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wow def want to see pics of that when its done!
Lets do this - 225+ reef bar
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Reeftanks6
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Nice pictures.
ReefEnabler
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any luck with the leaking bulkhead??
mcliffy2
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not yet, either the hole is too big or the gasket is warped...I just talked to Savko and they are sending me a replacement gasket, hopefully that will do the trick. The consensus seems to be the gasket is warped.
Now on to the other, and probably more annoying problem. My snapper return is making incredible amounts of noise, which is very likely due to elbow I installed between it and the sump....see the directions don't say anything about not installing an elbow, but then you go to troubleshooting, after its installed and you have a noise problem, THEN it tells you not to put an elbow near the inlet. It might require reorienting the frag tank as I tried to fit it in with a straight run and it just didn't work...which means, oh joy, I get to re-plumb the return...again.
Now on to the other, and probably more annoying problem. My snapper return is making incredible amounts of noise, which is very likely due to elbow I installed between it and the sump....see the directions don't say anything about not installing an elbow, but then you go to troubleshooting, after its installed and you have a noise problem, THEN it tells you not to put an elbow near the inlet. It might require reorienting the frag tank as I tried to fit it in with a straight run and it just didn't work...which means, oh joy, I get to re-plumb the return...again.
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mcliffy2
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wow brandon, you are seriously patient to make it all the way through. 
so good news, the plumbing is fixed. I wrenched the heck out of the bulkhead - know you arent supposed to but it worked. Also got my light hung from the ceiling and will have pics of that up soon.
so the bad news, my snapper is causing a ruckus...I went thru all the troubleshooting for it, and redid my plumbing on the return (again) to eliminate an elbow before the inlet. That greatly increased the flow its putting out, but it still makes a racket. I'm seriously considering purchasing a red dragon - since I live in a loft the noise is particularly annoying, so I think it might be worth it for the silence. (of course that would mean re-plumbing my return, yet again, but by now I'm good at it )
so good news, the plumbing is fixed. I wrenched the heck out of the bulkhead - know you arent supposed to but it worked. Also got my light hung from the ceiling and will have pics of that up soon.
so the bad news, my snapper is causing a ruckus...I went thru all the troubleshooting for it, and redid my plumbing on the return (again) to eliminate an elbow before the inlet. That greatly increased the flow its putting out, but it still makes a racket. I'm seriously considering purchasing a red dragon - since I live in a loft the noise is particularly annoying, so I think it might be worth it for the silence. (of course that would mean re-plumbing my return, yet again, but by now I'm good at it
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ReefEnabler
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out of curiosity, did you try using short lengths of spaflex to and from the ball valve for the snapper?
from what I've heard it makes a big difference.
if you dont have any, I have a shitton of 1, 1.5 and 2" spaflex and I didn't use Id be happy to send a small section.
from what I've heard it makes a big difference.
if you dont have any, I have a shitton of 1, 1.5 and 2" spaflex and I didn't use
Id be happy to send a small section.
FishTruck
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12588741#post12588741 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcliffy2
wow brandon, you are seriously patient to make it all the way through.
so good news, the plumbing is fixed. I wrenched the heck out of the bulkhead - know you arent supposed to but it worked. Also got my light hung from the ceiling and will have pics of that up soon.
so the bad news, my snapper is causing a ruckus...I went thru all the troubleshooting for it, and redid my plumbing on the return (again) to eliminate an elbow before the inlet. That greatly increased the flow its putting out, but it still makes a racket. I'm seriously considering purchasing a red dragon - since I live in a loft the noise is particularly annoying, so I think it might be worth it for the silence. (of course that would mean re-plumbing my return, yet again, but by now I'm good at it
Redoing plumbing is one thing I never look forward to. I finally learned to have a plumbing supply cabinet... so at tleast I don't have to go to menards every time I screw something up!
Looking forward to mroe pics.
glassbox-design
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Mike, you could always plug the bulkhead and run a 2400...
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=5163+5164+12824&pcatid=12824
:eek2: makes me cringe thinking of how large a pain the bulkhead and snapper have been.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=5163+5164+12824&pcatid=12824
:eek2: makes me cringe thinking of how large a pain the bulkhead and snapper have been.
Hey Mike, how loud is that snapper? Thats just your return pump, right? People complain about Mag drives, but I have a mag 18 as my return, and I cant even hear the thing. Maybe its muffled by the insanely loud sound of my overflow though lol. The 18 is too much for a return, so I just put a T in it, so I could recirc it to my skimmer, and send some to my future fuge section.
mcliffy2
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jflip - reeeeeallllly LOUD.
Another question - now that I've got the Reeflo tuned, there is a significant amount of water going through it, and I was told that I shouldnt submerse the output because of the back pressure it would create, but the water crashing is pretty loud, any suggestions for quieting this down?
Another question - now that I've got the Reeflo tuned, there is a significant amount of water going through it, and I was told that I shouldnt submerse the output because of the back pressure it would create, but the water crashing is pretty loud, any suggestions for quieting this down?
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