Random Flow Generator Show Off Thread - Show us your Tank!

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n1ng said:
I order mine shipped to TO. Shipping is about 10usd. Shipped using USPS, no brokerage. For me, no duty or taxes when received. Shipping was really fast, but the package was held at customs for about two weeks!

Great product, using it on my IM Lagoon 25.

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Glad your order made it to you. We have pretty good luck getting the international orders out to their destination. Makes me wonder though, if the Customs guys aren't trying it out on their tanks first, before sending the RFGs on their way :-)
 
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Got mine this past Friday. It is on the output of a SeaSwirl.
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I have 2 RFGs on my IM25g.

Ever since I had the tank running (November 1, 2017) I have had microbubbles. Every 5 or 6 seconds i can see a whole bunch of bubbles being shot out of my nozzles. Recently I have been on a mission to find the culprit and stop it.

I have gone through every reason for them, from the skimmer being broken in to a leak in my lines/equipment to even water dropping to high down into my middle chamber creating bubbles that get thrown into the main display, but I think it has always been the RFG nozzles doing it.

Today I replaced them with my original nozzles, and the bubbles stopped almost instantly. My display is clear as it has ever been.

Any reason why this might be happening. My RFG nozzles were well below the water and I upgraded to the Sicce 1.5 pump (360gph)...

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Colin Levy said:
I have 2 RFGs on my IM25g.

Ever since I had the tank running (November 1, 2017) I have had microbubbles. Every 5 or 6 seconds i can see a whole bunch of bubbles being shot out of my nozzles. Recently I have been on a mission to find the culprit and stop it.

I have gone through every reason for them, from the skimmer being broken in to a leak in my lines/equipment to even water dropping to high down into my middle chamber creating bubbles that get thrown into the main display, but I think it has always been the RFG nozzles doing it.

Today I replaced them with my original nozzles, and the bubbles stopped almost instantly. My display is clear as it has ever been.

Any reason why this might be happening. My RFG nozzles were well below the water and I upgraded to the Sicce 1.5 pump (360gph)...

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Generally, if the RFG Nozzles are pulling air and creating bubbles, it's due to not being low enough. However, your photos clearly show them low enough below the surface, so without seeing a video, it's hard to tell exactly what the issue may have been. The nozzles themselves do not create bubbles on their own, unless they draw in air.

I do see an MP10 on the side wall of you tank - I have seen where wave makers create a standing wave in the tank, and effectively lower and raise the water level as the wave travels the length of the tank. this in turn, intermittently lowers the water level over the nozzle causing the RFG to briefly be too high in the water column, and intermittently draw in air.

if you don't mind, PM me a video and we can take a look and see what's going on.
 
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Vivid Creative Aquatics said:
very nice looking tank - looks like an Innovative Marine? What size and are you running the two RFGs?
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Indeed. Innovative Marine 25 gallon Lagoon. I am using two RFG nozzles with the drop adapter, powered by a MJ1200 with the Y hose. Works really well. I like it a lot.
 
Do you make a nozzle to slip fit on 3/4" pvc? Looks like just the 1" eh?
 
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braappn said:
Do you make a nozzle to slip fit on 3/4" pvc? Looks like just the 1" eh?
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Right now just the 1in RFG that has the slip-fit fitting. The ther are design to attach directly to genuine loc-line. However, send us a photo of you setup and what you're trying to do via PM and maybe we can come up with a solution.
 
saf1 said:
@Vivid Creative Aquatics do you make a male threaded or is it slip only. Sea Swirls are threaded and I really don't want to extend further out than what I have to. I would be interested for my 1" Sea Swirls if so.
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We don't have a 1in thread version of the RFG, but we are working on a better solution for the 1in Sea Swirl to help reduce the amount they stick out for another member. So stay tuned. :-)
 
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My girlfriend remembered me mentioning I wanted this for my new RS reefer nano last year, while reading this thread. She got me the random flow generator and the adapter for Christmas, along with a Ecotech battery backup for the mp10. Bless her heart!

Needless to say, I was ecstatic, more so for the RFG nozzle. I will post some pics and videos later, but I am very impressed with this for the past month. I had a plan to buy another mp10 to generate random flow but will probably just upgrade my return pump as I believe the RFG + 1 mp10 is quite enough for the nano.

I do have question though, is there a way I can install two RFG nozzles on the nano, so I can point them different directions? A split adapter may be? Would that even work?
 
doodledreads said:
@Vivid Creative Aquatics

My girlfriend remembered me mentioning I wanted this for my new RS reefer nano last year, while reading this thread. She got me the random flow generator and the adapter for Christmas, along with a Ecotech battery backup for the mp10. Bless her heart!

Needless to say, I was ecstatic, more so for the RFG nozzle. I will post some pics and videos later, but I am very impressed with this for the past month. I had a plan to buy another mp10 to generate random flow but will probably just upgrade my return pump as I believe the RFG + 1 mp10 is quite enough for the nano.

I do have question though, is there a way I can install two RFG nozzles on the nano, so I can point them different directions? A split adapter may be? Would that even work?
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Aquarium gifts for Christmas? You're a lucky guy ;-)
Thanks for the positive review.

The easiest way to split the return in your nano is to add a loc-line Y adapter. All of our adapters that attach to the RFG Nozzles are also compatible with genuine loc-line. We offer a full set of loc-line fittings and connections directly form our website.
https://vividcreativeaquatics.com/product-category/loc-line/
 
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