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Thanks! Mine too! Of course, it could always be bigger... It was a joint effort between my LFS, me and my contractor. Its all custom built. The overflows are actually inside the wall and can be accessed be removing the column panels on either side of the tank.

Oops. I guess time slipped away on posting. We did end up putting in two steel fitch plates below the tank just to make sure. Here is the finished product. Corals and fish just went in a couple of days ago. Its the Great Room on one side and the Dining Room on the other. There isn't a...

She's ordered and paid for. I went for the LED lights too. Its going to take about 6 weeks to get the tank. We're going to tear into the ceiling below in a couple of weeks to see if we need to add a beam. Then we'll start the cutting of the wall. But for now we wait.......

They are going to design the base so that there will be room for everything underneath including a large sump and an auto top-off system with a 5 gal jug. We had heat problems with our current tank, so I wanted to make sure we didn't have that problem again and we talked about installing a...

Its pretty much going to be in the middle of the house so for ventilation purposes that should not be an issue. I'm not sure what you mean by insulation though. Where would insulation be needed?

Thanks Ziggy. I met with the tank designer yesterday and that's exactly what we are going to do!

While I love my 65g, I just may be outgrowing it. We have everything living in it including toadstool, corals, etc. but only have a few fish. I am looking into having a 240g aquarium designed for an in-wall installation for viewing on bith sides. I am looking for thoughts and suggestions of...

Levels are as follows: Nitrate 15 pH 8.1 Alk 290 Phosphate 0.25 Calcium 420 And here is what it looks like..... Thoughts?

It doesn't look like hair. But, i thought it was bad. So why is he telling me that it is good??? I'll try to post pictures later but it looks like short bushy grass.

So is it good or bad?

So, it appears that I am growing some lawn on my rocks. My tank is monitored and serviced by my local LFS. When I (actually my wife) asked him about it this week, he said it was green coraline algae and its supposed to be there. My tank has been up for about 4-5 years and this doesn't seem...

I have an acrylic box trap called Trap-Eze that I have used with amazing success. I tried to find a link and can't but if you can find this, its worth it.

Well, I put him back in the ocean to be with his friends.....

We found a small starfish at the beach in Hilton Head today. We have a saltwater reef tank that already has a starfish. Would the beach guy survive in our tank if we brought him home with us? Is there any issue about him bringing anything into the tank (disease-wise) that could harm others...

I am not usually home when they are there, but I asked my wife about the acclimation process last night and she said that she recalls the way i used to do it with a drip line and a bucket aver a period of time and she said she does not recall seeing them do that. I'll have her check when they...

No, it runs constant because there is always someone here. Thanks for all the advice. I spoke with the owner of the company today. He agreed that is is better to dose the Tech A/B over the course of the week, but that most people who he services will not commit to that much effort. He also...

Last weekend I added a fan in the cabinet over the sump. Then I took the cover off the sump and added a powerhead since I had taken them all out. My temperature has been steadily going down to where it is 78 degrees today. My tank maintenance people came out today and I told them about the...

Here are the specs... Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 Salinity 1.024 pH 8.3 Alkalinity 300 Phosphate 0.25 Calcium 340 They do a water change of 15-20 gallons every two weeks. Every week, we also add 4 caps of Tech A & B, three drops of Lugols, 2 caps of Strontium and Molybdenum and 1 cap of ChromaPlex...

The only fish to have made it through is a clown (we've had him for about a year and a half) and he's not that big. He can't be killing everyone else, can he?

I would be fine with that but few things live longer than 2 weeks in my tank and I'm being told that it is because of the heat.

It is an acrylic tank and it is closed on the top. There are two panels that can come off for ffeding etc., but I keep them on. The tow panesl cover abot 50% of the top of the tank. The light is a coralife with 2 Actinic 65w and 2 10,000k 65w and it sits on stands on top of the tank. Do you...

I have a 65 gal salt tank that I have serviced every two weeks by an aquarium service company. They have been working on my tank for about 6 months. My thermometer, before they started on my tank appears to have not been working correctly. We now have a digital thermometer so we can monitor...

I've got two clowns, a yellow tang, a blue tang, an anemone and some crabs and snails in my 65 gal? Any thoughts for good tankmates?

Thanks Steve. I changed the filter media yesterday when I did the water change. I have added nothing else. The pH is between 8.0 and 8.3. As for aeration, I have the HOB filter moving water around, but I don't have any sort of air pump or stone in there. Do I need to do anything else to...

OK. The ammonia's gone. But the ites and ates are too high. I did a 20% water change and still too high. Any ideas? P.S. My display tank is PERFECT...probably because there are no fish in there to mess it up!!!