Pico Reef Tank Build Thread - Lifegard 3.8

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FishyFishFish said:
Have you had any problems with the return pump chamber emptying?

Even with the Sicce Nano on its lowest setting it keeps emptying the chamber and then blows bubbles.

I'm thinking the only ways to fix this is to use a less powerful pump, or grind out the glass in the return slots (which will require me to strip the tank down and start again).

Also, my Sicce Nano rattles. Does yours do the same? The Sicce 0.5 on my Evo is much quieter.
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Had the same issue with my 3.8. I noticed it only happens if the InTank basket is hanging on the baffle. If you allow the media basket to touch the bottom of the chamber, then the return chamber never gets low on water.

Have a Sicce Nano also and it doesn't rattle. It's sitting on the OE foam pad for the Lifegard pump.
 
KK's Reef said:
Had the same issue with my 3.8. I noticed it only happens if the InTank basket is hanging on the baffle. If you allow the media basket to touch the bottom of the chamber, then the return chamber never gets low on water.

Have a Sicce Nano also and it doesn't rattle. It's sitting on the OE foam pad for the Lifegard pump.
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Amazing!

Moving my inTank basket also seems to have solved my levels problem. I can only think that the 'hanger' (if it is indeed a hanger) pulls the basket closer to the wall and then it gets sucked against the baffle, reducing the flow.

The pump also seems to have quietened down as well.
 
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FishyFishFish said:
Amazing!

Moving my inTank basket also seems to have solved my levels problem. I can only think that the 'hanger' (if it is indeed a hanger) pulls the basket closer to the wall and then it gets sucked against the baffle, reducing the flow.

The pump also seems to have quietened down as well.
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Good to hear!
 
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