reefspeak translated: fyi
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rr or r/r---'reef-ready': means that a tank is drilled to accept downflow and return hoses, and that it has a downflow box surrounding these bulkhead fittings. A proper internal downflow box has a 'weir' or grating of teeth to prevent stuff floating over the edge, and a 'double wall', which prevents water from draining from the tank any lower than the bottom of the top weir, even if there is a secondary weir near the bottom. Into the downflow box go pipes that connect to the sump hoses via the bulkhead fittings on the tank itself. Important: whether the rr rig is factory-installed or diy.
diy---as in the rest of the world, means 'do it yourself'. A diy skimmer would be a skimmer created from scratch or 'modded' by a reefer.
mod---'modified'. Or as a noun, a 'mod'. Or verb: 'modding'. To alter a pump or other device for better or more specific performance.
mj or MJ---'Maxijet': a brand of pump. mj's are often 'modded.'
HOB or hob---'hang on back'. A device, often a skimmer or downflow box, hung on the back of the tank and connected by U-tubes. A sump can be connected to a non-reef-ready tank by means of a hob downflow. A Remora is an example of a hob skimmer. There are also hob refugia, etc.
U-tube---a hard tube shaped like a U that is used to link two tanks or a tank and a device. It is started by the user sucking on an airline tubing at the apex of the U to draw water up and over the U. Then the airline is withdrawn and the U-tube will continue to draw until the water level falls below the source-side bottom of the tube. U-tubes are prone to clogs and low water stoppages. Another method of connecting to another tank or device is a 'bulkhead', a piercing of the tank wall and insertion of a 'bulkhead fitting,' which enables things to be screwed on or connected on either side of the opening. Skimmer outflows and external pumps are examples of things usually connected to a sump by bulkhead fittings.
sump---a 'second tank' divided by 'baffles', or panes of glass/acrylic that create a flow pattern of high-low, high low. Water flows by gravity from the 'downflow box' at tank level, to the 'sump inflow chamber', then goes to the next chamber, and the next, and the last, where the 'return pump' drives the water uphill again to the return pipe, which jets it into the display tank. Common things in the sump are: 1. the skimmer and skimmer pump. 2. the heater 3. a refugium, complete with light and macroalgae such as cheatomorpha. 4. the return pump. The sump adds water volume and provides a place for additives to mix more thoroughly before going to the display tank. Its immersed pumps may also contribute quite a bit of heat.
diy---as in the rest of the world, means 'do it yourself'. A diy skimmer would be a skimmer created from scratch or 'modded' by a reefer.
mod---'modified'. Or as a noun, a 'mod'. Or verb: 'modding'. To alter a pump or other device for better or more specific performance.
mj or MJ---'Maxijet': a brand of pump. mj's are often 'modded.'
HOB or hob---'hang on back'. A device, often a skimmer or downflow box, hung on the back of the tank and connected by U-tubes. A sump can be connected to a non-reef-ready tank by means of a hob downflow. A Remora is an example of a hob skimmer. There are also hob refugia, etc.
U-tube---a hard tube shaped like a U that is used to link two tanks or a tank and a device. It is started by the user sucking on an airline tubing at the apex of the U to draw water up and over the U. Then the airline is withdrawn and the U-tube will continue to draw until the water level falls below the source-side bottom of the tube. U-tubes are prone to clogs and low water stoppages. Another method of connecting to another tank or device is a 'bulkhead', a piercing of the tank wall and insertion of a 'bulkhead fitting,' which enables things to be screwed on or connected on either side of the opening. Skimmer outflows and external pumps are examples of things usually connected to a sump by bulkhead fittings.
sump---a 'second tank' divided by 'baffles', or panes of glass/acrylic that create a flow pattern of high-low, high low. Water flows by gravity from the 'downflow box' at tank level, to the 'sump inflow chamber', then goes to the next chamber, and the next, and the last, where the 'return pump' drives the water uphill again to the return pipe, which jets it into the display tank. Common things in the sump are: 1. the skimmer and skimmer pump. 2. the heater 3. a refugium, complete with light and macroalgae such as cheatomorpha. 4. the return pump. The sump adds water volume and provides a place for additives to mix more thoroughly before going to the display tank. Its immersed pumps may also contribute quite a bit of heat.
bump is a word you type when you wish to 'bump' a thread that has sunk to the low end of the list way up to the top---something you think needs attention or an answer. You could type "ice cream" and it would have the same effect, since any new post resets the thread to 'top' of stack, but nobody would know what you meant. "Bump" is innocuous and agreed-upon as "I have nothing to say myself but I think this thread needs to be up front."
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
you betcha.
FWIW Rhodactis is spelled phonetically in that link.
Credit for that site goes to my fellow RC and URSNY member puter (Mark R.)
FWIW Rhodactis is spelled phonetically in that link.
Credit for that site goes to my fellow RC and URSNY member puter (Mark R.)
Faviaphile
New member
Got another. FTS- Full Tank Shot. A pic of your whole tank.
Wow Gary, some of those terms are not even in my reef vocabulary. Thanks. :thumbsup:
WaterKeeper bares a wicked grin thinking, "Wow, pachyclavularia will really confuse some newbie when I use it in one of my threads"
WaterKeeper bares a wicked grin thinking, "Wow, pachyclavularia will really confuse some newbie when I use it in one of my threads"
HPDTurbo---I can't access my first post anymore: it's too old. I'll have to leave it to Waterkeeper to organize all this someday...
sk8r? that's a word-trick: it's pronounced 'skater'. As you see from my sig line, I figure-skate. Patinage, en francais. I don't know what the word is in Spanish.
sk8r? that's a word-trick: it's pronounced 'skater'. As you see from my sig line, I figure-skate. Patinage, en francais. I don't know what the word is in Spanish.
I'll probably see if we want to use all this in the Reef Acronym section on the home page. It has not been updated in ages so I'm sure the rest to the staff will allow the changes.
Meanwhile, keep them coming and their will be a test on all those latin genus names for corals next week.
Meanwhile, keep them coming and their will be a test on all those latin genus names for corals next week.
monicaswizzle
Premium Member
Gutter Guard and lighting grid
Gutter Guard and lighting grid
OK, in Sk8r's original post under carpet surfing he mentions Gutter Guard and lighting grid as preventions. I assume that he means buying these products at the local hardware store and modifying them to make a breathable cover for the tank that allows light and air flow but prevents/discourages carpet surfing. However, it is possible that he is talking about some kind of product that is actually made for the purpose of covering fish tanks. If so, I have never heard of it and would be curious as to what it is and where one would get it.
Clarification anyone?
Thanks!
Gutter Guard and lighting grid
OK, in Sk8r's original post under carpet surfing he mentions Gutter Guard and lighting grid as preventions. I assume that he means buying these products at the local hardware store and modifying them to make a breathable cover for the tank that allows light and air flow but prevents/discourages carpet surfing. However, it is possible that he is talking about some kind of product that is actually made for the purpose of covering fish tanks. If so, I have never heard of it and would be curious as to what it is and where one would get it.
Clarification anyone?
Thanks!
No, I just cut regular Lowe's Gutter Guard where it needs to be a stiff wall to prevent sideways escapes, and tape it on with duct tape, and I cut plastic needlepoint canvas [soft and flexible] where I needed to shape something to cover my pie-slice shaped downflow and several intervening pipe openings---good thing about that is that you can stitch it with fishing line if you have a real determined jumper---you can make it really snug. LIghting grid is good for a total top cover, and your light can sit on it, or hang close to it...in this case, there is a definite up and down, one direction that is friendlier to light passing through. I also saw one enterprising reefer who had string the top of his canopy like a tennis racket---he didn't want the light loss you get with grid, and he didn't want his fish on the carpet. So he made a frame and strung fishing line as a web.
And it keeps the leaves from clogging your sump pump.
monicaswizzle
Premium Member
Thanks for the clarification. Right now I am getting plenty of light through my glass covers, but if summer heat build up becomes an issue I may construct something to allow better cooling without allowing the fish full floor access.
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