight Zone in the background.
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LOL 
Maria I would keep the opening of the return pipe close to the surface of the water to minimize the flow back into the sump. Regardless you're still going to get some syphoning back into the sump. For this reason the water level in the sump should be kept low enough to accomodate the extra water. Experiment with this while you're there to monitor it so that when you have a power outage you won't have to worry about a flood.
Does any of what I said make sense.
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01-12-2003, 01:15 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Oxford Ga
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Yes............I had already been doing that i was trying to get somehow around this.................I have power outage drills all the time.................lol
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