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  1. DarkSoul

    Cerges/CO2 reactor, do you get gas pockets?

    I've been reading up on the dual venturi CO2 reactor design posted on the Barr Report forums, similar to the Aqua Medic 1000, and I was wondering if getting gas pockets is a real problem or if it's more gimmicky. So does anyone who uses a Cerges, or other CO2 reactor, get gas pockets built up...
  2. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    I have a vale before and after the reactor so I can throttle the flow through it, and a valve on bypass line on the left so I can control how much water will bypass the reactor as well. I'm also considering adding some plastic discs inside the reactor to slow the flow and direct the water inside...
  3. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    Awwwwww yeah!! My filter housing arrived today for the Cerges-style reactor. Since I already had the UGF tube and the Eheim Installation Kit intake strainer I was easily able to assemble it, and 3/4" fittings means lots of flow :) I'll pull out the "pressure relief valve" and use that to feed...
  4. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    Oh right. I kind of overlooked that tbh. Hopefully the EcoPlus is quiet. My stand isn't touching my wall though, and my walls are old and made of gypsum lathe and plaster, they're nearly cement which may be better or worse lol. I still haven't figured out how to mount this behemoth yet anyway...
  5. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    Why is it louder I wonder? I'm less worried about slowing the flow now since I'm going to run the manifold separately from the FX6. I'm going to use a 1.5"x3/4"x3/4" straight wye to split the intake though, so the FX6 and the manifold will share the same inlet and hopefully not fight each...
  6. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    I think I'm onto something now! It's evolved a fair bit since the original pictures, but the creative use of street elbows saved me just enough height for this to fit in my stand, and allow for the use of valving proper. The left hand side will be used for the cerges reactor, where it will...
  7. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    Some street elbows solved my height issue, they made the entire unit about 1" shorter which gives me a little bit of clearance.
  8. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    I'm more worried about the heating in the winter, but even that shouldn't be a problem because out apartment is usually pretty warm. It will have a thick plexi lid, with a nice seal on it to reduce evaporation and most importantly, humidity in my apartment. We're on the 3rd floor and it gets...
  9. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    Ya I actually forgot about that, but that's still only for a minute or so..... but I think I'm going to run it separately anyway, except maybe share the inlet tube and outlet....so the FX6 and this manifold would be running in parallel.
  10. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    Ahh ok I see what you mean now, I don't exactly have the space available lengthwise to be able to do that, but you did give me another idea about using some vertical space underneath my FX6.
  11. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    I don't quite follow? I can't run those heaters horizontally but you did get me thinking about maybe using another couple of 45's and putting the heaters or piping at an angle somehow.
  12. DarkSoul

    Some plumbing help/ideas needed. Let's see yours.

    I'm working on plumbing my FX6 for my 90g into 2 Hydor 200W heaters and what will be a Cerges reactor when the parts arrive, however I've run into a bit of an issue. If I add valves below the heaters the entire unit is far too tall for me to add anything else to it, and I intend on also adding...
  13. DarkSoul

    Filter media setup. what to do?

    I think I've watched every video on it just for fun :) It does come with media, but I was just asking better alternatives to the included media. For one, the outer foam rings are all fairly coarse but due to the way water flows inside the unit it passes through those sponges from the bottom and...
  14. DarkSoul

    Filter media setup. what to do?

    After a nearly ten year absence from keeping fish I'm finally getting back into the game with a bang. But this leaves me not only lacking in experience a little bit, but also somewhat behind the times as things have evolved and newer products have been made available. Fluval's FX5 and FX6 for...
  15. DarkSoul

    I. AM. BACK.

    I'm might make a post soon detailing my not-quite-finished-stand build a bit. We're probably about 3-4 months away from actually stocking it with any fish. I have some plumbing to over-complicate, then we can add sand and start establishing some plants and cyccle the tank.
  16. DarkSoul

    I. AM. BACK.

    I think "success" is a little bit of a stretch right now.... but lets just say on my finally deserved path to success.... a little more hard work, a few more tough hours and I think I'll be looking back on success in the rear view mirror. I've been to hell, thoroughly explored it, had tea with...
  17. DarkSoul

    I. AM. BACK.

    Oh...was the FX6 in the picture? gee I didn't even notice ;) LOL, My paydays are a little sparse, and sometimes a month or two apart, but they're bountiful when they arrive..... generally enough to pay my outstanding bills, afford one fancy thing and then be broke again :) I'm going to go...
  18. DarkSoul

    I. AM. BACK.

    wow, life has taken me on one hell of an adventure since I was last active on this board, but as always it tends to bring you full circle sometimes. I had a beautiful 30 gallon in the past that ended up falling into disarray when I got arrested for a crime I didn't commit, spent little over a...
  19. DarkSoul

    LED Lighting question

    Ahh yeah I kind of missed that. That aside I found the ebay seller "2012topdeal" has AMAZING prices on high powered LEDs. Like 100x 3W LEDs on PCBs for $40. or 20 for $7!! At any rate, there are a lot of options for high powered LEDs, I have a 10W that I made into a desk lamp..... It more or...
  20. DarkSoul

    LED Lighting question

    I've seen the prices of some of these LED fixtures. Just remove your tubes, and go buy some LED strip lighting on a reel from an electronics parts supplier. The rolls are usually like $20-$30 for the waterproof ones, and the controllers/remotes are roughly the same price depending on which ones...
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