When I removed all my bioballs I just made another drip plate about 1 inch above the water level to disperse the water and lower the noise substantially.You can also try to connect another drain line that would go about 1 inch under the water level.Both worked well for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Culross, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:11 AM Subject: RE: Conversion to reef setup
> Thanks for the advice. > > One more question. After I take the bio-balls out the distance from the drip > plate to the water level is going to be about a foot or more. I'm sure water > dropping from that level is going to be very loud and since this is in my > living room I'm not going to be happy. What have other people done to limit > the noise once the bio-balls are removed ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 5:22 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Conversion to reef setup > > > Hey Andrew. 40-60 pounds should be plenty. Really depends on the fish load. > Same applies to the removal of the bio balls. If you have a lite fish load, > you can probably begin removing them now. If it a heavy one, you will > probably want to wait till you get another 20 pounds or so of LR. You can > take about 25% out at a time, and remove that amount every week or so until > they are gone. > > As far as corals go... not sure what he wont eat. He may not eat any corals, > or he may eat most. As far as ease goes, I would recommend you start with > some nice mushroom rocks. You can also try some green star polyps and some > yellow polyps or brown polyps (probably the first your butterfly will eat, > if it eats any). These are all low light, easy to keep animals that do not > require too much care. > > > HTHs > > Shane C. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Culross, Andrew [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:12 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Conversion to reef setup > > > > Hello everyone ! > > > > I have a 120G FO setup that I'm slowing moving over to a FOWLR/Reef. > > > > I've put about 60lbs of live rock in the tank and think I need about 60 > > more > > - is that about right ? > > > > Also, at what point can I start taking the bioballs out of the wet/dry ? I > > assume I should do this in stages. > > > > And finally could people provide me with some suggestions on easy corals > > to > > keep to start ? I should also mention that I have a racoon butterfly in > > there so I may have to move him or find things he doesn't like. Any ideas > > ? > > Possibly some inverts ? > > > > TIA ! > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > LEAVING THE LIST > > ================ > > To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the > > list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. > > > > For example: > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: <not needed> > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________ > > LEAVING THE LIST > ================ > To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. > The list manager controls who belongs to the list. > > For example: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: <not needed> > > UNSUBSCRIBE > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________ > > LEAVING THE LIST > ================ > To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. > > For example: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: <not needed> > > UNSUBSCRIBE > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ================ To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE --------------------------------------------------------------
