55 Reef on a Budget
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so I had to make two cuts for each one. Alittle off center and then flip it over and run it through again.
Travis L. Stevens
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7924107#post7924107 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adnup
Still waiting for my DIY rock to cure Kure ...or what ever its doing....
Anyway I have a happy eel, two damsels and alot of coraline!
Ya, ya, ya. Tell it to the judge. I'm still waiting, too.
Have a picture of your rocks?
adnup
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Alright so I got tied of the suction cups of my maxi-jet power heads. So here is my first test at a magnet mount. I have already made a better one, thats drying now. But this one works great, I bought the magnets from <a href="http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DX82" target="_blank">K&J Magnetics</a> they shipped FAST.....
but anyway here are the pics:
Mr Damsel was being a ham....
but anyway here are the pics:
Mr Damsel was being a ham....
reefrubble
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adnup, I like your new mag mounts. When are you going to start on the skimmer ? I know this is an on a budget thread ,so cost is a factor. Ted
Travis L. Stevens
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Because the tank is drilled, it will drain until the water level is below the top of the built in overflow. If there wasn't a built in overflow, it would drain to the bottom of the bulkhead. If it was a syphon overflow, it would drain like the first option, but once the pump started back up, it would flood your tank. Unless you add some sort of automatic syphon starter (IE pumps, hoses, etc.)
Thanks Travis, i guess what i meant was. The inlet back into the tank is at the almost at the same level as the outlet but does not have the overflow weir in place, so i guess the tank would just empty to the level of the inlet hole back into the sump?
But looking back at the first pictures, the inlet a is a little higher than i thought, so there would be little drainage?
Travis L. Stevens
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OOOoohhh.. You mean a back syphon? I'm not too sure what adnup is going to do about back syphon. Well, adnup? What are you going to do about it?
adnup, I just ordered my new top trim piece for my 55g because the middle bar broke from the number you provided, thanks! Can you go over how you replaced it again? I wasn't sure when you said about using a dremmel to cut something it the middle. and how did you mount the new one on.
adnup
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The tank will drain until the return line is out of the water. I set the water level in the sump so that there is enough room for that volume of water to fit in the sump without overflowing. As fas as power being restored the return pump just fills the tank until it runs into the overflow, then that fill until the drain starts and all is good again.
Living in Florida I'm aware of power outages
adnup
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The tank will drain until the return line is out of the water. I set the water level in the sump so that there is enough room for that volume of water to fit in the sump without overflowing. As fas as power being restored the return pump just fills the tank until it runs into the overflow, then that fill until the drain starts and all is good again.
Living in Florida I'm aware of power outages
adnup
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I found it to be easy this way, not that its the right way
I just used a cut off wheel on my dremel and cut right down the top center of the trim then used a gasket scraper(and flat screwdriver would work) and pryed it off. Some big pieces and some were little...
To put it on I used silicone(lots) and filled the channel on the new trim and squished it on. Let it dry a couple of days and your good to go!
or even some mag mounts to fund it. :bum:
Travis L. Stevens
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I'm not sure how much it would cost, but you could do it yourself. It's really easy.
