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The easiest sock holder (for the ones that have the rigid plastic tops), is to put a tee in the drain pipe and hang the plastic piece in the sock rim on that tee. These pictures came from George (TanksNStuff): Yet another option is this contraption found HERE.

Actually I just ran the head loss on RC...they don't have the 1262, so I used the 1250. Very little difference in 1 1/2 and 1 inch pipe....about 2% with the numbers I used.

It depends on how accurate your measuring tools are. If you are using a graduated syringe that hold maybe 2 mls or so, I’d go for 1.5 mls tank water with 0.5 mls of RO/DI….this will give you the 25% reduction….and the syringe is an accurate measure. If you don’t have accurate small volume...

Brandon, the filter sock holder is homemade. Easy to make. Take a piece of acrylic larger than the sock diameter and sized to fit where you want to put it. Cover it with masking tape and draw a circle slightly larger than the sock diameter…..I use 7 inch socks. Using a saber saw, cut out the...

I asked this question a while back when we were planning a trip to Alaska. I ended up getting the Eheim Everyday feeder. Very happy with it….easy to use and reliable.

Mark, sorry for your loss. Sometimes it's just a mystery!

Congratulations to you and your son.

You can dilute the tank water sample with a known percentage, test that diluted sample, and then calculate back to the original concentration. As a example: Take 7.5 mls of tank water and add 2.5 mls of water (25% dilution) Using your test kit, measure the magnesium quantity. When you get...

Brandon, you’re welcome to it….just bring your own straw. I just sent ESV an email as well. If I hear anything, I’ll let you know.

Sunny, it’s not cold weather…..really, how cold is your basement….maybe 60? Anyway, where is the crack in your bucket? Mine is on the bottom, right on the injection molding point. Using a Sharpie, I put a line on the crack and circled it. I’m tempted to write a letter to ESV. This...

Five Gallon Bucket of Bionic Calcium Leaked!!! I went to refill the gallon jugs of Bionic from the source five gallon buckets I have in the basement. I went downstairs and found the calcium bucket had sprung a leak, and the solution evaporated, leaving the calcium on the floor. My guess is...

More the reason NOT TO GLUE that last connection into the sump. Here’s my plumbing entering the sump……no glue, just friction fit.

Dave, the more I think about this, I’m not quite sure what you are attempting to accomplish. Now I have no idea how the Bubble Magnus NAC6 performs, but it is one of those new fangled cone skimmers that are the rage. Accordingly I’m not sure if you’ll see any difference with the choices you...

Sandee, I know it’s the real deal. I’m just pulling your leg. :) Again, that just amazes me……great find!

That makes the choice pretty easy, because the Precision Marine is not an in-sump skimmer. Or let me put it this way, the water level must be below the exit port of the skimmer, which from the picture, looks like about 1 ½ inches.

I still can’t get over that. Just wild. Is that a black Sharpie Marker I see next to the tank? :o :grin:

My Hippo has gone to the big tank in the sky. When I picked this "rescue" fish up about three years ago, it was undernourished, with a thinned dorsal fin and a reticulated look in its skin. It ate and fattened up and acted normal the three years I had it, but never re-grew it’s dorsal, or lost...

I like them! It’s just a touch of difference that was the result of natural genetic mutation. Very unique fish with class! However, in comparison, I can’t stand the man-made mutations, like the Wyoming…..I refer to these genetic abominations as f-ugly (pronounced fug-ly) fish. Again...

But one nice big grain of sand and you’ll know the path your little robot took that day, and every day thereafter (or every time it cleans), until you realize it has sand under the pad. :(

This is a Glass-Holes overflow…..a stand pipe will not fit or work in a Glass-holes. If you play with the tube coming out of the elbow, that could help. I think you are actually hearing the air/water cascade down the pipe. If you can’t figure it out, I’ll sell you one of my becketted...