redwinger02
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Don't second guess your recirc needle wheel. They are IMO the best money can buy as long as they have the right pumps on them.
Becketts are great to but don't let them make you think yours is inferior.:lol:
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Don't second guess your recirc needle wheel. They are IMO the best money can buy as long as they have the right pumps on them.
Becketts are great to but don't let them make you think yours is inferior.:lol:
redwinger02
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Also because it is the older technology and they have been around much longer than recircs.
falcon41176
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ozone will kill Chaeto
NoSchwag
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Could someone please post a video of a clean recirc needlewheel skimming wet???
Here's a video of my becket..
http://media.putfile.com/Wet-skimming-with-a-becket
Here's a video of my becket..
http://media.putfile.com/Wet-skimming-with-a-becket
redwinger02
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7079688#post7079688 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Wiskey
I love my MR-2
You know Redwinger, we can't have nearly as much fun over here.
Whiskey
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redwinger02
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Nope I have better things to do than take videos of my skimmer. I know it works and that is all that matters.
Sullyman
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What to take into consideration for the bottom of the tank when going bare bottom? Is cutting board the only way to go? I have a neighbor who installs protective plastic on cars, was wondering if this material would be siutable for bare bottom tanks? He is checking with the manufacturer about what they use for the adhesion and how it cures.
MiddletonMark
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Sullyman, consider that there's a lot of UV from our MH - I know many choose starboard/marinaboard as it's UV protected.
Personally, I wonder about the water chemistry's interaction with stuff - which given the amount of $$ I've put into my tank - has me liking starboard [or currently 100% bare].
Personally, I wonder about the water chemistry's interaction with stuff - which given the amount of $$ I've put into my tank - has me liking starboard [or currently 100% bare].
NoSchwag
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7080197#post7080197 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by redwinger02
Nope I have better things to do than take videos of my skimmer. I know it works and that is all that matters.
cmon, please??
You did this..
http://thereeftank.com/forums/showpost.php?p=641739&postcount=60
What's the difference? I'm pretty sure your camera can take a 10 sec. video clip and it'll only take 5 min to upload it. We both have time to sit on a BB board waiting for new posts, don't you think a video to help people tune their skimmers is time better spent?
Honestly, If a recirc needlewheel can perform like that, I will sell my wonderful MR2 tomorrow and pick one up. I would happily trade in the heat, noise, and power consumption of this skimmer, but not at the cost of performance.
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RCS
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I'm not sure I agree with this statement. Just because you can do things other ways doesn't necessarily mean they're as good or natural.
One of the reasons I like my sand bed is simply because of what it produces: lots of microfauna and food for organisms in my tank. Living creatures like 'pods, mysids, bristleworms, etc. serve the dual purpose of providing a natural food source/supplement while keeping the tank clean at the same time by consuming excess food and waste. Frozen or prepared foods just can't do that. I can't imagine that my current little group of baby Banggai cardinals would grow as fast as they are with NO feeding in a barebottom tank. At about 4 weeks most of them are right at an inch now. Prepared foods are just that-prepared-and generally add excess wastes into the water (ash, processing agents, etc.).
I also like my sand for the purpose of denitrification. I don't stock my sandbed with anything other than the natural tiny critters that inhabit it. There's a multitude of 'pods, snails, mini-stars, worms, etc. that inhabit my sand bed. Nothing larger that disturbs the bed any more than that. Nitrates and phopshates are at zero after two years with no water changes, so I believe it's really more than just a pretty face.
The other tidbit of information I picked up along the way, and I honestly don't recall where I read it (but it was a reliable source from what I recall, otherwise I'd have questioned it) is that most of your nitrification and denitrification takes place in the first quarter-inch of your sand bed. Which is one reason why I don't run a deep sand bed any more. Grain size on play sand is perfect, it's cheap, it doesn't compact like aragonite can, and it's served me well for nearly 6 years now in various tanks.
If you like doing constant maintenance, lots of water changes, testing, etc etc., then more power to you. I'm lazy.
MiddletonMark
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Funny that people can aesthetically ignore:
overflows,
the back/side/front glass,
canopies,
powerheads,
all sorts of things [PVC from closed loop, PVC racks, eggcrate] ...
But there's gotta be sand on the bottom, or else aesthetics are ruined. I guess I don't get how one `doesn't see' the overflow, yet cannot help but focus on the bottom.
To me, having the corals distract from whatever substrate [or lack of] is the point. I don't grow Acropora so I can look at the sandbed, so that the focus is on anything but them.
And in the tanks I find stunning, I spend about 1% of the time looking at the substrate - not something I'd miss either way.
overflows,
the back/side/front glass,
canopies,
powerheads,
all sorts of things [PVC from closed loop, PVC racks, eggcrate] ...
But there's gotta be sand on the bottom, or else aesthetics are ruined. I guess I don't get how one `doesn't see' the overflow, yet cannot help but focus on the bottom.
To me, having the corals distract from whatever substrate [or lack of] is the point. I don't grow Acropora so I can look at the sandbed, so that the focus is on anything but them.
And in the tanks I find stunning, I spend about 1% of the time looking at the substrate - not something I'd miss either way.
RCS
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Agreed Mark...just playing Devil's Advocate for a bit. :lol: Besides that, I've seen some great tanks with a false sand bottom as well. Acts like BB but looks like sand.
Exactly the reason WHY my next tank will either have corner overflows or will be an All-Glass 180g, so there's room for aquascaping in front of them. As it is right now, the 155 bow has piles of rock in front of both overflows, but there's simply not enough room to stack it like I'd like with the curve-in.
I don't run any powerheads in my tank, nor do I have a canopy. It's open-topped with pendants and a very nicely-decorated shelf holding them up (compliments of the gf). My plumbing is more or less invisible as it's all black and near the top of the tank in the back, so you have to really look to see it.
Of course, all the eggcrats and plastic containers with crushed coral and frags in them takes away a bit!
Exactly the reason WHY my next tank will either have corner overflows or will be an All-Glass 180g, so there's room for aquascaping in front of them. As it is right now, the 155 bow has piles of rock in front of both overflows, but there's simply not enough room to stack it like I'd like with the curve-in.
I don't run any powerheads in my tank, nor do I have a canopy. It's open-topped with pendants and a very nicely-decorated shelf holding them up (compliments of the gf). My plumbing is more or less invisible as it's all black and near the top of the tank in the back, so you have to really look to see it.
Of course, all the eggcrats and plastic containers with crushed coral and frags in them takes away a bit!
