I will have pics this afternoon, my lights don't come on till 3 pm
Its working really well so far, I am taking no water from the top though, I haven't cut that slot into it yet.
Its also a bit noisy, I can fix that though, its just the distance the water has to drop after going over the ledge makes it sound like a rippling brook....
Its working really well so far, I am taking no water from the top though, I haven't cut that slot into it yet.
Its also a bit noisy, I can fix that though, its just the distance the water has to drop after going over the ledge makes it sound like a rippling brook....
Here it is installed and running.
The only thing I was planning on that is not done is putting a small slot at the top to skim a small portion of the top. I am going to be waiting on that to see how big of an oil slick I get along the surface of the water. I am fairly confident that there will be some, but I would like to see how bad it is.
The water is still pretty cloudy, I am trying to re-arrange the entire sand bed a bit at a time.
The only thing I was planning on that is not done is putting a small slot at the top to skim a small portion of the top. I am going to be waiting on that to see how big of an oil slick I get along the surface of the water. I am fairly confident that there will be some, but I would like to see how bad it is.
The water is still pretty cloudy, I am trying to re-arrange the entire sand bed a bit at a time.
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First off, lets be perfectly clear about this, those are my wife's Santa's
I detest Christmas, everything it stands for both religiously and commercially I detest....
Now, I am using a mag 5 for a return pump, so that is how much is using the "knuckleflow" for a drain
I am also running all the flow of a xm30 pump, I forgot the name brand, through the back part of it, I used it as a manifold so I could break the flow up.
I detest Christmas, everything it stands for both religiously and commercially I detest....
Now, I am using a mag 5 for a return pump, so that is how much is using the "knuckleflow" for a drain
I am also running all the flow of a xm30 pump, I forgot the name brand, through the back part of it, I used it as a manifold so I could break the flow up.
no sand in the sump, but there was a ton of silty stuff in the skimmer which is in the sump.
Probably from me stirring the sand.
The sand bed is not up to the slots yet, I am having to rearrange all the rock work and shift the sandbed a bit at a time.
No sand or anything in the chambers, they appear to be clean
There is a skim on top of the main tank water, but I am letting that build up a bit to see how bad it gets. Then I will cut enough slot in the top of this thing to get rid of it.
I do like the looks of it better this way, I may build a better one to replace it with though eventually.
Probably from me stirring the sand.
The sand bed is not up to the slots yet, I am having to rearrange all the rock work and shift the sandbed a bit at a time.
No sand or anything in the chambers, they appear to be clean
There is a skim on top of the main tank water, but I am letting that build up a bit to see how bad it gets. Then I will cut enough slot in the top of this thing to get rid of it.
I do like the looks of it better this way, I may build a better one to replace it with though eventually.
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