Recent content by snailpoo

Thanks for the great ideas everyone. The tank is in the corner of the room, next to a coffee table. I'm trying to figure out where to place a fresh water resevoir. It's either going to be on/under the coffee table, or if I can find a 5 or 10 gallon container 4 inches wide, I could place it...

I need a 5 - 10 gallon container to hold fresh water. The problem is that it's going to sit next to the tank in the living room on the coffee table. Anyone have any ideas of what can I use that won't aggrivate my wife because it looks too bad?

I've got a 30 gallon tank over a 10 gallon sump. The tank has a HoB overflow, and I'm using a Fluval 304 as the return pump. I know: problems. Air accumulates at the top of the U tube on the overflow, causing it to slowly lose siphon. This is merely must-refill-the-tube-twice-a-week-annoying...

I have an Orbits 2x96W light fixture, but one bulb refuses to turn on. The replacement bulb works on the other outlet, so it's not the bulb. Is it time to switch the ballast? Are there instructions anywhere (I'm no electrician and don't want to zap myself)?

Sorry, yeah, this was meant as pure humor.

I guess the Colonials did find Earth after all. :splitspin

Low nitrates, high phosphates. There's a RO/DI filter on the way (wife saw the medicated tap water news stories. Thank-you pharmecutical companies!). The irony is that the red algae in the tank looks a lot like the Gracilaria some stores sell for tangs. Ooooo... beautiful. I know with...

Thanks for the advice guys!

There's a 6cm x 6cm hole allowing the filter return, a 18cm x 9cm hole accomodating the in filter box, and 15 or so 1/2 inch holes scattered elsewhere. Is that enough? There's also an overabundance of algae, and the sump isn't covered at all. After three days, everything in the tank is still...

My set-up currently consists of a 30 gallon tank, 10 gallon sump, protein skimmer, Fluval 304, 40? (50?) pounds of live rock, lots of macro algae, wall to wall corals (my friends are threatening an intervention if I go to another frag swap). The current occupants are a pair of Occelaris, a...

The tank is only 30 gallons, and the acrylic sheet measures 29 cm by 89 cm. While it is pretty light, is the weight of condensation pulling it down, too? I'll try to get a picture.

Hrm. After my beloved clownfish of three years decided to go carpet surfing, I, in complete, mindless haste, went and got an 1/8 inch acrylic cover custom cut for the tank. The cover was fine for two days, but is now warping downwards. I'm guessing that this is due to heat from the...

Thanks! I'm so glad I took your advice and jammed as much room into the return area as possible. I lose a gallon of water every three days, and under my old plans... :o

How do I fit in a refugium, do I skip that all together?

What have I gotten myself into? So, I've got a 30 gallon long, and I'm trying to build a sump for this thing. I have an overflow box (1.5 drain) and a wet/dry filter from aquacrylics, this thing. I plan on using a 10 gallon tank (unfortunately the stand of a 30 gallon long is rather small)...