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I made one with 1/4” acrylic and it definitely warped. I anticipated it and just decided to flip it every week or two. If I was to do it again, I’d probably go with 3/8” polycarbonate. I had extra material from building a sump though so decided to use it up.

Also, after the skimmer has more chance of micro bubbles building up inside depending on how it is installed. One of the reasons I opted for the closed loop is so I could adjust the flow rate independent of what I sent through the drain/sump/return. The system is like 700 gallons and I’m...

Welcome, have I seen you over on r2r?

From the tank, there will be two low profile 1-1/2” strainers that combine and go through a ball valve. Then it opens up to 2” plumbing and goes through an apex flow rate sensor then into the UV. I’ll use the UV’s unions to be able to remove it for maintenance. After the UV it goes to a 2” ball...

That’s great news. I’m glad to hear it.

@JVU, like you I’ve been weighing my UV options and doing a bunch of research for my future build. I’m nearly sure I’ll be going with the 120w Lifegard pro max. I really like the flexibility with how the plumbing can be oriented for different situations. I’ll be plumbing it as part of a closed...

@Vhuang168, you’re still running a CaRx though right? This was my first thought as well. I’ve never had this experience though.

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A lot of people will tell you that it needs to be perfectly level because over time there are stresses that can cause it to prematurely leak. I’m not so sure that’s true. The amount that yours is out of level wouldn’t bother me in a way that I would fear it leaking but it would bother me to see...

I’m pretty proud of this light mound I made. I also made this lid to keep the fish from jumping out.

It’s a more honest way of making money than getting the five finger discount at the near by LV.

I like those stickers (or whatever those are) on the power cables visually telling you what they go to.

Has it been 8 years already? I remember when you took it over. Hopefully this address issue isn’t the reason you’re thinking of closing down.

I’m sure you used the magic “free” word somewhere in the post.

Hey, that looks like my old tank. :) It was a Leemar with those dimensions and a couple chips (looks like a couple more have been added since though). If it is the one I had, it’s good to see it staying in the club.

If you have a 1” pipe then a 1” union will be paired with it.

Are you going to have a hinged door on the front to close it? If so keep in mind the added size of the plugs. Some of them can stick out quite far from the face of the EB832. Also, there are companies that build cabinet doors that can match your existing kitchen cabinets. Let me know if this is...

I always had to use a screwdriver or something to bore out the end that connects to the DOS because it was such a tight fit. I still used it (the 1/4” irrigation/RO tubing) because it was so much cheaper

Why are the size restrictions what they are? Is that what will fit between cabinets or something?

Looks like a bacterial bloom but it wouldn’t be caused by dosing and when it happened to me I had no losses at all.