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As I mentioned above, I cleaned my biopellet reactor for the first time, and boy, was it clogged up. I thought I had a bad pump, but it was just schmutz stuck in the small ports within the reactor. This thing is swirling better than when I first set it up. I have the pump totally closed...

Vinegar bath/cleaning and you should be good.

You will hear folks stating you need 10X volume for your return pump. However, that's not necessarily true. With some systems, 10X would be very noisy....and potentially too much flow, especially if it's a small sump. You'd be just fine down to 5 times DT volume, or even less. Either...

Interesting thought @njtiger24 aquariums . I actually have shrink tubing that would fit around the threads. However, what's unknown (to me) is whether or not it would act like telfon once the tubing protector is threaded on. If that was the cause, I'd go for it. But for now I'm going to...

So I've been playing with my float switches over the past couple days. I take them off....they work....I put them back in, they crap out....I take them off, they work....I think you get it. Did this three times, but I think I've discovered the reason. The top of these switches can't get...

Always hate to see these! Sorry for the loss Sunny.

I know I'm in Good Hands.....I have insurance :wink2::

pffffffft!!! :D I had this same choice from the ebay place as well. But I figured since you recommended them, you'd back them up. :eek:

Just heard back from the eBay seller and he was willing to change to the PP15's. However, I've also read a bunch of reviews and what scares me are a fair number who are saying things like, "They died in 1 month...2 months...3 months." Seems like quite a few of these types of reviews. I'd...

Woo Hoo! :D

Did you drill a hole in the elbow? If you didn't, you'll get repeating siphoning on and off.....and noisy. Your other option is a Maggie Muffler.....and you can easily DIY them if you wish.....just google DIY maggie muffler.