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  1. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Alright so I have found a perfect way of quieting a durso pipe while looking infinitely stylish and clean. Gentlemen, I present for your delectation: Boom!! ... Through careful engineering and countless tests I have achieved level of noise that was optimal to the surroundings and can now...
  2. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Guys more great news!!! I stuck an airline tube into the hole at the top and it no longer whistles. It is quiet, but now I get wave like surges going into the sump. My wife is enjoying it as she says it reminds her of waves crashing on a beach.... .....I'm not enjoying it. So from all...
  3. MaxDamage984

    To Euthanize or Not

    I am a firm believer of letting nature take its course. If the fish is capable of surviving than it deserves a chance. If it dies anyways then it was meant to be. I would actually try isolating it with one of those 3$ petco floating isolation tanks and feed it extra food soaked in garlic...
  4. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Will that damage the pump? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Guys great news!!!! I made the hole in the cap slightly larger and it no longer gurgles and surges!!! It now whistles like an incoming freight train!!! ...my dog is staring at it and howling in admiration. ....My wife is wearing headphones and googling divorce attorneys. Ideas...
  6. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Did you add additional holes vs drilling out the existing hole wider? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Yea I have one of those too. They are very handy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Chapter 8: Romantic sounds of waves gently caressing the beach .... .... is not how my wife describes the toilet like sounds coming out of my tank. The situation is I seem to have a rhythmic pattern going where the water rises and falls in the overflow and creates a tidal effect in the sump...
  9. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Yeah pretty much too late at this point... eh I had the same thing under my last tank and seems to have done the job. Just gonna hope for the best...
  10. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Gentlemen let us take a quick break and play a quick round of: "Where is Waldo?!"
  11. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Chapter 7: Let there be water Alright the filling of the tank officially began! I hooked up the RODI to go straight into the tank. I will mix re salt in the tank itself for I do not feel like doing it a bucket at a time and I do not own a brute can.... Also for everyone's viewing pleasure: I...
  12. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Chapter 6: Let there be light! Came out pretty good. I got both hooked up to a kessil controller. We no longer need ambient light in the room... ....my wife is thrilled .... On another note. I need to come up with a creative solution to hide the wires. I have a panel mounted on wall...
  13. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Well the hoses are an inch but at the coupler looks like 1.5 or so Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    That's what I found too. They are 1 inch the biggest. But the hose connections are thicker than that.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    I found plastic clamps but they are not big enough... any recommendations?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. MaxDamage984

    Please recommend an ATO

    Update: went with ice cap ATO. If it blows up will personally blame Mark... I'll let u guys know how it pans out Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. MaxDamage984

    Max's Shallow Reef: An epic adventure of corals, fine beer, nonsense, and general insanity.

    Chapter 5: avoiding death by electrocution Ok kids. I have a dilemma. Do I bring all my electrical plugs and all inside the stand? Or keep them outside? Reason: Current configuration of the stand. The sump is on the right so it doesn't block access to the wall plugs. My fear is if I put...
  18. MaxDamage984

    Please recommend an ATO

    If I build one myself it will explode in less than 2 minutes.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. MaxDamage984

    Please recommend an ATO

    It never worked right. It would either overfill and shut down or just not fill if the water was low. Granted this was the nano version not the full. But even with the full even though I have fond memories. Initially the float switch had to be replaced as it worked in reverse for whatever...
  20. MaxDamage984

    Please recommend an ATO

    Had a ****ty experience with tunze nano. It's going on my shallow 45 gallon reef with 15 gallon sump. So far torn between: Ice cap ATO Smart ATO smart ATO Micro What do you guys think?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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