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Dan's 150 Rebuild

kschweer

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I would try removing the nipple you have on the end going into the sock. It looks as if it is reducing it some.
 
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kschweer said:
I would try removing the nipple you have on the end going into the sock. It looks as if it is reducing it some.
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Its hard plumbed in :/ someone said to mess with the durso pipes maybe.
I managed to get the one side to be slightly quiet, now its just the left side.
 
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I had the tank running for about an hour and a half last night and I noticed the one filter sock started to overflow already. I took it out but it was clean. Not sure why they're overflowing so quickly. Do you think by changing to a 7" sock would make a difference?
 
Hockeynut

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Use the mesh socks I have the other type in my sons 40b and they clog way to quick but I use the mesh in my 90 and it goes at least a week
 
myrjon

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+ 1 Don't run socks . had that same problem Dan . And runs better without them .Plus better for the corals ..IMO
 
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Don't run socks?? After I had a custom sump made FOR socks? Lol maybe I'll consider it if I can't figure something out but its definitely not gonna be my first choice. Plus I wanted to do socks bc I had a hard time keeping the tank clear
 
myrjon

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Dan this is how my system is . 90gal rr with like 60 lbs of rock sand. with 40g sump with three chambers. left is from tank drain with a skimmer set pretty dry... middle chamber , more rock and sand ....last chamber is the return pump i got from you.my water is crystal clear . And about the socks they do work good they do pull all other impurities out but, they do clog quickly.
 
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myrjon said:
Dan this is how my system is . 90gal rr with like 60 lbs of rock sand. with 40g sump with three chambers. left is from tank drain with a skimmer set pretty dry... middle chamber , more rock and sand ....last chamber is the return pump i got from you.my water is crystal clear . And about the socks they do work good they do pull all other impurities out but, they do clog quickly.
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I hear ya. I wanna at least try the mesh socks. Think it'd be kinda silly to not use the space that was built for socks. Hopefully it works out.

Turned my tank on this morning around 8:30am and came home around 5:30pm and both socks were already overflowing.
 
AnthonyJerseyShore

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Run carbon until your water is crystal clear. You can buy the sacks for em at like petco for cheap. And pick up a tub of activated carbon so you can fill the sack and use it whenever you need it. I don't like to run it all the time. Only when I notice some haze in the water.
 
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horseplay

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When you just setup there is a lot of debris in the water so not surprising socks clogged quickly. It will get better.

Switch to mesh socks 100x easier to clean and don't clog as easy.
 
jgraz

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Dan it really doesn't make sense that they are overflowing that fast. Your tank should be plenty settled. I remember you mentioning that the durso's are a bit loud. Is it possible that you are running to much flow through the overflow thus making them loud and overwhelming the smaller sock
 
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Well no there's no noise from the durso, its just the gurgling noise going into the socks. And I don't think its overpowering. Its the same pump and almost the same setup. Its just 1 drain is on the left and one is on the right now instead of them both going into the same sock. I even had to lower the power of the return pump
 
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Tried making the hoses longer to submerge them quite a bit and now I'm just getting giant air bubbles and splashing everywhere.. Ughhh... I dunno what to do now. I don't wanna order mesh socks bc ppl r saying they don't pick up as much debris as the felt ones but my felt socks clog too quickly.

Do u think maybe it has something to do with the angle of the pipe?
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Maybe redo it and put another angle in somehow? This way the water isnt dropping straight down
 
jgraz

jgraz

Is it flushing? If the water in the overflow is going up and down then you need to increase the size of the air hole to allow more in.
 
dan_k

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Dan get rid of the hose and nipple go back to the union put another piece of pipe dry fit don't glue drill several holes all around it to allow air to escape when you need to change the sock you can just pop off the pipe I had to do this on my 120 to release the air it seemed to work for me. Just make sure your holes are drilled in the pipe that's below the sock line :)
 
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dan_k said:
Dan get rid of the hose and nipple go back to the union put another piece of pipe dry fit don't glue drill several holes all around it to allow air to escape when you need to change the sock you can just pop off the pipe I had to do this on my 120 to release the air it seemed to work for me. Just make sure your holes are drilled in the pipe that's below the sock line :)
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I could try that. I tried making slits on the hose in the water and its didn't work.
 
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