265 gallon setup

[niloc16]

those sound like good ideas, i'll try them. i never thought of flooding the overflow. yes i just noticed tonight the algae issue in the overflow. i'll have to clean that up next water change.

[bullit67]

A quick fix for the algae in the over flow is cut off the light source to the over flow other wise you will be for ever cleaning it out I used some black coraplast I have yet to have to clean out any algae from my over flows since I did this

[niloc16]

thanks bullit67. what is coraplast? any pictures of what you did?

colin

[bullit67]

Coriplast is corigated plastic just like cardboard only plastic comes in a 4X8 sheet you can get it at most hardwear stores comes in lots of colours including black purfect for tank related projects I also made my floating probe mount for my controler out of this stuff it is handy to have around and easy to work with

Doug

[bullit67]

Colin

Somthing I thought of after you left the store last night did the smell problem start after you set up your fans? I wounder if they are sturing it up blowing the oder out of the sump

Doug

[bullit67]

Colin if you want a bit of coriplast I have some black left save you from buying a whole sheet

Doug

[niloc16]

thanks doug, i have some alot egg crate laying around i'm going to try and make something out of that. and cover the top of it with some black plastic. the smell started around the same time as i installed the fans but cannot be sure. i got some chemipure and put it in last night so i'll see how it is today