Recent content by wetworx101

I have been building a couple tanks right now that have sloped bottoms. The tanks are 24" tall in the front, and 4" in the back. Trust me, its not easy... you have to engineer the support points just right to prevent the tank from sliding off the front of the stand. At that, once you figure...

I too once saw a totally silent sump as impossible, but I did it (in an apartment). Main Tank:125g Sump:40L In Tank Flow: Tunze Streams (these were the loudest thing on the whole tank, which says alot). Sump return: Eheim 1250 on silicone airline feet (floss the silicone airline through the...

So the complete list of Cones, at this point: Korallen Zucht (beckett injector, Aquabee pump, many use with eheims though, no bubble plate) made in Taiwan ATB (needle/meshwheel, Sicce-Eheim-Askoll, easily converted to a beckett injector-also made 'pyramid' skimmers) made in Austria RE/Vertex...

So why doesn't acrylic absorb water? Because you say so? :wink: Want to put some money on that? Most acrylics, and for that matter, most plastics & rubbers, are porous and expand underwater, many will suck up about 1% of their weight in water in just 24 hours. If you weigh a piece of...

Beware, that acrylic will absorb up to 60% of its weight in water from being in the tank like that. As it does over months, it will expand, and if it doesnt have anywhere to expand (like if its siliconed between two opposite glass panels), it will either crack the glass, or it will actually...

We should also add some recent entries into the market: Bubbleking Supermarines (200,250,300) and Minis (160,180, 180v2, 200, and 200v2) C&C marine skimmers Octopus Pro and Extreme series Warner Marine Protein Skimmers (mfg. by JNS). There is also the 'Bubble Magus'.

Well, here's one that has gained alot in the past year: ATB (Aquarium Technik Burian). Im responsible for their introduction to the US I suppose, and they have since been refined to the level that they often get compared with the BK's right off the bat. I love my ATB's...

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.p ... opic=58540 Why spend $20?

If you can, get to know your LFS to the point where you can get your fish directly when they come in from the wholeseller, right out of the bag. Often times, the fish at this point are very healthy even with the shipping. Usually, its after being in the LFS system for even just a day that they...

Gosh... Illegal to import... Fedral Offenses... Kinda weird. Dont get me wrong, I am all for protecting the reefs, but it seems like there has to be a better way. Last I checked, importation meant something was crossing international boarders, but going between mainland US or Alaska and...

Why are they called 'in-wall'? They arent IN the wall... that wouldnt work out very well because most people's walls are only 3.5" thick inside. They are 'behind the wall'...lol. Make sure you have a well ventilated 'fish room' behind that wall with about 100cfm in bathroom/power fans per...

I dont handle them myself, the bacteria and water changes handle the phosphates and nitrates.

ROFL... So, someone else digs on Jawfish as well... The blue spot ones are cool, but spendy. IMO, the best one (I own two) is the Bali Tiger one. It has a black head, and yellow vertical bars on its body. A similar species is the black-cap. If you dont care about color so much, and you...

just do a search on youtube... you would be shocked as to whats out there that they can do. They can even solve geometric problems.

and then look at the increase in wattage for a PAN WORLD per gph, and see how much extra you have to spend to get the penductors to work properly. Usually, a good, low pressure, high-flow pump (low wattage) like a Dart just does better on its own with some large size piping. When you start...