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11-07-2006, 01:01 AM
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Dave,
You sir have a good eye. It is the coralife rated for 65gals. I had a bad scare with it the other day. I fired it up to test it and the bubble size and production was horrible... it wasn't until I tried everything else that I realized that it might have been caused by the fact that I was testing it on freshwater instead of salt  ::Josh, Thanks for the heads up - I think if I was getting a submersible pump though, I would need something in the 300gph range. Cheers, - Chad
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11-07-2006, 02:46 AM
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Hi Brad ,I am watching your every move
 I wonder if it is the salt water versus fresh, I have not owned a skimmer yet. There is a huge thread on R.C. devoted to tuning the Coralifes ,they seem a bit finicky although economically priced . Our local LFS has them running and they seem O.K. Are you going to have the bottom of your new tank drilled like the old ones ? ................Dave
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11-07-2006, 03:30 AM
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Dave,
Thanks for letting me know about the RC thread - I'm going to track that down once I get water in my tank and use it to set the skimmer up. Yes, I will probably drill at least a couple bulkheads in the bottom of my tank... I am going to bolt an external pump to the underside of the stand and run a closed loop through the bottom of the tank. I might do it with both external pumps actually... if I can get a low enough flow submersible pump to serve as a sump return... I am still thinking about how to do my overflow... In my experience, the two-bulkhead herbie method is the quietest and safest - bar none. But, I would like to do something less visible if possible... still racking my brain though - Chad
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11-07-2006, 04:26 AM
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Skimmer etc.............
Chad, I tried to send you the R.C. Coralife skimmer link but it does not seem to want to work. You can get there through Google ,sometimes the R.C . search feature is overloaded !!
What is the two bulkhead herbie method ? Can I find it on canreef ? .................Dave
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11-07-2006, 01:04 PM
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Dave,
Thats a good idea to try Google. I never have any luck with RC search. I'm not sure if the Herbie method is listed on Canreef but I have seen a couple of our members tanks that are running it. It just requires two bulkheads and one ball valve - no durso, no stockman. Here is where it was first posted on RC: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=344892 Cheers, - Chad
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11-07-2006, 05:46 PM
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Google.........
Hey, Chad ,Thanks for the link . However it only took me to a huge archived list
What was interesting tho' was I took my own advice and googled ' Herbies bulkheads ' and was directed right to the thread !! Amazing ..............Dave
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