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1262 flow rate at 3500l/hr...but after pushing water from the sump to the scwd in the main tank..surely drop by quite alot..but i suspect the CR you use will drop even more ..not sure..but highly likely... the 1262 pushes water out quite fast..the switching from one direction to another is about 7 to 8 seconds...the water came out quite fast and forceful to me...still create big turbulence on the water surface...

u can PM orgast about it... orgast: where is my free meal

in your PM

i am using eheim 1262..rated at the same 3500l/hr as yours....but i will think that the eheim will push slightly more than the CR...coz eheim famous for good head pressure...

no slump tanks lah.....haha nothing inside the sump tank yet except the sand...coz cycling...not putting in skimmer or anything yet....

hehe..no problem with the stand...i coated it with special anti corrosion paint with not 1..not 2...but 4 coats....the stand came matt black..but i doubt the paintwork, so i painted 4 thick coats before the tank finally came.... if u can..go for stainless steel ..strong..but abit too shiny for my liking

reefer: i managed to connect the stuff with some hose and a reducer inbetween..haha.. yeah..its tuff trying to push 2 different ends into the same hose...

wah..very very nice...rocks bought from CF hor....very very nice

dun worry...u will have all in due time....and your wallet will lose all in due time...haha same here.. the T5 lights for my sump and a blue/actinic T5 for my main tank has already been done up by me...all DIY also....but since still cycling , no point mount them and risk them getting all wet..lol.. yeah..spend money now so got good excuse to skip all the LVs, SKIIs, whatever your gal wants...LOL... ok..going off soon...back in the night to reply to the thread

hehe...should be quite simple if u digest it slowly..hehe...anyway your fren or any of us here can help u when your tank comes also... no new pics of the tank as still cycling leh...still the same scaping as the earlier pictures with 2 hills..hahah... the two towers.....

actually the idea of the durso pipe is to raise the water level before it drains to the sump thus reducing or eliminating the waterfall sound when the water falls through a height of 2 feet or more... but the airhole is to prevent a full siphon if i am not wrong, if the wrong airhole size is used, one problem is solved but another problem is produced, the water level in the overflow chamber will pop up and down and will not be stable...hehe but generally a 3mm airhole should work ok....both my baby durso and papa durso also used 3mm holes

here is the site to answer all your questions..from the founder himself..hehe http://www.rl180reef.com/pages/standpipe/c...t-standpipe.htm

see the water flow inside

top view...

durso pipe in action....1 inch drop from main tank into overflow compartment

yea..should have come here before buying... ehiem pro II external filter $238 red sea prizm protein skimmer $188 ph, kh, nitrite test kits $30 30 kg grade 0 sand $18 6.6kg salt wif multivits $18 beneficial bacteria $25 4 cooling fans $60

ammonia is climbing....use the ammonia alert from my old tank to check to levels

bro: pm me your number

mine is 2 x 25mm drainage and 1 x 20mm return to main tank....may be about the same as your set up... thats why got bubbling....i think we should have gone with 3 x 25mm as return or use a weaker pump...sigh...i put so much wool to cover the pipes still bubbling...

got extra ah....pass me..thanks... u are the ex siow_reefer right?

reefer: can i have the size of the eheim hose u are using? the XX/XX size

yeah lor...maybe have to buy 2 short piece of hoses so that can finally reduce to the scwd size...

if u can see from my pic..the size doesnt mate leh...any bros help help...haha...

i havent connected the 20mm pipe to the scwd yet leh...hehehe.. need advice here...