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  1. How many #'s of sand in a 5g bucket?

    sand is approx 100 pounds per cubic foot. 1 cubic foot = 7.5 gal 5/7.5 = .67 so the aswer is 67 pounds
  2. DIY Liverock

    My reef buddies father-in-law lives on the Keys. There they mine old coral very much like we mine limestone here. What we did was add some of these old coral skeletons to our existing reef as base rock. Within a short period of time we had coraline coverage and critter populations thriving...
  3. reef devil III advise needed

    Thanks Odd Ball I'll wait for your info
  4. reef devil III advise needed

    I am reposting because I only got 1 response from the last post and am hoping for more. Thanks Tanzy for your reply. Now here's the original question I have a reef devil III and never had the instructions for it. I am wondering how it is supposed to be positioned to work most effeciently. I...
  5. Before Low Flow and now too Much!!! Why?

    What do you mean when you say you start the overflow, then turn on the pump? Is your overflow powered by a pump?
  6. Skimmer question

    I have a reef devil III and never had the instructions for it. I am wondering how it is supposed to be positioned to work most effeciently. I would assume that the further the outlet is below the water level, the higher the level in the water column of the skimmer. I am wondering what is the...
  7. Before Low Flow and now too Much!!! Why?

    Ok your overflow is supposed to handle 1600gph and you have a mag12 1200gph. I would say that your return should never get starved. If you don't have water spilling over the sides of the aquarium I would be willing to bet that your system needs more water. In other words the level of water in...
  8. my tank has bubbles

    One thing you can do is have the overflow pipe submerged. You could also put a turn in the pipe just as it enters the water. The idea being to reduce the amount of turbulence. You could also install a baffle in the sump between where the water enters and the return pump.

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