Recent content by krusty_krab

I had an old CPR bak pak 2, with the rio that came with. It was either a 6 or 800, cant remember. Got shocked by that pump. Figured replacing it with the maxijet would be the way to go. Got the fancy venturi kit, which is convenient, but, well, not necessary IMO. That can be easily rigged...

Watch out on the paintball supply stores- some of them fill thier bottles with Co2 and oil, to keep the markers(guns) lubricated. You dont want that in your tank. Caveat- I read about that maybe 4 years ago, and I dont keep up with paintball eq trends, so that might be different now- but...

Meg- Those are some great pics from what looks to be an awesome tank. Your puffer looks like a great pet! Now I want one... :) KK (not for pinching though)

DanC, nice... I wondered about the tin foil, forgot about it looking at the rest of the pics... had to think real hard to get your joke. Lovely mondays... very funny KK

Some clarity- The drawing is oversimplified as I needed to do this in a short period of time, I havent used Visio (lol) in awhile and am slow at it, and I just havent decided on alot of the details. For instance, the chiller is going to be under the house(I think), but I am not sure I want it...

Len - thanks for the caveat. And I know, I havent the experience designing large scale systems to describe things better. I will punch up my pix tonight, doodle on them a bit as per what I have planned, see what everyone thinks. Is there a quick how to on posting pics? Does RDO host any (I...

Hey All- I have pics of my setup area, and I will draw in my ideas, but I do need this info kind ASAP. Let me know what you think... I have procured a large "mechanical" room nearby where I want to set up a reef tank, in a new home I am buying that is under construction. ITs about an 8x10...

On sump size... Having as big as possible is good for diluting all the bad nutrients... what I wonder, is what is too big. In that if you want to do a bi monthly 20 percent water change, a bigger sump means more salt water to change out, hence more RO, more salt mix, more cost... Any other...

Thanks guys- Modo/Mogo good tip on the height of the outlets and the AC. I will be getting estimates back soon on all of the suggestions. The sump display would have a detachable cover. I may throw some rock in the sump, bristleworm party, mantis fun house, what have you. I will post...

At work, I have a test bed with several different OSs, all over 3 monitors via some KVM switches... Short version of this comment, is that I am currently using about half of those wallpapers! IO and Europa is on my main machine though. Beautiful pics... KK

You guys rock, this is why I love RDO, always a pro ready to chip in some advice... I will post pics/plans/plots later... thanks again KK

Hey all- Before my question- I posted about buying a new house under construction, and having the ability to make some customizations while its going. The opportunity is here, looks like my offer will go through. so... yay for me. So, I am going to build a out of the wall tank, along with...

Hey I live right by the Tropical Illusion store, and I wouldnt recommend it. For the past 6 months its been declining, they had a beautiful 4x4foot reef tank, they proceeded to stock it with about 20 tangs...just for holding/sale, there were already about 20 fish in there! big ones too...

Hey Thanks for your comments thus far everyone. Wow, moyesreef.com is amazing. I recommend it to anyone with broadband. I had to peek and look at his credits, see what he did for a living to afford such a nice setup... yeah... I may be buying a new house, but I have yet to executive produce...

Hi All- You may/may not remember me, I got hooked on the salty brine as a friend of mine gave me his 30gallon reef. I have since sold that particular tank, as we are entertaining the possibility of moving within the next few months, into a new custom build home. (Will decide/put in an offer...