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Old 08-22-2012, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fishytime View Post
ok......splain all the fancy cuts in the sump
According to Dave, they are something he has been trying out on sumps to help reduce bubbles/microbubbles by forcing the water to travel the length of the baffle panel. I originally went in with a straight for over/under/over design, but the logic in his idea seemed sound and I don't believe it cost me any extra so I decided to give it a try.

Skimmer will go on the left side (of the first pic), return pump in the middle, and live rock (and possibly a 2nd skimmer on the right).

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Originally Posted by sphelps View Post
Pretty sure I invented that use to call them space saver baffles
I understand the idea behind Daves explanation of this design, not sure how they save space though? Do tell!

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Originally Posted by fishoholic View Post
I bought the Nac7 from Dave and both Doug and him told me up to 90g. So I took their word for it, most sites will over rate their skimmers so it's usually better to go with the low end of the rating. However I do tend to overstock/feed my tanks a bit so maybe they were taking that into consideration when they told me up to 90g.:
Even on the low end I am looking at 135G of that rating.. with the opportunity of having a NAC 6 helping out as well (freebie with the lights from GreenSpottedPuffer). I missed out on my chance for a NAC66 yesterday in the marketplace unfortunately!


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Originally Posted by fishoholic View Post
Good to hear, I know a few people who go full speed ahead with dry rock and run into lots of issues later, glad you're aware to go slow. Should be a nice tank for everyone at the office to enjoy
The last thing I want is this office smelling like a crashed tank!
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