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+1 Great idea. I think you could trim away much of the anchor that is inside the pipe, since it's really just the part that's in the wall of the PVC that's holding it. I wonder if the anchor is PVC? Might try some PVC cement.

How much water is the skimmer sitting in? I thing the BM's suggest 9" to 11". I'll bet that some of the slots in the insert were not fully opened.

That looks a lot better. Can you tune the skimmer for a drier skim mate?

Great! :encouragement:

Are you dosing anything, i.e. vinegar or vodka?

Baked Alaska

Again, very professional looking job. If you would allow me one comment, although it may not be necessary, I think I'd add a couple of pipe straps/supports to the plumbing running horizontally under your sump. I'd just feel better if I new there was no stress on the bulkheads, fittings and valves.

I have both types on my tank, with two of the "dense packed" type led arrangement chinese fixtures and a "puck type" arrangement AI SOL blue. Although it's not offensive the AI has a more spot light affect, and the chinese fixture is more of a broad glow. The fixtures are all about 5" off the...

Don't know the truth/accuracy of this might it be worth keeping an eye on: http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-sps-discussion/80323-kent-marine-reef-carbon-killed-most.html

It's a plastic mesh. If you saw the "basket" that I was using to keep my Agar in on the second floor, that was made from it. I think if you glue a piece of it about half way around the base of the insert, it would allow more of the water to distribute itself to other parts under the insert in...

I did have twice the amount of pellets in the reactor. I think you might have some success using the plastic canvas on the one side that is getting all the pressure. I have some if you want to try it.

That's normal.

I'm not sure it would make any difference, but I do have the other canister available, since I'm now using the Reef Octopus reactor. The flow on mine wasn't perfectly "linear" either, but it wasn't quite as lopsided as yours. You might try a small piece of plastic canvas on that side of the...

I've had good luck with BioDigest and Bioptim. Prodibio has a complete line of other additives, but these are the only two I use.

You could try some aluminum foil. After a couple of month's of use, a crust developed from the pellets when they were at rest, when I shut the pumps down for feeding, cleaning, etc. So, the "flow" diminished as the slots were covered over with this crust. A good...

Check the slots in the base of the insert to see it they're open. The insert had never been used, so maybe the openings were not fully formed during manufacturing.

My impatience and the need for instant gratification caused me to redeploy the GFO reactor without waiting to see if the additional pellets had any effect. The PO4 is now at '0' after 2 days of operation. I'm wondering if I should put it on a timer and just run it for a ? hours each day. Opinions?

Aragonite is calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

Nice meeting you this morning Tom, everything looks great, GLWS.

I saw this unit in person this AM, it looks like a new unit, well worth the investment.