LakeLivin
Active Member
Yeah Mike, I understand and certainly appreciate you volunteering to figure it all out by experiencing all the problems so if any of the rest of us attempt to do the same we should have a much easier go with it. I'm with Salty on this but I think 19 pictures and 25 pages of instructions should suffice, but that's only if you provide a companion disc with 8 or 9 "how to" videos. You do a good job and I'm sure he will provide you with the next generation of LED's for free.
Look at APEX, I was told that comprehensive owners manual they provide with their name on it was actually put together by a user who is not even an employee. It that's true, I hope he at least got some freebies.
If you are really into that kind of stuff Redsea could use some help with their instructions. They give you the basics to assemble everything, but pretty much leave you to your devices to figure out all the rest. We could use a lot more instructions pertaining to the actual operation of all the components. Other stuff like the best methods to use cleaning different parts and how often, best method to do water changers (how often and what percentage of water to replace, more in depth skimmer operations issues, fixes tips and tricks etc. More detailed pictures and/or videos explaining the plumbing and how it all should be hooked up and how it all goes together so you can understand the big picture. They kind of leave you hanging to answer your questions ro figure it out through trial and error.
I still have not taken the time to find out how effective putting the long elbow PVC pipe on the down spout on the skimmer and running the output to the back of the skimmer/sump does. I suppose it makes the system a little quieter because it moves the water flow noise to the back of the tank, but isn't the output of the skimmer supposed to run down through the substrate bags one the shelf just in front of the skimmer? I'm sure someone will enlighten me, but it's one of the questions on my list that I have not pursued and answer to yet.
