new skimmer

[Nitroq2]

Everything should be pvc

 

[H@rry]

I think brass is made with copper. Copper *can* kill all your invertibrates (snails, crabs, shrimp, corals, etc.). I found out the hard way when I first started. I was getting my water from copper pipes. Wondered why I couldn't even get a snail to live. When I found out what the problem was the copper had been absorbed into the rock. I wound up cleaning the tank down to the bottom glass and starting over.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Tim,

Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper and as it gets corroded by salt water, a blue green surface layer called patina forms on it to prevent the further corroding. The patina is a copper compound which is not good for our animals as Harry pointed out.

Thank you, TheGriffins, for the info on the valve. The local Ace Hardware here has a 1" one, but it's threaded on one end. I suppose they can order one for me if the other Ace has the right one. I will talk to them. How do you like the mod you did?

Tomoko


Tomoko

 

[timrandlerv10]

yeah, i figured that out after i said 'why...'


so the one at Ace is ALL pvc? threads, gate, everything?

 

[Tomoko Schum]

The whole thing is PVC but the one they had sometime ago was not a slip-slip fitting.

Tomoko

 

[timrandlerv10]

1) Anyone want to buy a gently used gate valve?
2) Do you use slip in all your fittings? I like threads.
3) Why are H@rry and Nitroq2 going to giggle then chastise me for thread fittings?
4) When will I be able to make decisions on my own without having to say 'DOH!' within...lets say 10 days of doing it?

BY THE WAY...that GIANT aptaisa that was front row center of my tank that I was afraid to kill is gone. GONE. One peppermint shrimp is actually larger than the other two now...

(more btw, he is available for rent)

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Nitroq2

It's a Eheim's new needlewheel pump. It has some sort of a wire mesh head on the impeller.

http://homepage.mac.com/moonpod/.Pictures/ATI/DSC04039.jpg

ASM club thread is full of the mod ideas to imitate this type mesh impeller.

Tomoko

 

[TheGriffin]

"my" Ace only has the slip PVC gate valves. Most Ace's are probably diffrent. The mod itself works pretty good. I ended up just doing a 90, then gate valve, then a 90. I didnt put the T in. I also cut part of each 90's ends off to shorten the lenght due to only haveing a small area to work in (remember I im using 1.25 PVC which is a real space hog). I havnt had any problems with flushing by not going with a T. If I do, I'll just drill a hole.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Thank you. I am going to see if I can find the gate valve locally again.

Tomoko

 

[andyjd]

Here is a picture of my config if it helps

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Very nice, Andy. Thank you.

I like the idea of adjusting the out flow without getting my hand (sometimes my sleeve) wet. I won't normally touch the setting, but I have to if I use AquaMend.

Tomoko

 

[andyjd]

Its a lot easier to fine adjust as well, well worth the money i think

 

[timrandlerv10]

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pr...SPlastic&category_name=16117&product_id=16125

or

http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/8528/cid/4366

so if we order them, i'll can do the group order and parcel out. i will, however, round up to the next nearest whole dollar and donate the 'profits' to the humane society

I need two. so i'll order three (i'm always good for breaking one of anything).

 

[andyjd]

I'll have one for a G1x if your ordering