Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

[HondaB20B]

Sounds good. Check out some other bulb combinations for more par and better colour. Theres a guy over in reefcentral who has tested most of the bulbs and he gives good recommendations. His name is grim reefer i think.

hahah....................... when i finish set up, i'll fiddle around with the lights. thanks. will give you a buzz tom.

[rmtuner]

Ok fishy tuners long time me eh post a vid.
So here is an update on me pond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

[netsket]

where can i get a 6ft length of styrofoam? I getting shorter lengths to make up the 6ft but I prefer a whole 6ft length. Where in south or central can I get this? I checked Nature's World and St Joseph Poultry already

[HondaB20B]

you can get a 6X4 ft sheet any thickness by bhagwansings hardware. if you want a specific size cut, i hear thermal impact, they behind mustapha eng in chaguanas by d firestation. heard they even cheaper

[haterforever]

got a fairly new fish tank for sale for those interested...20 x 10 x 12
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=332155

[ryan99tt]

Fishman, nice setup dude...giv we sum of the price yuh pay for dem stuff nah, like d vortex dem...

[HondaB20B]

the vortech powerheads are about 400-440 US.
ryan, yuh get yuh chiller down yet??

[sharkman121]

Was watching the vortech powerheads earlier on today
http://cgi.ebay.com/ECOTECH-MARINE-VORT ... 4367wt_911


Have a look at this guys reef tank as well
http://www.melevsreef.com/280g.html

[Fishman]

You can also get them used on reefcentral. That's where i got a couple of mine. You need to have at least 50 posts on that site though before the seller/buyer part of the forum is usable.

Sharkman.... bad news about Melev's tank boy. It sprung a leak and is down now. Good news is he is upgrading to an even bigger better tank!
You can follow his build over at www.reefaddicts.com , he also is one of the owners of that website.

[shotta 20]

Has anyone here successfully bred parrot-fish ? (Not the marine specie)

[HondaB20B]

ey sharkman, yuh click on de sump he have?

[ryan99tt]

HondaB20B, i hav 2 go and collect dat chiller dis weekend...

Fishman, how much u got them for used? are they working gd?

[sharkman121]

^ boi wen i start to see ting so by ting so... meh head start to hut meh yes.


But seriously.... why is that powerhead $444.00 US
ah mean cmonnn!!!

[sharkman121]

I have a custom hood, can i just by the vho ballasts and bulbs and install in the hood for myself?

[rmtuner]

Sharkman121,
That is what I did with my 4ft jebo tank. I took out the regular lights and installed some VHO power compacts. Just buy the Retrofit kit.
But now I changing over to LEDS.

I have a custom hood, can i just by the vho ballasts and bulbs and install in the hood for myself?

[shotta 20]

Anyone has small goldfish to sell?
Looking for approx 30 - 40

[Fishman]

HondaB20B, i hav 2 go and collect dat chiller dis weekend...

Fishman, how much u got them for used? are they working gd?

If I remember correctly around US 300. They are great!! I have not had any problems.

[Fishman]

^ boi wen i start to see ting so by ting so... meh head start to hut meh yes.


But seriously.... why is that powerhead $444.00 US
ah mean cmonnn!!!

The price is high for a few reasons.
1) Its not really a power head. More a wavemaker. It creates random flow by changing its speed. Other powerheads are just on or off. Plus all the vortechs on a tank talks to each other so while one is speeding up on one side the other is slowing down.
2) Unlike other powerheads there are no wires or motor in the tank, just the propeller. The motor is on the outside and drives the prop by magnetism. I.E. no heat added to the water.

Random flow is not really important to soft coral tanks but it is extremely important for a SPS set up.

The other brand that is good at this is Tunze but the price is basically the same.

[Fishman]

I have a custom hood, can i just by the vho ballasts and bulbs and install in the hood for myself?

Sharkman retrofitting is easy, but I advise you look into T5's instead of VHO's or power compacts. The VHO's are good for Actinic's but for Par (Light intensity) T5's are much better due to footprint. Also T5's have many more variations of color to choose from so you can tailor your set up to suit your taste.

[sharkman121]

I have a custom hood, can i just by the vho ballasts and bulbs and install in the hood for myself?

Sharkman retrofitting is easy, but I advise you look into T5's instead of VHO's or power compacts. The VHO's are good for Actinic's but for Par (Light intensity) T5's are much better due to footprint. Also T5's have many more variations of color to choose from so you can tailor your set up to suit your taste.

Thanks man, will look into it.

[HondaB20B]

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/show ... p?t=255058

[HondaB20B]

ey fishman, i did the finishing up of the piping works on underside of tank. I think i'm about 85% completed on it. Need some info/advise. The chiller recommends a flow rate of 317-793 gp/h. The pump i'm running is the magdrive 24 (2400 gp/h @ 0 head). what i want to know is how do i run the line from the pump, leading to the chiller. Do i run a tee fitting (with ball valve on either side) where 1 leads to the main tank, and the other runs to the chiller (which is trottled down by use of the ballvalve) and is dumped back into the refuge or pump area? Or do i run a 2nd pump just to pump into the chiller and dumps back into the refuge. I actually have a brand new magdrive 5 (500 gp/h) which i can use for this. Now i know the drawback in this is the additional pump will add some heat. some advise will be of great help................ thanks

[HondaB20B]

found this....... http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/newbie/index.php

[sharkman121]

luv it...cuz i was gonna ask u how exactly to set up my sump

[HondaB20B]

you might have to get a pump for it now

[sharkman121]

yeh i know but i studying the plumbing, i wanna do it good the first time.

[HondaB20B]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/plumbing_faq.php

[HondaB20B]

http://cnidarianreef.com/G180/equipment.php


http://www.zubbie.com/reef/240g/default.htm

[sharkman121]

I calculated the sump volume at roughly 20gallons using the dimensions.

what ghp sump pump should i use for this. A 350gph maybe?

What size were u running on yr sump dean?

[HondaB20B]

remember a 350gp/h pump aint go do nothing. you forget to calculate head height, elbows, valves and other fitting and how far away its actually going to be. your pressure drop will be alot. i calculated mine at 43gal. the pump i have is a 2400gp/h using 1" pvc pipe with 4 inlets. the floor to the top of my tank is 7ft