we both own the house.... but mom always has something to say! lol!

i spent a good portion of my night switching out news paper (thank god we got flyers last week) and using a blow dryer on and off for about 4 hours... i'll go home tonight and really look it over... all of the stress in the tang has now given my scopas tang ich.. Freaking awesome.... NOT... but it's eating like a champ and still best friends with my sailfin... so i will just watch it.. there is no way of getting it out without tearing down my tank and stressing everyone else out.

This is what i use
http://www.reefshops.com/hang-on-ove...e-clone-2.html
This overflow is long/wide so snail or anything else will have hard time blocking it. But nevertheless I use a screener on the intake and a second screener on the bulkhead. Also i use a vacuum cleaner hose (wide) to drain the overflow, and last but not least low return flow from sump to the display tank. This slow water flow is for two reasons: Gives skimmer (in the sump)better chance to process the water available at the moment and keeps usage of electricity low (no need for a high flow pump). Inside the display tank i have a high water movement with Tunze pumps. (low voltage also)

The next step in safety is built in duorso stile oveflow with extra overflow pipes for redundency.

hahaha this made me loooool so much!!!! omg i would love to see the look on their faces.....btw if you dont mind me asking but who is lola?

LOL! Lola is a dog... if you can call her that... i prefer the term guinea pig that barks... she was a rescue and in rough shape but my other half took her in as her own (so i am not taking any blame for that dog being in the house) lol she's a Chorkie... chihuahua-yorkie mix weighs all of 2.5 lbs! lmao!

haahahah thats more of a barking fuzzy slipper!!! omg that must be adorable lol. her being so small your parents shouldn't mind too much...i thought lola was your girlfriend/wife and your parents didn't know she was living with you.......now that would make for some intresting tv with popcorn:wink:

no sarah is my wife and they know about her! lmao!!

hahahahah i would hope so!! lool. this is still going to be a great weekend:wink:

Wow
This is why I'm contemplating a float switch inside my overflow box to cut power to the return pump. It may end up cycling a lot until I find out about it, but pumps are cheap compared to the alternative.

Hope the visit goes better than you are thinking

lol it would have been fine and my pump would have just run half dry for another 20min.. worse case is pump died, i have a back-up..... not had 6 buckets of water added! lol!

hahah lol, i mean your room mate was trying to help.......albeit in a bad way but still......lol