Recent content by snyderju

Lol no offense taken I just think these lights need a little more positivity :) Your tank is looking pretty sweet so far!

Looking good! I will say however there are a few of us on here that love our "crappy" Marineland Reef Capable fixtures. We have ours over a 29 gallon though and it gets a little better light penetration.

Do you have a Harbor Freight Tools near you? We have them here in the Midwest but I don't know if they are anywhere else or if they have a website. It is essentially an off brand hardware store. They sell pond pumps for super cheap and they get excellent reviews. I'm sure you could find one that...

There is also a Stockman's Standpipe that is similar in design to the HGB and I tried that as well. The HGB takes some fine tuning but in my experience, once you get it adjusted well the HGB is far better than the Standpipe design.

Ya, we have the same overflow and if you use the exact sizes for the PVC that he does on that site then it fits in the bulk head snugly. The only thing I changed on mine from his design is the hose coming through the top. I added an air valve on top of the hose. This allows you to fine tune the...

That is the exact site I used for mine. Lots of people go off that design and it works great

Quiets it almost completely and our power has gone out and came back on with no troubles or work on my part. Totally self sustainable besides the occasional cleaning. It also does away with that crappy foam thing it comes with that just traps gunk and can easily clog up causing it to fail. I...

Sump.AVI - YouTube That is the video of the tank towards the end I show the Gurgle Buster I modified it a bit since and I'll post the pic with it.

I have a video of my tank that shows my overflow and gurgle buster let me find it quick

That is very strange. I hooked mine up using flex pipe and those Eshopps overflows use metric fittings so I just friction fit a standard PVC pipe fitting to the bulk head and used hose clamps and PVC cement for the rest and have had no leaks that I know of. How is the noise with yours? Did you...

I use an Eshopps that has a continual siphon. All I do is shut off the power to the return pump and the overflow keeps overflowing until the water level reaches the hole I drilled in my return line to break the reverse siphon. I plug the pump back in when it is done and the overflow siphon...

Thanks!

I'm not a big fan of any crabs. I had some blue legs and a scarlet but all they did was walk over my zoas and make them close up. So annoying to watch so I got frustrated and gave them all to the LFS. I only have 2 tiny ones left in my refugium now. They help keep it clean in there and they...

No problem, it is what everyone is here for. Glad I could help. I look forward to seeing your tank progress. :)

I'm not sure exactly how it will affect your cycle but I think you will be fine there. Like you said, draining the tank now will be much easier than doing it later. You want whatever you put your tank on to be able to safely hold the weight, support the tank on all 4 sides without the tank...