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Ira

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  1. I kind of like the taste of mouthwash. Tastes better than sake. If it tasted half as good as nyquil I'd drink a whole bottle of it.
  2. Yeah, cavitation. Capitation would be...I dunno, putting a head on something as the opposite of decapitation? I don't know if the pumps we're likely to use would have any cavitation problems, but I did find that the powerhead I used on my 404 was noisier when sucking through a restriction than blowing. Same for a couple laguna pond pumps I have. Possibly is cavitation, it's hard to tell. Sounded more like the impeller rattling.
  3. Yes. :lol: All will work, it's personal preference really. People might argue about over what gives you 1-2% more filtering, but whichever ends up giving you the flow you prefer or just the simplest plumbing(One filtering each end) is best.
  4. You probably need more pressure.
  5. Should be fine, the 1300LPH powerhead I was using still pumped nearly as much as the 404 did. And raising the cannister won't change anything in a closed system unless you shorten the hoses, it will still be pumping at the same static head regardless of cannister height.
  6. I had a fluval 404 running like that for about 3-4 years. The pump in the 404 died so I had a powerhead feeding it. There's no reason your idea shouldn't work fine. Only issue was that the cannister was at a bit of positive pressure due to being force fed rather than having the water sucked from it like usual. With the 404 it caused the handles that tighten the top down to pop open a few times until I started wrapping a couple loops of tape around the whole thing to keep them down.
  7. I thinking something involving a 4 letter word for unintelligent and another 4 letter word...
  8. There are a lot more than just bristlenoses and plecs.
  9. Spider pic with the new camera. Spiders are great for taking pics of, they tend to hold still.
  10. Shouldn't be much work burying it and it will keep cooler.
  11. Ira

    Fresh water - salt

    It's only about a liter, iirc. You should be testing it with a refractometer, though.
  12. Ira

    This looks like...Fun...

    I'd guess at least 100kph.
  13. I dunno, it's a tossup between my redspot plec, my black shark and my surinamensis(Dead)
  14. Good luck getting the babies hand reared. We have a wild one that we managed to get up to the point of stepping up on your finger. But I've been told they're very difficult to "tame". Ours is a little sweety though.
  15. Rubber band the filter wool around your intake instead of putting it in the filter. It's easier to stick your arm into the tank and remove the filter wool that way than it is to drag the whole filter outer.
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