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Dropped one of my tunze 6055,s :crazy: After buying a new tunze 6055 power head and wave controller from my LFS my wife decided she wanted to call into the in laws on the way home :rolleyes: , so me been like a big kid with a new toy I could not wait to get home and try it out, so myself and...

:nod: vinegar will only really get all those stubborn stains :good: If there has been copper treatments used, you could remove the silicone and re seal as R_P said and i second it’s not as difficult as you think :S :lol: . Big C has done a tank build thread some ware on this forum that will...

Hello and welcome to the salty side... :D The first question I will have to ask you, is has your 30g ever had any copper based treatments used in it? If yes then this tank is going to be no good for a reef tank!! :no: If no then I would start by giving it a good clean out with white vinegar...

Now here’s a question for you all... How many of you have left the rubber feet on your return pumps to find they have gone all hard and brittle? Answer Me for 1 and it only took 7 months :crazy: , so there’s no way I am trusting a rubber washer to stop gallons of sea water been dumped on my...

Black for me :good: , the tank I have now is blue and I really regret getting it done that colour :rolleyes: , I find that the slightest bit of dirt {algae} really pops out at you on the blue back ground. I like my back wall to be covered in coralline but it just looks so dirty and crap on a...

It should just work exactly the same as a standard duso, I would think NEMO, What size return pump are you planning on using? I have a ocean runner 3500 running on a 40mm bulk head and I have no problems at all in fact it is super quiet. :good:

Here is some more info for you NEMO hopefully it will be of some help to you if you’re going to be drilling your own holes, http://www.viracon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=188

Very similar to this I think?, Just replace the intake strainer with a 90 and a length of pipe down to the bottom of your weir

Yes you’re right it does look a lot neater to hard pipe!!!!! :good: The only thing I would say though is if you ever need to remove the bulk head for any reason {to clean and re seal a leak ect} then you’re going to have to try to hacksaw the pipe without stress cracking the tank where the...

Once the bulk heads are in place I would then solvent weld 90% of the return into the weir as follows... Strait pipe S/w into the bulk head then a 90 bend S/w on to the top of that then a short length of pipe solvent weld into the 90 to clear the weir then on the end of that short piece of pipe...

Take the bulk head and insert it with the threads sticking down and out the bottom of the tank ,then put the hard plastic washer on{the white one} then the nut and hand tight use silicone to seal inside the weir and outside, don’t use the black rubber washer as it will rot with the salt water...

Quick tip don’t solvent weld the T piece of the duso on to the striate pipe that way you can take it off for cleaning ect :good: {you won’t believe how much crap builds up on the inside of the down flow pipe :crazy: }

Is the sump the "correct" way around? Looking at the pic in post 16 the sump is designed to run from the left side to the right Whilst cycling, can I use a slightly lower salinity? You could always cycle the tank at the lowest end of the recommended S,G scale then once its cycled and you do...

I have just read the full thread and this looks like it’s shaping up to be a really good build, :drool: well done sir I’m tagging along for the ride :good:

it is normal to hard pipe the down flow from the duso and put a valve in line so that the flow can be throttled to help keep the noise from the duso down and the easiest way, and cheapest is to plum this in by going straiten down into the sump without using bends ect, then the return is just...

The fact that your heater is set at 28c and the tank is only at 25.6c suggests to me that your heater will be on 24/7 trying to raise the temp to the set 28c, so there for I would say NO its not big enough, what size heater do you have for mixing water changes? Could you not use that one as the...

You don’t want to forget that at the higher end of the temp ranges the inhabitants metabolic rates rise as temperature rises and this can also increase both their growth rate and waste production which in my opinion cannot be a good thing in a nano tank. Also one other thing to remember is the...

Like morri says there’s not really much use for one in the main display tank But you could use it to air your RO salt mixes for water changes {gas exchange :good: }

Thank you :good: Quick update picky of where the tank is at to date… As you can see in the pic the tank is still suffering from alga issues but I am slowly getting there :rolleyes: and the next additions are currently in quarantine and will be going in the tank within the next 2 -3 weeks...

RO water can be stored for weeks at a time with no problems as long as it’s kept out of direct sun light :good: . With regards to your water change I would heat the water to the required temp then add your salt to the required S.g and air for 24hrs before use {gas exchange} :good:

Wow nice one :hyper: I have got to agree you have got to get a pic up; :good: I can’t wait to see this one What you planning to do with it?

The fact that your ammonia and nitrite are at zero and you have a reading of nitrate suggests that you have had very little to no die off on your live rock and the tank has cycled :good: , but haven said that I would go on the side of caution and I would continue to monitor ammonia to see if...

Whoo hooo a percula :wub: I looked at one of these 2 years back when I decided to get back into marines after a long brake from keeping them but SWMBO said it was way to big :sad: so I had to settle for a D&D24g and that was the biggest mistake she ever made :lol: , now look what’s happened...

:nod: Ditto as morri said I would put the lights on for say 4hrs a day to start off with then slowly build them up over a week or two, to 8 or 9hrs a day, }, and as truck says it will also help with alga :good: Regards john,o

Ditto and like ben has said it would depend on what you’re planning to keep and what size of tank you have. if you’re going to need more than 1x Hd1000 then there are other options out there like the led Eco-Lamps :drool: or if you’re not bothered to much about buying used, you could properly...

As in the title dose s.g affect the performance of the foaming in a skimmer?

D&D here also :good: , I mix for 24hrs + with a venture power head, which is good for keeping the salt particles suspended in the water Colum till they “mix melt in” the venture is also very good for getting large quantities of air into the mix for gas exchange and oxygenation ect Hope this is...

Ok Ph I would say a pH range from 7.8 to 8.5 is an acceptable range for a reef tank, some reef tanks running calcium reactors for e.g. also have problems getting the Ph into the higher end of the ph range due to the Co2 pulling it down but in my opinion these tanks are among some of the nicest...

PENDANT WALL BRACKETS :good: Brackets can be attached to the wall behind the aquarium. The arms of the bracket extend out above the aquarium, and the pendant can be suspended from any of the mounting points. About £40 a set plus post :blink: or you could use brackets that are designed for...

Yep nice to see you back Trod :good: That’s a really nice juvenile royal emporer you have there :drool: , and it will be even better when it grows up I would love a royal emperor angel myself but unfortunately my tank is not big enough :whistle: :hey: {wife runs out room and locks the...

Thanks very much for the kind words there very much appreciated, :good: Unfortunately up’s and down’s are inevitable in this hobby and it just seems as if I am having more downs than up’s at the minute, :rolleyes: and to be honest it has been a massive learning curve for me, :S I have spent...

Umm well a couple of options spring to mind... you could lower the water in the tank and drill the top of the tank Like Ben has said, there’s the hang on refugium, or the option I would properly take if I was in your position would be a over flow box and a custom sump as above for MM, I just...

Likewise drilling every time for the same reasons as Morri I used a 50mm bulk head on the down flow with a hose tail and soft piping down to the sump and in the weir I used a duso :rolleyes: {this is the only thing I would change if I did it again I would use a ken stockman stand pipe next...

Ne probs :good: What size tank are you going to be using as the display tank? And are you planning on getting it drilled

My Light cycle Aquarays on @ 12.30 off at 13.35 {one all blue one blue and white} 150w 14k halide on@ 13.30 0ff at 20.30 Aquarays on @ 20.25 off @ 22.30 Very low blue moon,s {leds} on @ 22.25 off at 12.35 Sump light on 24/7

Nice one, :good: my m8t has the same size tank, and with all the extra space back to front it looks really good I will PM you a link to his thread so you can take a look {his not on this forum unfortunately }

I have taken a look at the mc500 on the tin ter net and some think like this should work with a MM refuge chamber 1 down flow from the main tank in to a filter sock then 4 to 5 inches of live rock rubble along the bottom ,then a piece of egg crate over the top for the deltech mc 500 to sit on...