Recent content by fishy929

reefnutz, Yeah, I saw some research on the smaller sand beds, but opted for the more heavily researched DSB's. I kinda like the look of it too. It's like a science experiment:-) I don't keep any jawfish or other sand sifters, but rely on crabs, my conch, and sand critters to keep the...

I've been working hard on this setup since I did an upgrade/relocation. It's been up and running for around 6 months now. The previous setup was up and running for well over a year. Made a lot of mistakes in the beginning because I listened to the LFS folks. Anyway, here's my new setup: 90g...

It looks to me like he is playing with his reflection on the tank bottom. My mated percs swim sort of jerky like that all the time and they are very healthy. I think that he looks good IMO.

Dupaboy, I think that I have addressed the vibration issue when I removed the mounting hardware. To test this, I listened for the sound while the pump was sitting on the matting, and again with the pump lifted off the surface. There was little to no difference in the sound. The sound is...

Reefland, That sounds like a great idea...no pun intended :D I unbolted the pump last night and it did seem to help. I'm not getting near the vibration in the actual tank. I still have it setting on some neoprene matting. I will pick up some of the foam when I go to get my sand today. If...

Dupaboy, Thanks for the tip. I did not use rubber on the backside and I DID overtighten. Although, I loosened them up a bit last night. I put my ear to the acrylic topside and boy is this thing going to be loud for the fishes... My thought was that my cabinet is acting like a bass tube or...

Len, I was actually thinking about getting a bigger pump! I was not aware of the additional fan in the 40 series pumps. My plans were to turn over the total system volume (90g +20g sump) at least 10x, but more would be better. The 30 series puts out 960gph at 8' head or something like that...

I just finished setting up my upgraded 90G in a dedicated "fish room" in my house. I worked very hard at limiting the noise with the overflow and sump and am now battling it out with my Iwaki 40RLXT. I thought it would be a good idea to bolt it down inside the tank stand with 1/4 inch rubber...

Thanks for your help!

Tangir1, Sorry about the mistaken identity... I'm not sure what the flow rating is on the sump. In all of my research, I never found any sump with a throughput rating. I thought that was odd, but... Anyway, my sump is the Euro-fil 240 manufactured by Advanced Aqua Tanks and can be seen on...

Thanks Tangirl. So, if I go with two 1.25" overflow holes, I also need to go bigger inlets on my sump right? I would think that reducing the pipe to the 1" inlets would defeat the purpose.

I am in the process of upgrading my reef system now that I know what i'm doing :roll: Anyway, I am putting in a 90 gallon acrylic with a 30 gallon berlin sump. I plan on returning water (and providing current) via a Iwaki 1200gph pump. What would be the minimum overflow size to keep up with...

I highly reccommend Clayton Pet Emporium for livestock and corals. Their water quality is superb (which is a nice change form other places) and they have a 20% off or 14 day guarantee on fishees. Talk to Jan, the owner. She has been in SW for 25+ years and has never given me bad advice. I...

I purchased a dual 250w 20k MH retrofit kit earlier this week for my 55 gallon reef. I plan to install them this weekend, but I had a couple of questions. The new lights are going to be replacing my two 65w 10k PC lights in my 48" JBJ Formosa hood. I will leave the other two 65w Actinics in...

How I got rid of my aptasia... 1 TBS boiling water 1 tsp Calk mix 1 syrenge w/needle In a glass container, boil the water in the microwave. Immediately mix the Calk and take in ~ 1-1.5 ml into the syrenge. Turn off your current and lay a nice little ball of calk mix (it doesn't take much)...