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    2008 Meetings

    in Meeting Archive

    Posted

    I'd like to offer my home for the next meeting, be it in Jan. or Feb.

    Possibly Sunday, Jan.27. It's the off weekend before Super Bowl.

    Chime in if this would work for you'se guys. (That's yankee for ya'll). ;)

    Looking forward to showing off the new tank (and the wifes' cheescake)

    Thanks for looking,

    Steve

    life questions

    in Off Topic Discussion

    Posted

    First one would have to define "youth" before you can judge if it's wasted or not.

    I moved here from NY at 34. In NY, in most of my circles, I was the youngest (married at 20, first child at 23).

    Moved to TX in '94. Now I'm one of the oldest in my "circles".

    I haven't changed but have gone from the "youth" in one circle to the "elder" in another.

    My wife was at risk of Huntingtons Disease since she was 17 (a 50-50 chance she would carry the gene).

    I have always worked jobs that afforded me extra time to spend with my wife and kids (since I wasn't sure how many "good" years we'd have together). Five years ago she took a test to confirm whether or not she carried the gene. She doesn't.

    Five years ago my wife got her "youth" back, at 44.

    We have two sons (23 & 20).

    I was able to coach my kids in varoius sports over the years. Go to their school plays. Spend TIME with them. Be part of their daily lives.

    Today, my wife is full of life and my kids (who have both moved out over the last 2 years) invite me to play poker with them and their friends. We watch sports together, PLAY football (legs are gone but the arm is still there. lol)

    I'm 47 now.

    I have much less of a financial "cushion" than most my age and probably earn less in salary.

    That shortfall I'll have to make up for over the next 20 or so years.

    My "youth" has lasted into my forties and I don't see it leaving anytime soon.

    Being a daily part of my families lives over the last 25 years...priceless (and "youth" inducing). ;)

    Stay healthy. Focus on the big picture. People...not cash.

    People keep you young. Chasing cash makes you old.

    That's my 2-cents worth. Spend it any way you like.

    Speaking of sumps

    in Reef Keeping

    Posted

    Just my 2 cents here...

    I think that's a sweet looking sump... and way to small for your system.

    30x12x16 = 25 gal. and as a sump your going to want to leave overflow room.

    You'll get ~ 20 gal. of water added to your system at best with this sump.

    Again, just my 2 cents.

    Reeftopia Order

    in Group Orders

    Posted

    Have to cancel the reeftopia order.

    I figured doing this through an LFS would at least double the price.

    Wrong!!!

    I stopped by River City and Carlos made me "an offer I couldn't refuse".

    I'd much rather "support my local sherrif" whenever possible.

    He ordered today for tomorrow delivery.

    I'm sure he'd be happy to add to it.

    Give him a call.

    Sorry for the confusion.

    Pump for Berlin Skimmer

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    I have a Red Sea Berlin Hang On Skimmer, but no pump.

    Got this from a website.

    "Red Sea Berlin skimmer requires pump. Rio 2500 or Rio 3100 is recommended for in sump setup.

    Little Giant 3MDQ-SC or Iwaki 30RLT pump is recommend for external setup."

    Prefer external pump but I've got that "funzaloo" disease so price is important.

    Doesn't need to be the above pumps, just similar specs.

    External pump ~ 600 gph, submersible ~ 850 gph.

    Let me know what'cha got.

    Thanks

    Auto top-off

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    Another option, depending on your setup, is to use a timer with a pump.

    You'd have to figure out how much water is pumped per hour and what you would need, but timers are pretty reliable.

    Auto top-off

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    I'm with you, Gabe.

    I manually fill my Top Off container.

    I never have more water running into the system than can be handled should a problem occur.

    I've spent enough hours with a wet vac in my life already.

    I like the Top Offs that use a powerhead to add water to a system. This way, I can mount the powerhead high enough in my top off barrel where it will run dry if a problem occurs. I'd rather replace a $20 powerhead than wet vac my living room.

    Plumbing on a 135G

    in Off Topic Discussion

    Posted

    If you intend to install two drains instead of one, the results of the calculator cannot simply be halved, because, for example, the cross-sectional area of two 1" pipes is only 1.57" while the area of one 2" pipe is 3.14." In other words, two 1" pipes cannot handle the same amount of water as one 2" pipe, and, in fact, will handle far less. The correct formula to convert the results of the drain calculator for use with two pipes would be: the diameter returned by the calculator is represented by the letter d. sqrt((((d / 2)^2 * pi) / 2) / pi) * 2, so a 2" pipe would equate to sqrt((((2 / 2) ^ 2 * pi) / 2) / pi) * 2 = 1.42". Rounding up, two 1.5" pipes could handle the same flow as one 2" pipe.

    Ok, unless you are a math freak, you probably tuned out pretty quickly on the last paragraph. That's okay, there is a good rule of thumb that alleviates the need for the mathematics. All that needs to be done is to reduce one standard PVC size down from the results of the calculator and you should be safe. In other words, one 1.5" pipe could be replaced with two 1.25" pipes. Two 1" pipes could replace one 1.25" pipe. Even better would be to use two drains of the size recommended, which would allow one to be completely clogged, but the system could still handle the full flow without missing a beat.

    Got this off the reefkeeping magazine website.

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