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even if some of the water gets siphoned out after the valve closes, there would still be enough water in there to keep the membrane hydrated.

with just simply using charcoal filters, do you have any troubles with ammonia coming from them? the charcoal will only break down the chlorine, if you have chloramine in your water, the resulting breakdown of the chlorine is ammonia. now i know noone wants to be adding straight ammonia to their...

http://www.mcmaster.com/#temperature-regulating-valves/=jbjgiv they are a tad on the expensive side, i think thats why they are not commonly used.

you will need 2 delay-on-make timers to do the second part. depending on your load (under 1 amp) This will work for you. adjustable delay. you will need to wire it in series with the hot wire to either the outlet or device. if you need more then 1 amp use This One

well to give you a good answer we would need to know the wattage of all the equipment you plan on running on the solar. but a far more cost effective setup would be to ditch all the hob filters, and go with sponge filters powered off of one air pump. then im sure one or 2 solar panels will be...

glass is already hydrophobic.

let some tap water sit out overnight after dechlorinating it, and read the ph in the morning. sometimes water coming out of the tap will be higher in ph due to the dissolved gasses. also adding co2 will lower the ph if the concentration is high enough. i would think you would need a pressurized...

my tanks doing circles with the currant now. i thought i had good flow before, but no. i was wrong, this thing is pushing some water even after being restricted back quite a bit. i just have the tube pinched for the night till i can get to the hardware store and get a 1 inch ballvalve. but if...

well i ordered one of the black plastic j pipe returns and ordered the wrong size by mistake. thought i had 3/4 inch line but it was 5/8 inch so wouldnt fit on the 3/4-1 inch j pipe. the eheim did come with a one inch barb fitting, and i did have some extra 1 inch tubing, actually used alot...

i didnt like how the motor was inside the tank with these filters. have also heard that some fish will develope hole-in-the-head from the electromagnetic energy emmitted by these in the surrounding water. have had both perfer the aquaclear in all aspects

no fish have made me smile as much as my 2 black moors, they are just funny in their goofiness. fancys do have alot of personality to them more so then some cichlids i have.

strictly from an aquascaping standpoint i perfer a 75 over a 55 for the extra depth its alot easier to stack rocks and more room to turn driftwood in and looks better in the end all things being the same just tank size.

Thank you! thats a great idea, never thought that would be enough to dislodge all the dirt. but i got an email back from stephan and he also agrees that the foam is more for bio, and i should retain my filter socks atleast till the foam gets colonized. looks like i will be rethinking how i will...

i am using an eheim 1260. right now with a pretty light stock i get around 3 - 4 weeks before my socks are clogged. while not bad there, i dread pulling them out and washing them because that means a trip to just sit at the laundry matt to wash 4 socks. i do like how they provide 100 percent...

something along the lines of THIS for the polishing filter. or will the foam alone be enough? would like to hear some thoughts on this before i order the foam as it is kind of expensive.

Ive been running my 75 gallon with a 20 gallon sump with two 4" socks swapping out between 50 and 100 microns. im happy with the filtration but with a new baby havent been changing them out as much. Also with a new washer, my fiancee doesnt approve of me washing them in it. so ive been looking...

first off you need a larger tank for your stock. secondly adding more bio media wont help nitrates. nitrates are best removed by waterchanges. there are some other ways that nitrate reduction can be achived ie by plants or nitrate reactor, but still will not replace waterchanges.

thats a very bad idea. by restricting the drain lines, you risk the chance of a flood if your flow ever changes for wahtever reason. better to have a bit of an overhead then dialing in to the flow that your pumps pushing. unless if your running a herbie style and have an emergancy drain.

you need the backflush with GAC because it will pack down and channel. the back flush on a carbon tank isnt so much as to "clean" the media but as to "fluff" it up so that the water flows evenly through the media. and the backwash is around 15-20 mins, vers a softener tank regenerating takes up...