Recent content by ReefSoldier

Thank you for the response. I had my neighbor come and take a look. He is a lifelong union carpenter, we came up with a plan to sandwich the existing wood I-Beam floor with 1 inch plywood and add another 2x10 along where the front of the aquarium will run. I am looking at roughly 155 pounds...

I appreciate your response. The tank will run the wall that is directly above the joist you see. But, I believe to be on the safe side, I am going to add two more 4 x 4 legs on that beam and run one more 2x10 joist under the tanks location just to be safe

Sounds like it will be fine, but as you already know, there are no guarantees!

The corners on the stand, where the legs meet the cross beams, are they notched or just screwed to together?

I am ready to bring my 6x2x2 Acrylic aquarium in the house and need your advice. Under the house , the link are pictures from under my house and an explanation, do you forsee me having problems, or do I need to add support?

Tank will have two 1 1/2" bulkheads once I install the internal overflow. I am using a 55 Gallon for the sump I have a Octopus NW 200 Skimmer already Picked up a 2000 GPH return pump yesterday Lighting is to be determined, thank you for the advice, lights are confusing! I have 160 pounds of...

Have you tried baking soda? I have heard of this but have never tried it myself.

Ok, I am in the middle of converting from a FOWL 45 Gallon tall (hyperlink) to a 180 6x2x2 (hyperlink). Would like to have soft corals, BTA and fish. Looking for suggestions from lighting, water flow to whatever. Closed loop? Power Heads? Wavemaker? What steps do you wish you had taken when...

Looking at building my own hanging canopy, will have 2 x 250 MH and PC's white and blue. My question is, where can I find UV absorbing glass? Would like to have it cut to fit the canopy, anyone have any ideas?

Perfect, my first posting on my first forum was an illegal act! Thank you for the correction Ray, I will do my best not to highjack anyone else again.

FOWL Convert Hello all, just joined up and I am in the middle of converting from a FOWL 45 Gallon Tall to a Reef 180 Gal 6x2x2. I am finishing up the new stand, taking longer than I thought. I had it 80 % complete to only realize that I needed six more inches for the refugium / sump. So...