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01-04-2009, 08:23 PM
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Mantis
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75 gallon built
well if everything goes planned it will look like this
tips? suggestions anything im a noob haha
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01-04-2009, 09:06 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Are you going to produce pods in the fuge to feed the tank? If so you may want to put the fuge after the skimmer, between the fuge and return your pods will not have much chance in making it in the display IMO.
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01-04-2009, 09:17 PM
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Eats Crayons
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wyoming
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Ditch the bio balls also
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01-04-2009, 09:51 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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I agree!
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01-04-2009, 10:04 PM
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Very Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Clearwater, Florida
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ditto, put the skim where the bio balls are and put the bio balls in the recycle bin.
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01-04-2009, 10:05 PM
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Keeper of the Kracken
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Martin, SC
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What is the water change/quarantine tank doing there? If it is plumbed into the main system like shown then it is not really a quarantine tank as if you treat it you will treat the entire system. I would take that out.
I would let the display tank drain into the chamber that you have bio-balls written in, without the bio-balls. Put the skimmer there with the first baffle being set at the optimal operating depth for your skimmer. Then you can have the fuge section, over under over baffles and your return pump.
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01-04-2009, 10:17 PM
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Non-Hypocritical
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Hillbillyville Alabama
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Put a filter sock on the drain. It helps the entire filtration system be more efficient by physically removing detritus from the water column. Don't use the bioballs. The skimmer needs to be the first place the water goes.
Good luck and HTH.
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01-04-2009, 10:43 PM
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Mantis
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pa
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ok so how about this
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01-04-2009, 10:46 PM
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Mantis
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pa
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oh and btw between the skimmer and the refug from videos that is supposed to be like a bubble lowerer or something lol idk im a noob so its trial and error
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01-04-2009, 10:51 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Orange Park, Fl
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Pods will make it through a return pump with no problem. A few months back I had a 1in yellow neon goby go from the sump to my frag tank through a Quietone 4000. Not a scratch on him.
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01-04-2009, 11:05 PM
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Non-Hypocritical
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Quote:
Originally Posted by quader94
oh and btw between the skimmer and the refug from videos that is supposed to be like a bubble lowerer or something lol idk im a noob so its trial and error
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Its a bubble trap. The idea is that the water goes over one baffle, under the next, and over the last one making it harder for any air bubbles from the skimmer making it through to the fuge and/or return pump.
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01-04-2009, 11:11 PM
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Mantis
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pa
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oh yeah i see now, no bubbles are going to go under something
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01-04-2009, 11:11 PM
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Mantis
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jadinop
Pods will make it through a return pump with no problem. A few months back I had a 1in yellow neon goby go from the sump to my frag tank through a Quietone 4000. Not a scratch on him.
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haha wow is it still around?
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01-05-2009, 12:26 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Orange Park, Fl
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Yep. I spent months trying to catch him out of the sump. Due to the refuge tub mounted on top of it, I have limited access to the 110gal sump and neon gobies are pretty quick. Then one day, there he was swimming around in the frag tank. Still doing fine to this day.
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01-05-2009, 05:41 PM
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Mantis
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jadinop
Yep. I spent months trying to catch him out of the sump. Due to the refuge tub mounted on top of it, I have limited access to the 110gal sump and neon gobies are pretty quick. Then one day, there he was swimming around in the frag tank. Still doing fine to this day.
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wow a 110 sump how big is the display tank?
ha one tough goby!
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