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First, I apologize for not saying this is an awesome build!
YOU!! Are my hero, Blitzie.
I just cut a 45 and brought the pipe level up to about 1/2 and I restarted 5x in a row on the first shot. The secondary drain never had to go into full siphon mode. You have no idea how happy you just made me. This has been driving me crazy. I cut my pumps when I feed, so I needed to manually purge the air daily.
Avasquez, I run sockless. My DT split drains into a fuge and a FT that then both dump into my sump. My sump is a 125g show tank 6' long and I have an almost 3' empty section that functions as a settling tank. I periodically sweep that with a brine shrimp net of any detritus. Some makes it into the next chamber with my Skimmer, but almost none in the final return chamber.
I want any escaped nutrients from the DT to feed my fuge and FT and in turn want any pods from those tanks to make their way to the DT. Socks muck all that up....and I hate cleaning them. I wouldn't say I have polished looking water, but it's pretty clear and I don't have any nutrient or algae problems (nitrates <.5 and phosphates .02).
YOU!! Are my hero, Blitzie.
I just cut a 45 and brought the pipe level up to about 1/2 and I restarted 5x in a row on the first shot. The secondary drain never had to go into full siphon mode. You have no idea how happy you just made me. This has been driving me crazy. I cut my pumps when I feed, so I needed to manually purge the air daily.
Avasquez, I run sockless. My DT split drains into a fuge and a FT that then both dump into my sump. My sump is a 125g show tank 6' long and I have an almost 3' empty section that functions as a settling tank. I periodically sweep that with a brine shrimp net of any detritus. Some makes it into the next chamber with my Skimmer, but almost none in the final return chamber.
I want any escaped nutrients from the DT to feed my fuge and FT and in turn want any pods from those tanks to make their way to the DT. Socks muck all that up....and I hate cleaning them. I wouldn't say I have polished looking water, but it's pretty clear and I don't have any nutrient or algae problems (nitrates <.5 and phosphates .02).
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Thank you @choff!
Thumbs up to @Blitzie!YOU!! Are my hero, Blitzie.
I just cut a 45 and brought the pipe level up to about 1/2 and I restarted 5x in a row on the first shot. The secondary drain never had to go into full siphon mode. You have no idea how happy you just made me. This has been driving me crazy. I cut my pumps when I feed, so I needed to manually purge the air daily.
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first snag... ball valves are too close together, easy fix just turn the middle one upside down.
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Wowww. No cutting corners here. Thanks for sharing, it's looking really nice.
first snag... ball valves to close together, easy fix just turn the middle one upside down…
Why are these returns/supplies not labeled .... Muhahahahahaha :smile:
Geek! lol
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[emoji106] That's looking good
Alex is still a geek though!
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Almost ready...
Promised myself I would only use 45's and no 90's... maybe I should have used some 90's lol...
Lowe's loves my business... lol
Promised myself I would only use 45's and no 90's... maybe I should have used some 90's lol...
Lowe's loves my business... lol
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