Recent content by Mandrake

ok, I like the idea of making one system out of both or would it be better to just add a big sump to the 30 gal and leave the 120 separate

I want to hard plumb my 35 gal on the first floor to my 120 gal directly beneath it in my basement,can I run them both thru one 30 gal sump with one skimmer and one pump?Its about 11 vertical feet,the 120 is not up and running yet,I have a aqua-c180 fed by mag 7 and a 30rlt for my returns the...

I found them, thanks for the info.

I have a glass tank with an 1.5" hole drilled for a return line. Where can I get bulkheads for 3/4" pipe for overflow? I could only find bulkheads for 1/2" pipe on Mcmasters site.The bulkhead I took off the tank had a 3/4" barb type fitting cemented in which was not good for me.

I kept FW years ago,I decided to buy my daughter a 35 gal. for chritmas this past year and I've been totally hooked since,now I've got the 35,a used 120 bought from RDO member off this site and a QT tank.

I have 120 gal. AGA with two 1" overflows,what flow rate will be going to sump? Can you suggest return pump size?

I have made every mistake in the book,wrong tank included but I am hooked big time...now that I am a thousand bucks into it .I have been up for four months, how do you get alk numbers from dkh or is that a seperate test kit? I am flooding myself with books by Sprung,Palletta and Fenner.Say I...

I am a new reefer and have a 30 gal.with 40 lbs live rock,bak pak skimmer,17000k white and 420/460nm actinic lighting and eheim2222 cannister filter.I am keeping 1 maroon clown,1small yellow yang and 1 small royal gramma. 6 hermits,4 snails,1 fire shrimp,1 cleaner shrimp,and 3 peppermint...