Easily Distracted
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How about T-ing off your GenX to your skimmer also. I was getting the impression you are going to do a gravity feed on it. Might as well use some of that abundant power from the GenX for the skimmer, too.
Who will share an evil laugh with me?
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Mike,
I'm expecting some large flow rates in my 40 breeder also. I have a 1.5" durso and this is what I did for the overflow:
- Photobucket - much better...
I'm expecting some large flow rates in my 40 breeder also. I have a 1.5" durso and this is what I did for the overflow:
Iammatt219
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is that eggcrate blue or is that just lighting? If it is blue where did you get it
Looks much better than white IMO
Looks much better than white IMO
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That's the lighting from my camera/phone. It doesn't matter, though. It will be pink/purple soon enough. I might be able to paint it purple camo with the PVC cleaner like I did on the Durso. Hmmmmm.
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muhahahahaha
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It's John. Thanks for the offer, but I had the white already and it's already siliconed in place. I might ask for some in the future, though. The acryllic was some left over pieces I had from when I made my sump/fuge. Jarhead picked them up in the city for me a while ago. I think it was an art supply store, but I can't remember the name. I bought a bunch of precut sheets.
Oh, BTW. Mine is made of clear acrylic because that's what I had left. It's not as nice as the black, but I plan on having it covered in coraline.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6899715#post6899715 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Easily Distracted
Mike,
I'm expecting some large flow rates in my 40 breeder also. I have a 1.5" durso and this is what I did for the overflow:
- Photobucket - much better...
Can you slide that eggcrate in and out for cleaning?
Corpus Callosum
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Brad, another RC member helped me with this since I don't have the tool to cut the teeth, Melev helped me out and I just paid him for the precut acrylic... and though I did silicone it in, the 3 individual pieces were glued together with Weldon 40. I need to buy some more of it for when I glue together my precut skimmer (I'm a RC whore, spazz is helping me with this one).
I just got a filter sock from Tony for the overflow return to the sump and aside from catching a lot of gunk its helping with the microbubbles a lot as well. Once I have some baffles in and redo the sump, I don't expect much microbubbles at all. I will also add a T and ball valve to the output of the GenX pump so that a small bit of it's power can be used to feed my skimmer. This will also tone down the main tank turbulence a bit and lower the overflow volume a bit also.
So until I setup my next 40 gallon sump with baffles and this 20 gallon sump gets turned into a nice seagrass refugium, I'm letting out my last evil laugh for this thread... muahahaahha
I just got a filter sock from Tony for the overflow return to the sump and aside from catching a lot of gunk its helping with the microbubbles a lot as well. Once I have some baffles in and redo the sump, I don't expect much microbubbles at all. I will also add a T and ball valve to the output of the GenX pump so that a small bit of it's power can be used to feed my skimmer. This will also tone down the main tank turbulence a bit and lower the overflow volume a bit also.
So until I setup my next 40 gallon sump with baffles and this 20 gallon sump gets turned into a nice seagrass refugium, I'm letting out my last evil laugh for this thread... muahahaahha
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Those holes are like 1/2" square each. I wasn't planning on having to remove it. It's just siliconed in, so I could just pull it off and make a bracket if I end up needing to remove it periodically.
BTW- Brad- I was able to coraline-camo the eggcrate with the PVC prep.
