Recent content by uryy4me

Thanks for the complement, it has been a few long days! I had one drain on the closed loop leak a bit and it took some time to tighten it up and also as you guesses I had a problem with one of the overflow drains...this was a real PITA. The leak was in the bulkhead, it was in the union below...

last one for the night :-) ...it has been a long 3 days.

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Thigs are moving quickly except for plumbing ...got a few leaks to chase down :(

this tends to loose quality in the translation from jpeg to gif, but at least it is a picture :D oops, sorry about the double post

this tends to loose quality in the translation from jpeg to gif, but at least it is a picture :D

The photo editor (paint :D) on my work PC is corrupt I can't reduce the pic :( so I'll have to do it from home but the the wife has a deck sander waiting for me so it could be a while :D ...I do have another idea, if it works you'll see something sooner

I ended up having no good way to get the tank off the back of a semi so I drove to the FedEx distribution center to pick it up (fit almost perfectly in the back of an Explorer). The guy I had lined up to bring the tank into the house bailed on me at the last minute. Thankfully my wife is not...

S_S I am certainly no expert here, but lets say for for example I had a 15 amp circuit I could tie 3 500w heaters to (roughly 12 amps?). If I had a choice of drawing upon those circuits in an incremental capacity vs. an all or nothing, which would you choose if you were leary of blowing a...

I am putting up a SPS tank (72x30x30) that will have as its primary source of lighting 3 400w 20KK bulbs. Also mounted above the tank are 6 96w PCs. I need to replace all of the PC bulbs and I am looking for a recommendation. My thought is to light the lamps as follows: number of lamps - type...

Sorry to have lured you into my self created "heating abyss" :D "Air heating" may be the best answer of all (with a bit of backup), however this opens a brand new can of worms now and/or opportunities? Is it safe to say that many of us run their tanks way too hot ~80+ degrees? Would an...

I don't think I am really making myself all that clear, or maybe I am? I have my sump sitting directly on the basement floor as a means of offsetting heat from lamp and pumps (thinking it is more efficient to heat than to cool). Given that more than one heater will be used to address issues of...

Mogo - Your computation of 3 watts per gallon is kinda the reason for asking my question. In a 500g setup we are looking at 1500w for heating and if this demand is coming and going several times a day it makes me wonder if; a) it is an efficent use of energy, b) how this may increase my odds of...

Fortunately I do not think I really need to worry about cooling my tank beyond a bit of surface air movement, but I do think I need to concern myself with heating it (150g sump sits on a Minnesota basement concrete slab and I generally keep the inside air temp @ 70-72 degrees). What follows is...