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06-21-2006, 09:39 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: New York City area
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I got the bubbles out o my overflow tube!!!
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06-21-2006, 09:41 PM
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Milkshake Man
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Congrats! Yeah it is 9:40 here also but that is early!!
Tim
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06-21-2006, 09:41 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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PS im almost up to 500 posts, Ill have 500 in a few days garenteed.
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06-21-2006, 09:43 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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Well after a day full of mouths of saltwater, sucking air bubbles, a staring at u tubes for hours..... its like midnight for me. I cold fall asleep on my PC and short out the keyboard by drooling all over it LOL.
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06-21-2006, 10:45 PM
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moddin aint easy
Join Date: Apr 2006
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why were you having trouble just sucking the air out with a tube? should work pretty easy, i do it all the time.
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06-22-2006, 08:41 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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I hate being wokin up in the middle of the night with the sounds.Done it many times,forgetting to turn on the top-off when finish working on the tank!YUCK!
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06-22-2006, 08:47 AM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
Join Date: Jul 2002
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For mine, I actually left a small hose in the U-Tube.. with the end right where bubbles usually gather. Then I have the other end down in my sump. I started a siphon in the small hose...and thus any bubbles that start to form in the U-Tube "usually" get siphoned out by the hose. This has helped me to reduce the number of times I have had air trapped in the U-tube slowing down water flow.
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 Instead of just building a reef in my home...I so wish I could afford to build my home in the reef!
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06-22-2006, 12:53 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by leveldrummer
why were you having trouble just sucking the air out with a tube? should work pretty easy, i do it all the time.
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My overflow system is cursed
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06-22-2006, 03:59 PM
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Lurker
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Jeremy1973
For mine, I actually left a small hose in the U-Tube.. with the end right where bubbles usually gather. Then I have the other end down in my sump. I started a siphon in the small hose...and thus any bubbles that start to form in the U-Tube "usually" get siphoned out by the hose. This has helped me to reduce the number of times I have had air trapped in the U-tube slowing down water flow.
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That is a very good idea....... I have had the unfortunate experience of waking up to my refugium overflowing because of a bubble blocking flow back to the main..... I'm considering drilling a hole at the top of the utube and permanently attaching a hose to make it easier..... this may cause more problems than it fixes, but if it work it will be nice, and I'll keep a spare U-tube on hand. If it works I'll post pictures.
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Last edited by Cylenchar; 06-22-2006 at 04:02 PM.
Reason: Spelling Errors
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06-22-2006, 04:20 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: New York City area
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but you know how you have the prefilter, well could you stick the hose up in the arch of the u tube where mine gather, start a siphoon, and have the small siphoon tube go down into the vacum hose that connects to the prefilter into the sump. Ill get pics to show you what I mean.
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