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the top layer is pretty nasty due to the lack of maintenance and 2 broken scwd's for the last 6 months. Just lots of sediment and hair algae mixed on the top layer with all the work I've been doing in it. I'll syphon it into a trash can then drill holes in the trash can so it can dry? I hate...

I'm more concerend about things dieing and breaking down in the sand as it sits damp... when I set up the new tank all that craps gonna turn to phos/nitrates =/

Oh I have a 125 reef now - if you can call it a reef, more like a bryopsis infested tank. So far I have pulled most of the live rock and the hair algae has come off easily, just a small amount remains on the rocks which show a bit of coraline now. All is being moved to a 75g with a BB and...

My 125 has a DSB and I'm not sure what I plan to do in the new tank, SSB, BB, DSB(unlikely) so I'd like to hang on to some of it. I was thinking of getting a trash can for the sand, with some salt water... maybe run the tank through the top of it, like a giant sand bucket filter. Problem is...

Eggcrate is easy to cut out spots for all your plumbing needs.

I have a 170G custom Oceanic, 56x24x29h. I have a Tunze Wavebox, a pair of 250w, 14k halides, an ASM skimmer, Velocity T4 return pump (1200gph, doubles as a heater). Debating if I want a BB or SSB, I am leaning towards the SSB and a jawfish or 2. Debating if I want to add a closed loop over...

Yah they are vicious little fishes... Just look at thier face, they look pissed!! Fridmani (sp?) is an awesome fish though, very passive and much better looking, of course you pay for that...

Careful microwaving RO water especially if you have DI on it.

Is it just me or does it just barley fit, if you can call it fitting... Should I just pick up magnets? =/ This is even on my 75 gallon, I think the 170 gallon I just bought has even thicker glass =/ edit - wtf $50 and I have to buy 2 of them?? o man I thought they had you at $500, what could...

No screenshot, didn't happen... How is the tank doing though, Len? Mines got 90% of the rock covered in nice luch hair algae. At night its coated with so many 1-2cm star fish you can't see the hair algae anyways. I have 1 fish and 1 shrimp I have had for probably over a year now and fed once...

Thanks for the quick reply, they say they like the overflow noise, and it'll be in a wall/closet sort of I believe, vented to the outside through the custom halide fixture which will be on a pully system for maintenance. Will wait on the chiller and see if its needed or not and then go with...

120 Gallon Aqauarium room divider Euro-Reef RC135 Re-Circulating Protein Skimmer Tunze Wavebox 6212 w/ Controller ~50-60g Sump powered by Iwaki MD-40RLXT Japanese OM Squirt for sump return to far end of tank Chiller Ca Reactor ~100lbs walt smith premium uncured fiji Live Rock Above tank...

thanks for the replys. talked to my friend and he is concerned with using the jointer and keeping a 60x30 sheet level on the blade, so we may just jig up the router if we do it. my 125g (72x18x20) is 3/8th acrylic except for the lid which is 1/4". Small access holes, the top is very much in...

Friend is a cabinet builder and has everything we need in his garage/work shop. Can you use a jointer on the edges of the acrylic to get a good seam, or will it shred/melt the acrylic? 60x24x30... will 1/2" acrylic work or do I need to go thicker? For the lid I was going to just lay a sheet...

nevermind, its on this page if you want to see a couple better pics lol http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003- ... /index.php can't even post a link to the jpg let alone have it acually show up here...