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  1. Plumbing help

    I have a standard 75g non drilled but thinking on drilling. My question is if i want to use 1" pvc, do i need use 1" bulkheads and what size glass drill bit do i use. As well how far from the black trim do i drill hole from?
  2. Tying up loose ends

    Bobby finally had a little time to come over and I put him to work. I needed a number of things resolved or completed.

    Two outlets in my home were flakey with bad connections, so he swapped those out.

    The AquaController 3 had stopped communicating with all the x-10 modules in the sump area, and he had the tool to replace the phone jack connectors on the wiring to the kind that fit the sockets correctly. All four were replaced to get a good connection, and now the x-10s ...
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    Electrical , ‎ Plumbing
  3. Biopellets: Skimmer modification complete

    For the past two weeks, I was thinking about modifying my Euroreef protein skimmer so it could work in conjunction with my NextReef biopellet reactor. I was considering drilling a hole in the body of the skimmer, inserting a uniseal and then pumping the effluent of the reactor into the reaction chamber of the skimmer. In this way, it would definitely export dead or dying bacteria exiting the reactor. Perhaps that stuff was causing the dinoflagellates in my tank, I really don't know.
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    Tags: biopellets
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    Water Chemistry , ‎ Plumbing
  4. How to make a hole bigger in acrylic -

    So I decided that I wanted to use a 1.5 schedule 80 bulkhead on my new sump. These bulkheads are available at Bulk Reef Supply. These bulkheads are very heavy duty and have a very large gasket.

    Compare the schedule 80 to the ABS bulkhead on the right.


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    Now check out the difference in the gasket:

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    The bad news is that the schedule 80 bulkheads need a slightly bigger ...
    Categories
    Plumbing , ‎ DIY projects
  5. Equipment Supplier

    Has anyone had any experience with equipment (lighting, pumps, etc) from Odyssea? Their aquatraders website sure have some low prices... but I did read the post about being cheap!
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ Lighting
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