Mad Reefer

Hi, I am building a tank with high flow that will result in even higher flow through the sump. I'd like to slow the flow through the refugium chamber of the sump. I have seen this accomplished by placing the return in a center chamber then split the return flow between the display tank and the refugium. I have also seen this accomplished by splitting the return and running a lower flow through the refugium Neither one of these works well for my application. I wonder if anyone has seen it done another way and can direct me to any information on it? One way I am considering is to provide a bulkhead on both entrance and exit of the refugium chamber with ball valve/PVC allowing control of the amount of water allowed to bypass the refugium thus slowing the flow through the refugium. Something like this image below if you can imagine adding PVC with a ball valve at the bottom of the refugium connecting the entrance to and exit from the refugium (shown in the below digram from left to right). When the valve is off it would be at maximum flow through the refugium. The more the valve is opened, the lower the flow that actually enters the refugium. I might just build it to see if it works as expected. But I'd rather see if its been done before and how it worked out. Anyone seen this out there? If you dont like the idea of running PVC through the refugium area , you could always run it out one side of the tank before the refugium and then back in by the return.... Thanks for reading! -Madness

Hi y'all I need a new canopy for reef tank. Its disintegrating. Standard 1.5 foot by 4 foot canopy needed. Typically found on 75gallon and 90 gallon tanks (the difference is tank height so it doesn't affect canopy size. Please let me know what you have. Thanks!

My ballast died and my new one is pissing my tank off. Anyone have one of these old ballasts lying around? looks like this

Well, I never lost one in my powerhead. you can see it them in the full tank pic in the first post of this thread. korillas i think

Hey, why not contact Live Aquaria and let them know that you are trying to orchestrate a group order for them through ARC but can't because they are not one of our sponsors. Ask them if the would like to become a sponsor? I think their Divers den is sick. -Madness

Thanks for being so understanding. If you cant wait, i got him from Aquatek. He is the 2nd one i've gotten from there. both were healthy and hungry. I do like the idea of him being a ARC sea hare touring all the tanks that need him. good luck -Madness

Nice to meet you too Chris! and thanks for the frags. of course, i had to frag the frag before getting it mounted. So now i hame multiple frags. anyway, i'll let you know how they progress. I wouldnt mind an update on Harry in a couple of weeks either. -Madness

Hi Stacy, Sorry, I have someone already ahead of you at noon today and i do not think it will fall through. My sea hare has eaten green hair algae like shown in the picture and a small colony of brown slime/filament type algae and the algae that forms on the glass of the tank that turbo snails also eat. I Highly recommend you give a sea hare a try for whatever algae problem you may have. The only problem with them is that if they die in your tank, they make a mess!!! so once they clean everything out, you need to sell them before they starve to death. I have never had one die before, but the stories range all the way to killing the whole tank. so you need to make sure to sell them when their job is done. good luck

Hi bluefish84, I am sorry but, I have been unable to contact you through your PM and you have not revisited this thread to see my request that you post your phone number or clean out your mailbox so that you can receive my PM's. I also posted a comment on your profile page but i just cant seem to get ahold of you I am afraid I will need to let Harry go to someone else as he is hungry and there is nothing left to eat in my tank. If you haven't responded by Noon today to this thread, I will have to pass you over. Again, i wouldn't do this if i wasn't worried about getting Harry some food soon. -Madness

Thanks Brooks! That means alot coming from you. I'll keep working on it and keep you posted

Hi, It seems your PM mail box is full and i cant send you my address. please post your phone number here for me to call or empty you mailbox so i can send u a PM Thanks!