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  1. #21
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    just built my first sump thanks for everyones help it works great but now i need to figure out how to quite it down it is creating a vortex any ideas
    46 freshwater for wife
    75 Reef tank
    1 20g and 2 40g clowns and yellow headed jaw fish and 1 10g breeding set up
    Need starter phyto and rotifer cultures let me know if you got them.

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    What do you mean? Does it sound like a toilet?
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    yes lol and it makes a vortex like u would see in a bath tube while draining
    46 freshwater for wife
    75 Reef tank
    1 20g and 2 40g clowns and yellow headed jaw fish and 1 10g breeding set up
    Need starter phyto and rotifer cultures let me know if you got them.

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    In the overflow box? You need to tinker with it, but I used to fold up some airline and kinda stick it into the PVC tube that drains into the sump, within the overflow box. Anything to break up the swirl, really...
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    Oh and make sure to watch it so it doesn't overflow your tank.
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    i dont have an over flow box just a bulkhead in to my tank
    46 freshwater for wife
    75 Reef tank
    1 20g and 2 40g clowns and yellow headed jaw fish and 1 10g breeding set up
    Need starter phyto and rotifer cultures let me know if you got them.

  7. #27
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    So your bulkhead is your overflow? Post a pic?!?
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