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Old 07-30-2012, 04:46 AM
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Never fails..........leaving tomorrow morning for a 10 day work trip & my sump springs a major leak. Needless to say I wil never build a sump or tank out of acrylic ever again. As soon as I get home hopefully the new pumps I want for my 300 will be here or well on the way & I will be building a new sump from a glass tank.
a lady suggested to me to slow a major leak if your able use duct tape.. will it help i dunno its worth a try if it will help you out even if it souns hoaky
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Old 07-30-2012, 06:45 AM
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a lady suggested to me to slow a major leak if your able use duct tape.. will it help i dunno its worth a try if it will help you out even if it souns hoaky
Well............a little super glue ans YES some duct tape sealed the leak. Just hope it will hold for 10 days
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Old 07-30-2012, 06:52 AM
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Well............a little super glue ans YES some duct tape sealed the leak. Just hope it will hold for 10 days
im sure it will you may get a bit of drippage but keep the ducttapehandy incaseyour wife or kids needtore apply.

btw one day soon im going to have to talk led with you..planning a build for my 180g and maybe the 50g at the same time.. i love your color scheme and build was inspiring.. just have to plan out my heatsync and talkto martin about pricing on the heatsync
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Old 07-30-2012, 07:56 AM
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why am i losing interest in this hobby in the middle of building my 10 feet tank, is it because all ppl i like to see on here does not post any more? :-( what happen to canreef?
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Old 07-30-2012, 01:44 PM
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why am i losing interest in this hobby in the middle of building my 10 feet tank, is it because all ppl i like to see on here does not post any more? :-( what happen to canreef?
It's ok I'm still here

I know what you mean though there are many good people who don't (or rarely) come on here any more.
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Old 07-30-2012, 01:45 PM
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why am i losing interest in this hobby in the middle of building my 10 feet tank, is it because all ppl i like to see on here does not post any more? :-( what happen to canreef?
you should be building for you cause you love it.... and ppl may be not posting due to summer activities.... orlurking waiting fr yoou to postpics of your build
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Old 07-30-2012, 02:42 PM
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Blame the mind numbing posts that have replaced the having fun banter ones.....
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Old 07-30-2012, 03:07 PM
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Old 07-30-2012, 03:17 PM
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Its the middle of summer. People take vacations and just get outdoors more. Their tanks suffer and so does your canreef social life
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Old 07-30-2012, 03:22 PM
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Its the middle of summer. People take vacations and just get outdoors more. Their tanks suffer and so does your canreef social life
Sorry, but a real reefer doesn't take vacations, and they have no social life
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