Powerhead came loose..

Stephany

Stephany

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The water isn't too cloudy, but quite a bit of sand did get blown around.

pH is 8.0, (usually 8.2 on the dot)
Salinity is 1.026
agh! showing 10 nitrates

I already have 20 gallons of saltwater already mixed up and ready.
I'm about to do a water change, should I do one daily? Or should I not do a 20 gallon water change? Too much?
Any suggestions?

Thaank you... ~!
 
A 50% water change seems like too much to me. Your bacteria and algaeââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s should take care of the nitrates. The slight PH drop may be due to higher CO2; I would try and encourage oxygenation (power head pointed at the surface etc).

I always keep something on my power heads cords so that if they fall they can only fall so far. I had one fall and blast a Xenia colony, pretty much killing it but the power head was not able to blast the sand. Works for me :)
 
I've never been able to figure out how to use the hangers for any of my powerheads (maxijet 1200 or RIO SIEO 1100) The lip of the tank is too large. Am I dumb, do I not have the right hangers, or do I need to motify the tank lip? (note: More than one choice might be correct) The tank is an all-glass 125 rr.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6896154#post6896154 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dgodwin
I've never been able to figure out how to use the hangers for any of my powerheads (maxijet 1200 or RIO SIEO 1100) The lip of the tank is too large. Am I dumb, do I not have the right hangers, or do I need to motify the tank lip? (note: More than one choice might be correct) The tank is an all-glass 125 rr.
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This is the Seio mod I have done this mod and it is the best thing I have done to my Seio's

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=525048
 
I agree with using the hangers as much as possible. Also I have the same problem with the Seio's, the thing they give you for hanging the pump on the side of the tank makes absolutely no sense to me! In the past I've used acrylic scraps and weld on to make my own hangers, a lot of the powerheads are not made to be placed on wider lipped tanks.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6896247#post6896247 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by moriartiholmes
Thanks PCIALF, now I have to look and see if I still have all my parts :)
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This mod is fantastic. LMK if you are missing anything I may have some xtra parts
 
Stephanie,
The same thing happened to me last summer three days in a row! I came home from work and the power head was in the sand bed. I shut off all the powerheads until the sand settled down and then did a 10% water change every day until the nitrates came down. I now have the powerheads secured on the sides of the tank using by using the holder that came with the maxijets but they wouldn't fit on the tank so I drilled a small hole in the rim of the tank (the plastic part) and use a plastic screw to hold them in place.

Good luck.

Carrie
 
I can not find it but in another forum I was reading where they reccomend buying cheap magna floats and super clueing the powerheads to them. I have been thinking of trying this because than I can move them with ease whenever I need to.When I get the energy to give it a try lol I will let you know how it works. Good luck Scott
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6896154#post6896154 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dgodwin
The lip of the tank is too large.
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How wide is the lip on your aquarium?
The lip on my 225 is 1.25" wide and the standard MJ hanger clips right over it....
 
ech... thanks for all the help you guys... I guess I won't do such a large water change.

You know, I hate it when I go to fix one thing, and find something else wrong....
I discovered some of my plumbing is not glued together, just "slip-fitted" with teflon tape, even though there's no threads.
*sigh*
I've cut the flow from the main tank to the sump.... I don't know.... gonna see if I can figure something out..
 
stephany i bought those plastic tubular filers for polishing water and attached them there about 8 inches long, i took the filters out that were inside so it wouldnt ever get clogged and then i would have to replace them, then i moved the rock to form around the whole thing, i did this on both sides and the powerheads were shooting through the rocks, you couldnt even see them...but never had to worry if one fell....and i had the same problem with nitrates...the way that i finally fixed it was to remove all filters and since i did that i had 0 nitrates and ammonia and nitites....i was questioning whether or not to even do water changes....just a suggestion...
 
oh i forgot to mentiuon abouot the water change amount....i only did 5 gallon a week...and sometimes that was too much, but then i only had about 20 gallons waqter in the tank....if you did 20 gal change in a 30 gal tank, and you prolly have about 27 gallons water in it due to rocks and sand...i think you will kill things due to temp change and slight salinity change, your snails and starfish might not make it...they are critical to that stuff...20 gallon i would say would be for emergency removal of water, like after a tank crash or something, when everything is already dead....
 
Spoon:
I'm not sure what polishing filters you're speaking of.... ? If you're talking about a sponge that covers the intake of some filters (like my powersweep) they do have to be cleaned often... and they can help from certain types of animals getting sucked up them. There are other mods, like plastic gutter grating to replace them with I've seen...
From everything I've read, water changes are really important... not just for nitrate removal.. mostly for the trace elements and calcium... The reason our saltwater mix has so many different things is because the organisms in our tanks use them.
I changed about 6 gallons, and I'll leave it go for now. Just monitor.
Thanks for the help.
 
heres the attachment for powerheads, they work great with no filters inside these things..i tore one apart and the other is together...aquaclear makes them...
DSCF0182filter.jpg
 
I'm a little late in this response, but regarding supergluing powerheads to magfloats. Won't the vibrations of the head slowly breakdown the glue over a few months?

Then you're back where you started.
 
It may I am not sure.Like I said it was on a another post I saw from get new here. The people that were talking about it claim to have done it for a couple years. I myself have not tried it I probaly will sometime. When I do I will let everyone know how it goes lol. Scott
 
superglue a powerhead to a magfloat...thats sounds crazy...am i reading that right?i personally i just use the wiring coming out from the tank and i isolate them, so they dont move, this way if they do come attached from the suction cups they dont fall into the sand...or you can just rid the powerheads and buy those 345$ magnetic pumps that can pump 3000gph w/36 hour battery backup....
 
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