Originally Posted by jhampton_wsu Maybe some day I'll fly you out and you can speak to my club. I guess that's if I ever get time to go to another meeting. Good article. Dont you live just over the hill from me?
Using the MP40W on my tank I can say that it is a louder than the Tunzes and the Seios. I think its because the motor is on the outside. Me personally I'd go with the Vortechs. They take up less space in the tank, they use less energy and the motor being on the outside you won't have to waste extra energy to keep the tank cool. Another plus of the vortech is no stray voltage going through the tank because all the electronics are outside the tank. I have used all sorts of powerheads in my tanks with all sorts of gizmos and attachments to get a more chaotic flow with less pumps. The Vortech is the only pump that has given me the flow I want with minimal intrusion in my display.
If you have them on the back wall and the right wall, that would keep them all contained in your fishroom. I don't think the sound would be notable unless you had them in wave mode.
I just did a fairly extensive search on RC, the biggest concerns seem to be noise, flow and looks. I really like the looks and flow of the vortechs. I guess I'll have to do some soul searching, or ask my wife, if the noise out weighs having the tunzes in the display tank. I all really boils down to levels of a quiet living room in my case.
After seeing your tank in person, and knowing how absolutely quiet you want it to be, I have to imagine you'll only be happy with Tunze. I still can't believe how quiet your reef is. Mine is closer in sound to yours when my return pump is off, which only happens 30 minutes daily during the feeding period. To me, the more I see of the reef means the less I see of equipment. I don't want to look at any type of powerhead in my tank, clean or dirty. The Vortechs blend in far better for me and I am very pleased with the four I have on my tank. Three of them are in the tank room, and one is on the kitchen side, audible from my living room. I don't run it at 100%, and it is in a steady Reefcrest mode. The tiny sound I do hear is nothing. My return pump makes the tank sound like a babbling brook, so the pump isn't anything to be distracted by. I prefer to hear my tank runnning an the surface agitation is significant as you may have noticed from my recent pictures posted. When I can't hear the tank, that let's me know there's a problem leading to a quick investigation.
Maybe some day I'll fly you out and you can speak to my club. I guess that's if I ever get time to go to another meeting. Good article.
So far the acros are stacked in the frag tank. Literally. I have two pocilloporas the size of cantelopes along with two very large monti caps in the sump that hopefully will be going to a LFS tomorrow and Ill get frag plugs for the rest. Some of the nicer pieces I'll sell for dirt cheap and the rest will get donated to our local club event in a couple weeks. Ya, I moved the elegance in the middle in hopes that it'll eat fewer snails. Now I have room to bring back a peice of the green polyped leather I used to have.
What did you do with the acros? Did you sell them? That blue tipped acro on the right resembled a special one under the right lighting. Is that the elegance in the center now?
Originally Posted by duster If your Skimmer is going crazy connect a drain to your skimmer and fill your ATO reservoir will salt water. it can skim like crazy and keep replenishing the salt level. That's a great idea, actually. Provided you don't outskim what the ATO can replenish, that's a nice way to automate a skimmer that is working in overdrive.
Im about ready to go this way to. I have been fighting it for the last three months with no inprovement.
If your Skimmer is going crazy connect a drain to your skimmer and fill your ATO reservoir will salt water. it can skim like crazy and keep replenishing the salt level.
Originally Posted by melev The third day, your skimmer will go wild. Btw, I was looking at the pictures I took of your tank last night, and they came out really good. I'll be posting them soon. Fortunately, I have the day off so I can babysit the skimmer. I'll be looking forward to seeing those pics.
The third day, your skimmer will go wild. Btw, I was looking at the pictures I took of your tank last night, and they came out really good. I'll be posting them soon.
No, today is the third day. I can tell a big difference already. My skimmer is filling quickly.
Are you starting today?
It's amazing what people will do out of desperation.
I think I will just stick with the TNT to rid my tank of them.
Awesome Build Trido!!!! Too bad I didnt see it in action, but I am sure there will be a time!
It does kind of remind me of a cattle prod or electric branding iron.. Its not as scary as it sounds. You could always build the front end like I did and hook it up to a twelve volt flashlight battery. Its not insane. Just really, really creative. Admit it, we all stuck a nine volt battery on our tongues as kids. This is only twice as strong. Shouldnt every aptasia experience the same tongue buzz at least once in their life? We shouldnt deprive them of it.
THIS has to be the most insane method of killing aiptasia EVER
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