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    Re: Low light scrubber

    Did you notice the signatures and such of many of the posters? I don't think it's a coincidence that the ugliest responses came from people who had ugly or rude quotes and signatures at the bottom of...
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    Thanks for the responses! I'm not sure about making a vent; I just don't quite see how to do it. But I may try the 45 deg thing. That is relatively easy.

    But if I did try a vent, how would I do...
  3. Re: Siphon and Bubbles from Above the Tank ATS

    Pics!
    http://tapatalk.com/mu/6c663cc7-91b3-bc52.jpghttp://tapatalk.com/mu/6c663cc7-91c9-d133.jpghttp://tapatalk.com/mu/6c663cc7-91e3-2b03.jpg

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  4. Siphon and Bubbles from Above the Tank ATS

    I have an SM100 style clone that sits above the tank. I have a pump in the display tank deliver water up and out, and then a 2" bulkhead (1" pipe) as the return back into the tank. There are three 90...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    My API Nitrate test is whacked, showing around 5 times the correct amount (I verified it at a water treatment place). So until I get the salifert kit I'm ordering at the end of the week, I have no...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Here are my screens from the latest cleaning. On SantaMonica's advice I waited 10 days since my last cleaning. http://tapatalk.com/mu/6c663e46-432d-8442.jpg
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  7. Thread: Live rock

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    Re: Live rock

    SM-- That is so cool, and that's what got me into saltwater in the first place. Two years!? Who'd of thunk? I seeded my 50 gal with 15 lbs uncured, and found life spreading to even the dead rocks I...
  8. Thread: Live rock

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    Re: Live rock

    If it is just the price, then kerry was right on: use dead/manufactured rock, seeded with just a few pieces of live. Or not...even "dead rock" becomes alive by the bb that grows in the tank. There...
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    Re: Build-diary: 240L ATS only system

    Looking good. I tried a very similar design with mine (thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1461) but I had a lot of trouble getting the acrylic watertight the first time. I'm also using 8 T5 NO lights, but...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Correction: it is 1/8th. Duh. The other slot was 3/16" to 1/4". This one is 1/8". Wasn't thinking yesterday, apparently :oops:
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    I'm also getting some diatoms on the pvc in the tank. Is that normal? I can't test for nitrates right now because my API test kit is hosed, giving me falsely high numbers.

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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Cleaned my screen for the first time on the new build and was disappointed at the growthhttp://tapatalk.com/mu/ad829f2c-58b5-8c85.jpg

    Same pump, same screen, same distances, the only thing...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    In the 3 weeks I had it going before, I was just starting to get some GHA in places. Since I just re-started it yesterday, not much. I'll post some pictures next Friday after the first week. Thanks...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    http://tapatalk.com/mu/b8ce1341-b490-ed71.jpghttp://tapatalk.com/mu/b8ce1341-b4a4-1da5.jpghttp://tapatalk.com/mu/b8ce1341-b4b7-2709.jpg

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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Finally! Finally I have the scrubber back online, no leaks and scrubbing away. Just started it up today after having to do some plumbing and re-plumbing, rock adjustments, sound dampening and sundry...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Well, the bad news is that after re-siliconing the box still leaked. Badly. So I set it aside, worked a connection and got some free 1/4" acrylic (thanks so much, Kathy!!!) and did some fabrication...
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    Re: Cutting slot help (even flow)

    I don't have a picture handy, but I simply used my tablesaw. I marked on the pipe where the slot should begin and end, and then marked on the fence where the blade began and ended, then I simply...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Not a bad idea, Kent. I like the drop-in idea.

    On a sad note, had something really bad and gross happen today. I went to check on the algae growth and noticed some nice 3d growth starting...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    What I did was build an "interior" box of acrylic laminated to wood with adhesive. It stuck tight, and the wood is providing the structural support. Then more wood was added as a base and to support...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    I'm starting to struggle with some leakage issues...sheesh! Long story short, I may need to rebuild the box. Basically I laminated the acrylic to the wood, then assembled and tried to silicone the...
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    Re: ATS: Pushing the Limits...

    Love this thread! Keep posting.


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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    I have struggled with low pH since I started the tank in January. It is almost always 7.8. So I was super excited to see it up to 8.1 on the fifth day of running the scrubber, only to be disappointed...
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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    It has acrylic laminated to the inside. It's water proof. So far. :-)

    I'll play some pictures of the inside when I have more daylight.

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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Hmm other pic doesn't seem tube cooperating... http://tapatalk.com/mu/b8cf2066-3eb9-7d28.jpg

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    SM 100 style new build

    Here is my version of the ats. Instead of t5ho lights, I am using four t5 14w lights (2 bulb) , for a total of 112 watts. I kept basically the same dimensions, though sized for the four...
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    Re: New Santa Monica 100 Set Up

    Hey Floridays--just wondering how the last two months have been for you. My scrubber has been going for a week now, and my screen looked exactly like yours did after your first week, so I read the...
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    Re: Pre-made SM100 scrubbers

    Perfect sense! Thanks for your help! And I hadn't run across that website yet, so thanks for the link. BTW, Floyd, your promotion and discussion of ATS on aquarium advice forum is what...
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    Re: Pre-made SM100 scrubbers

    i looked up several 1" bulkheads, but they said they fit 1 3/4" holes. The plans describe it as a 2" hole, though. I admit I've never seen an actual bulkhead in the wild, so I don't know how they're...
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    Re: Pre-made SM100 scrubbers

    Love the design, and can't say how cool you are for also posting the measurements diagram.

    I used your measurements to make my own, modified for some lights I owned, but am having problems with...
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