Recent content by thhardin

bar, I have not tried that specific pump, but I do own 2 sequense pumps and think they are great pumps. I have a 3600pro21 and a 3200seq20. Both are pressure pumps as identified by the max head pressure (21 & 20). They are energy efficient, quiet, and have had a few years with no cleaning...

Hi all, I am considering purchasing a copperband butterfly for my 180 reef in order to eliminate a HUGE outbreak of aeptasia. I am looking for suggestions, as I had one a couple of years ago for the same problem, and it died about 5 months after the problem was eliminated. It definately took...

Watto, I noticed from the thread that you went from 1.020 to 1.025 in less than two days. Also a big PH swing in a short time period. All corals react differently, but I have had to do big salinity increases due to "emergency" situations, and quite a few corals looked dead for a day or two...

Well, I did it... I called Andy @ MyReefCreations.com and ordered a tank today. I ordered the 16" cube. He is sending me the cube with the overflow structure and bulkhead not installed. I will verify the location of the overflow (left or right) and glue it up myself. This way, I can deal...

Hello Nano Reefers! A few years ago I purchased a 7.5 gallon Bowfront for my wife. She has had a good time learning about reefkeeping, but has been laxed about maintainence. Can't blame her, as this little tank requires constant upkeep to stay on top of it! Anyway, I fear her system is...

That is too bad, sorry to hear that. They are beautiful fish. I just lost mine tonight after a few months. As I said before, I could not get him to eat anything. At least Rainman was buying a specimen that he had observed feeding in a LFS. I had purchased mine via internet during an...

Good luck. At least you have had an opportunity to put it on hold and watch it for a while. They are a beautiful fish! You will not have a problem with Aiptasia! Keep us posted.

You might also want to make sure the copperband you are purchasing will eat a prepared food. I purchased one on-line, and it eliminated about 1,000 aptasia within a week. It also eliminated every tiny feather duster I had (hundreds of them). Since all of this is gone, I now realize I can not...

Do you think putting the gate valve after the heater would work?

And yes, she is a wonderful wife!

The pump and heater will be in my basement. I do not want the additional plumbing upstairs at the tank. I was thinking I could run some sort of "crossover" a few feet from the pump output with a gate valve, then back into the return line. If I did this, I am unsure how I would be able to...

My wife purchased a sequense 3200seq21 for me for X-mas to serve as a pump for the two sea-swirls she also bought me for a closed loop system. I wanted a large sequense pump in order to be able to replace my main circulation pump 3500Seq21 in case it failed. I am curious if I could somehow...

ANy suggestions?

Chris, I also have the AGA 180 reef ready. I have a 100G sump and 100G refugium in the basement. What I have learned about the AGA tanks is that you can not run much flow through the returns. I have a Sequense pump returning about 1200GPH (guess) to the tank and I am at the limits on the...

I have built a 180 gal reef system. Initially, I purchased (3) PFO 400watt MH w/ Ushio 10K's, (2) Icecap 660's with (2) 72" actinic VHO's and (2) 72" Daylight VHO's. I wanted the flexibility to keep SPS, Clams and softies, so I wanted a lot of flexibility in the system. All together this is...