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I'm planning a tank with a reverse Carlson surge device on each end. They will provide the majority of water movement. The footprint of this tank is 96"x48", inside dimensions of display is 78"x45"x31" (416g) and RCSDs 6"x45"x31" (32g). At this size, one RCSD should fire a little more often than...

Hey every one im josh, a fellow reefer from holland,Michigan, iv been wanting to set up a surge system, can some one on here please help me out, i got the bucket and i got the pvc piping. some pictures and alot of information would be great;) and its for my 40gal reef tank,and i was wonderin if...

Hi all !!! Will a RSCD cause the bottom layer of crushed coral to move araound and create a sand storm in the tank ? Does anyone have some issues with it ?

Some of the recent discussions have got me thinking that a rectangular box may not be the best design for a reef tank. Especially when you want to create more natural flow patterns and aquascaping. So, if money was not limiting, what sort of tank would you design and why? I've been thinking...

i was surfing thru reefkeeping.com, and came across the macna mania article in oct'02. in that arctile was a brief synopsis of a aquarium designed by martin moe. it seems to be well thought out, but haven't seen pics of anything simliar in any forum yet that shows that type of reef set up...

Hey folks, I was going to set up an aquarium w/ a reverse carlson surge device but I don't think that it will happen. I purchased a large Alita 40 air pump to run the RCSD and now I'd like to sell it. The air pump has some high quality swagelok stainless steel (ss) fittings on it too. I set the...

Heres a couple of pics from this weekends fun the new water room heres the boys from the left BigT (the fragging maching) Dave of Deepsea (bent over as usual) Paul hamby and the roach reedman going going going gone oh no....going to far???????...stop the madness...:dance: mike

In the distant past I have proclamed the virtue inherent in Kevin Carpenter's magnificent creation: the Reverse Carlson Surge Device. A copy of his original article on the mechanism can be found here: http://216.168.47.67/cis-fishnet/seascope/00SS1705.htm I want to give Kevin full credit for...

I'm finally making headway on this little nano tank with an incorporated sump/refugium and reverse Carlson surge device. I'm just finalizing the final detail of "what should be the surge amount". My main viewing area of the tank will be about 14 gallons with a water volume (taking out the sand...

With the recent discussion on surges and energies on the reeftank and their influence, I figured I'd share the principle and design of one of my favorite surge devices. The concept was originally published by engineer Kevin Carpenter, described as a "Reverse Carlson Surge Device". Not sure how...