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Above is a chart I borrowed from Aquabee pump. The 3 colored lines shows 3 of their pump models. Firstly, the pump sucks water in from one hole(i.e. inlet) & pushes the water out the outlet. The horizontal line from the above chart shows that pump UP6000 can push water at a rate of 6000 liters per hour(l/h). But if you were attach a pipe to the pump outlet & point it upwards, the water flow is going to start slowing down because it has to 'fight' gravity. Hence, the longer the vertical pipe, the slower will be the water, until it totally stops flowing. For UP6000, the chart shows that its flow rate stops (i.e. 0 l/h) at a height of 5 meters. In a typical display tank & sump setup, you sump usually sits below the main display tank. Thus requiring the return pump to push water upwards back into the display tank. The height is typically about 1.5 meter. So if you're using UP6000 as your return pump, at 1.5 meter, you should be getting a flow rate of about 5000 l/h. This 1000 l/h of water flow missing is the head loss. In addition, if you have a few piping elbows along the way to reach the main display tank, the flow would reduce a little more. Hope the explanation is clear enough.

Check with bro nuj244 to see if his tank is still available.

Total flow(i.e. return + wave makers) can be anywhere between 5800 to 17,000L/hr depending what you're planning to keep. This is just the rough guide. P.S. remember to factor in the head loss of the return pump.

It's called Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+30+2562&pcatid=2562 For more details, you can check with Henry @ ML. I think he's expert in this.

Bro, setting the camera to macro mode may yield clearer pics.

FTS?

Depends on the amount if DI resin & usage. A TDS meter will help you decide when your media is exhausted.

Thanks for the video bro. So pretty....

Hi bro, Nice looking tank you have there. Do remember to clean your overflow compartment on a regular basis, lest it becomes a nitrate factory.

Any clean up crew in there to work on the hair algae?

Nice nano. But looks like you're starting to get some diatom on your sand bed.

Hey Fayeth, Your wall color matches your Avatar nicely. BTW, do you really need the blue sponge? Micro-bubbles at the outlet?

If I'm selling a 2nd hand tank, I'd be happy to fill it up with tap water to show the buyer that it has no leaks & in working condition. After the deal, if the tank starts to leak due to rough handling, the seller should not be obligated to help fix the problem.

With that kind of size, digibee probably will need to feed whole lemon to it. LOL...

Below posting also discussed about scrubber screen used & purchase location.

Thanks for the info bro. I'm just thinking if that would come in handy on my future office nano.

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If you're only lighting up one side of the screen, then you'll need 4 sq inches(~25.8 sq cm) of surface area.

I find your hang-on external filter interesting. Good implementation to increase sump capacity. It almost looks like a tiny canister filter. So cute. What's the brand?

Share with us some pics pls.

The Sun Sun looks big in your tank. Might be a little too strong as it's pushing sand from the right side.

Seriously bro, if you put the pump in a small display tank like IQ3, it'll be the 1st thing you see every time you look at your tank. BTW, having another pump in the scrubber is a no-no. Just allow whatever water pumped up into the scrubber to flow back down into display tank via gravity. I urge you to think thru' in detail. The end result may work, but may not be aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

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(1) Need to be implemented externally since IQ3 is way too small to accommodate within. (2) Easiest is to have the scrubber sitting(maybe on a shelf) above the IQ3 with a pump drawing water upwards to the scrubber, then naturally flow back down into the IQ3. (4) With 1 sq inch of screen per gallon, your IQ3 probably requires about 2 square inches with lighting on both sides. (5) You'll need a scrubber pump(after catering for head lost) to maintain a flow of 70gph(~265L/hr) over the screen. Hence, if you plan to deploy this scrubber pump in your IQ3's overflow compartment, you'd probably need to upgrade existing stock return pump to something stronger(provided it'll fit in there) to maintain the flow. Overall, there's very little margin for error on such a small setup. Most folks just settle for regular water change regime.