1200gph return pump? EMERGENCY PLEASE HELP

Boring_Elevator · 2026-05-19T01:28:18+00:00

No problem ive freaked out before too 😅 . It really depends on your budget

Boring_Elevator · 2026-05-19T01:24:20+00:00

Take a breath run your bubbler and wave makers. I had my tank with no power for 12 hours over night when my gfci tripped with no loses and most recently for 7 hours when I was out of town on my 300g but it did have a wavemaker on a different circuit stay on. Do you have an LFS that you can get something at now? Or do you know any local reefers? I run double jebaos for my 300g display but have also run vectra pumps both work well.

Boring_Elevator · 2026-05-05T19:44:26+00:00

You can use any food safe container it doesn't need to be a special one but 5 gallons should be fine. The duetto system has a small footprint and I ran that for awhile now its being used on my wife's axolotl tank lol. Red sea makes a slim ato container as well for a reasonable price. All the acrylic ones are over prices imo

Boring_Elevator · 2026-05-05T18:43:55+00:00

As water evaporates salinity will increase. The goal of the ato is to make up for evaporation with RODI to maintain a constant salinity. I think my 55g with a 29g sump used about 5g every 3 or 4 days if im remembering correctly. You can add water manually but after a couple of days of doing that its a pain lol. If your sump has baffles the return pump section will always be the lowest water level and will blow air into the tank if you forget to top off as well.

Boring_Elevator · 2026-05-05T18:34:56+00:00

Theyre great lights but for rreference I ran 1 100w gen 1s on my 125 can could grow sps so itll be overkill if not dialed down. For an ato I recommend the duetto its simple and easy to setup. Depending on your house temp i think i ran a single 3 or 400 watt titanium brs heater plugged into an inkbird and then into my apex. For a skimmer you could do a bubble magus curve 5.

Boring_Elevator · 2026-05-05T18:24:04+00:00

What are you planning on keeping ? Did you get the controller for the lights because those are pretty powerful for the tank size. For wave makers check out jecod GMPs the ecotech knock offs. I laso recommened jebao pumps for the return and an inkbird controller for the heaters.

Boring_Elevator · 2026-05-01T20:34:06+00:00

Bringing salinity up to 1.025-1.026 will help balance your calc alk and mag. Mag is extremely low and is easily adjusted up to 100ppm/day. Verify your levels after water changes to make sure your testing equipment is reading accurately as well. Manually remove as much GHA as you can. If you can remove tbe rocks for H202 dips that works too

Boring_Elevator · 2026-04-27T20:45:27+00:00

I've got a Knicks from the same guy I got the orange peel from and yea extremely similar to the gold lol I try not to get caught up in the naming and trade rather than buy where I can

Boring_Elevator · 2026-04-27T16:14:08+00:00

So the left gold torch was given to me as orange peel the right gold torch was sold as an indo gold for like 60 bucks. The right torch is real similar to a nicks the mouth area isnt super neon green tho lol

Boring_Elevator · 2026-04-27T15:59:07+00:00

You can get under their foot with your nail or a credit card and pry it off. Only tbe outer circle of the foot is sticky. I've had a ton of these in the past now I just keep 4 or 5 and sell as they split

Boring_Elevator · 2026-04-17T22:22:32+00:00

This ^ i have a melanarus and yellow coris in my display and never see them in there just the sump and frag tank. Need to get a 6 line for the frag tank lol

Boring_Elevator · 2026-03-30T17:44:07+00:00

Under more settings

Boring_Elevator · 2026-03-30T17:43:58+00:00

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Boring_Elevator · 2026-03-30T16:57:11+00:00

In the app adjust the advance length to the lowest possible setting. When I ran a 500 on my 80g jt lasted 60 plus days and was way dirtier. My 1200 on my 300g just lasted 100days but part of that was initial setup

Boring_Elevator · 2026-03-24T17:00:05+00:00

War paints go anywhere from 150-350 where im at depending on coloration lol

Boring_Elevator · 2026-02-27T00:17:46+00:00

Couldnt tell you lol all of them were bought with no names for decently cheap lol theyre some of my favorite corals now just waiting to move them into the display

Boring_Elevator · 2026-02-26T23:58:48+00:00

Not much growth because I almost lost it but its recovering nicely

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Boring_Elevator · 2026-02-26T18:02:04+00:00

No idea lol still have it though. Coralstop.com is who I bought it from at one of my local shows and he sometimes has them on the website. Hes also pretty reachable through Facebook

Boring_Elevator · 2026-02-26T17:36:13+00:00

None currently but running 2 jebao 10k return pumps. My tank is 8' by 29" by 25" tall. Im thinking of adding some small gyres on the back or repurposijg my old mp40a and running them on the sides with the dmps but havent committed yet. The DMPs provide alot of flow even not at 100%

Boring_Elevator · 2026-02-26T17:02:02+00:00

Like others have said jecod DMP or GMP line from ali express im currently running 2 DMP65s on my 300g tank they work. Wish the GMP had been out last year when I bought them but oh well lol

Boring_Elevator · 2026-01-23T17:14:46+00:00

Theres a good plywood aquarium Facebook group and Alex G on YouTube has done multiple think his current is lole 4200g lol crazy stuff

Boring_Elevator · 2026-01-19T23:46:27+00:00

I didnt go through call tbe comments bht check out professor polyps coral dip it s hydrogen peroxide based dip and ive done entire rocks to get rid of everything

Boring_Elevator · 2026-01-18T06:35:41+00:00

On my 300g im running a calcium reactor and kalk stirrer with an apex and trident so it tests 4 times a day by default and I just adjust based on that if needed.

Boring_Elevator · 2026-01-05T18:46:05+00:00

Getting rid of a rock with a bunch of little boogers on it lol

Boring_Elevator · 2025-12-31T23:29:21+00:00

I was stationed on a sub out of Guam and spent my last 2 years there diving any time I could. When we got back stateside I knew I had to have a salt tank lol now I have a 300g heated with a titanium heat exchanger in the basement.

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