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Rather than worry about the remote possibility that the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the U.S will have any impact my life next month, I just booked my flight for MACNA 23!!! I hope you guys are also gearing up to attend with me, because we are going to be a'drinkin' for sure. If you've not heard me talk about how great MACNA is in the past, google "melev +macna" and I'm sure you'll get all kinds of cool links full of MACNA treasure to peruse. I just checked and got About ...

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I'm ordering a Reeflo dart hybrid pump from Marinedepot.com (once they are in stock) to replace the two mag 12 pumps that I currently use on my freshwater 500 gallon tank. (I know is FW and this is a SW site, sorry) My question is can I run 1 1/2" plumbing on the inlet side of the pump instead of the 2"? The reason I ask is the cost of the 2" bulkheads, ball valves, and unions is way more than the 1 1/2" parts. Is using 1 1/2" parts going to be ok or should I just bite the ...

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