JapanReef - 450 gallon In-Wall system

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If I understand you - you may have air seeping in some of your joints causing microbubbles and plan to dab some glue - isn't your tank set up with life? Isn't PVC glue very toxic before it cures? Won't the fumes around and also possible some fumes getting sucks in for a second if there are compromises be detrimental to the life?
 
If I understand you - you may have air seeping in some of your joints causing microbubbles and plan to dab some glue - isn't your tank set up with life? Isn't PVC glue very toxic before it cures? Won't the fumes around and also possible some fumes getting sucks in for a second if there are compromises be detrimental to the life?
 
If I understand you - you may have air seeping in some of your joints causing microbubbles and plan to dab some glue - isn't your tank set up with life? Isn't PVC glue very toxic before it cures? Won't the fumes around and also possible some fumes getting sucks in for a second if there are compromises be detrimental to the life?
 
Kent E: I definitely used loads of glue. Enough that it was dripping everywhere. But I'll try your ideas next time. :)

rulesmith & JayS: Don't want to put you off acrylic but if I could do it again and could get a glass tank made to spec here for a si,ilar price then yea, glass is the go. Avoiding your average scratch is simple really but getting microscratches from wiping the front panel with a really soft sponge - what gives?

reefboy1: What are you using to wipe down the acrylic. I have been using a credit card on tough spots but that isn't causing scratches.....

melev: It's barebottom at the moment but will add sand at a later date (after I get the rock). All the loclines are submerged and so are the anti-siphon holes....

rdmpe: Bit of a monster thread and I noticed a few solutions but I'll read it thoroughly.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6579230#post6579230 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnb
If I understand you - you may have air seeping in some of your joints causing microbubbles and plan to dab some glue - isn't your tank set up with life? Isn't PVC glue very toxic before it cures? Won't the fumes around and also possible some fumes getting sucks in for a second if there are compromises be detrimental to the life?
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Good points but I can turn off the return for a few hours....
 
Laurence,

I'm using a magnet to clean the algae off the acylic. So far I haven't caused any damage with that. I don't have any scratches on the outside of the tank, only the inside.

Art
 
Shhhhhhh! I've really been cautious on cleaning and so far no scratches:)... I hope we can all keep them down!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6579557#post6579557 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NexDog
rdmpe: Bit of a monster thread and I noticed a few solutions but I'll read it thoroughly.
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It is a long thread, but once you read the first post, you can pretty much get the point of it. Then you can just skim over some of it, not critical IMO. Or skip to the end and start reading backwards. There are some typical arguments and stuff that need to be ignored :rolleyes:
 
I'm going to try MrSandman's idea:

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If there are still microbubbles after that then I'll go over the joints on the return with PVC glue again.

Good news! My rock is almost ready. They are diving today and tomorrow and wiull be sending me on Sunday! I'm really excited about this because my tank looks dull and uninteresting at the moment.

My flame angel and powder blue or exhibiting the outwards signs of Ich so I've started the drop to hypo. I was holding out for Matt's cardinals but I can always put them in a little 20g to drop down to hypo and then put them in. It would be a bit crowded in there but there's no aggression (right now anyway). Those 2 fish are very skittish so I hope they can hold on the 2 weeks it takes to kill off the parasite. I feed with selcon soaked flake, BBS and blood worms and nori twice a week so there diet is good and they are all eating.
 
laurence, you know what helps me with mico bubbles is filter socks...they do an amazing job of trapping the bubbles in the pouch.



i have them over every one of my drains. little to no bubbles with this easy fix.
 
they do help but the only thing i dont like is that they trap the food & i like the whole tank to get fed
i do use them when i have a meeting :)
 
FWIW,

Be careful with the filter socks. They require constant attention (cleaning). They were causing a PO4 problem, so we stopped using them. Then again we only changed them out once a week. :rolleye1:
 
Grainger Felt water polishing bags

Grainger Felt water polishing bags

I checked Grainer online and it appears that these felt bags have a carbon steel ring attached at the openings. I tried searching for drawstring; but the Grainger search engine did not show these felt bags. Please share which model you were referring too. Thank you.
 
I use the one with poly rings from Grainger, 100 micron , they do have to be changed frequently
 
Thanks, those are the ones I am looking for; however, Grainger has 10 pages dedicated to filter bags and all the ones I have gone through have the galvanized carbon steel rings. Do yo happen to have the Grainger model no. available of the ones with the poly rings? Thank you
 
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