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[79 cutty]

How much do you think he got paid for saying Budweiser lol

Nothing. They can't get paid for advertising alcohol in the NFL. But since he owns two Bud distribution spots and is more than likely going to retire he will see benefits from it in the future!

He basically just gave Bud a free commercial during the Super Bowl, which I though I read was a couple million for a minute or something like that, so I am confident Bud will say thank you for that plug and he will more than benefit from it now. But can almost with certainty say he was paid nothing.....yet.

Edited February 8, 2016 by 79 cutty

[Ahmed Johnson]

[Ahmed Johnson]

[OrzechNJ]

[Ahmed Johnson]

[Ahmed Johnson]

I'm not a packers fan but these are dope

[Ahmed Johnson]

Edited February 8, 2016 by Ahmed Johnson

[OrzechNJ]

I'm not a packers fan but these are dope

Size 20?!

[Broke_Audio_Addict]

My aquarium was in desperate need of a redo, $100 later and about an hour of my day this is what I came up with.

Pretty happy with it, the fish seem to be as well.

It's a 27gallon cube.

Depending on your filtration, you should look into adding some frog bit.

I'm way over filtering this tank, I'm running a huge canister filter with a ton of biological media in it.

Gives me peace of mind.

Rule of thumb for me is if need a filter that will cycle the tank 5-10 times an hour

My filter is rated for 370 gph.

The amount of media it holds is what I like about it.

I ran a fluval 304 on it for a couple years and hand constant issues with that piece of junk, switched to the one I have now and not a single problem at all in well over a year.

Holds way more media than the 304 as well.

This is what I'm running in case you wanted to know.http://www.amazon.com/Aquatop-CF400UV-4-Stage-Canister-Filter/dp/B004GJ43EK

One thing that can be dangerous is UV.

If you cycle the water though the UV filter too fast it does absoulitly nothing.

If you cycle the water though the UV filter too slow it kills the beneficial bacteria.

For best UV results it is best to have them running off a separate hose from the main filter so you can control the GPH going to the UV filter.

Y-splitting it off the main pump line with an adjustable valve works fine to do this.

Typically a 9watt UV sterilizer is good for up to a 125 gallon tank, and capable of handling 100-200gph but more realistically a max of 187.5gph with a slight variance depending on water temp, the uv sterilizer design, sunlight, fish load, etc. Which is why 200gph for a 9watt uv bulb may be ok in some scenarios.

For a level 1 UV sterilization you want to turn over your entire pond/tank water 1.5 times per hour.

Now Im not sure if you see where Im going with this or not yet, but you have a 27gallon tank you said.

So you want to only put about 40.5 gph through the actual UV filter going by the actual size of your 27gallon tank, and your doing 370gph which would be completely fine for a tank 4-5 times larger than yours.

With that being said your cycling your tanks water almost 14 times per hour and that UV is killing so much beneficial bacteria off due to how small your tank is.

For actual filters (not counting the UV filters) over filtration excessive media etc is never bad or as critical like UV as long as your never exceeding the filters gph.

But one thing to look out for with filters is a lot of times the rating they put on the box "for example for tanks up to 125 gallons" is not always 100% true.

Sometimes these ratings do not include the fish count (how many fish you have).

Sure a empty tank with no fish it may handle 125 gallons fine, but if you drop 10 fish in the tank it may struggle rather hard to keep the water quality.

This usually holds true to your cheaper brand filters kind of like how boss amps do 5000 watts...

I have no idea if the filter you have is a good brand or not.

I dont follow the fish tank stuff because I do ponds, but things like UV for a fish tank is the same but at a smaller scale.

This is stuff I learned the hard way dealing with ponds rebuild after rebuild, where you think more UV and more GPH is what you need, but you find out your 7000gph pump is literately just pushing dirt through your media without filtering it.

Thanks for the info.

I already know about the uv killing off beneficial bacteria, mine has an on off switch and I have yet to ever turn it on and I doubt I ever will.

As far as the filter being good or not they have great reviews all over the net and honestly i was skeptical to get it at first since it's an obscure brand but honestly after getting and using it and I have not one regret about doing so and I'd recommend it to anyone that was looking for a canister filter in this gph range.

Head height also lowers a filters gph rating, these are all things I'm aware of and why I oversize my filters.

I've been into aquariums for more than 20 years and have always had an aquariums of varying size over that timespan.

I've always wanted to do a pond, maybe once I buy my own house I'll do one.

Edited February 8, 2016 by Broke_Audio_Addict

[Ahmed Johnson]

I'm not a packers fan but these are dope

Size 20?!

Lol, definitely bigger than 12, lol. Those make my shoes look like a 6 inch sub.