Recent content by brigoody

I have finished building my stand for my 90gallon tank. I am new to the hobby, so the advice from this forum has been great. My questions today are concerning placement of the heater. I have a 20x16x10 (15 gallon) sump. I would like to hide the heater and other equipment in the sump, but the...

Thank you all. That is what I thought would happen. Now that I know this guy is trying to make money off of me, I'll go elsewhere. He also sold me on buying a 20lb bag of live aragonite. Should I return this is just buy a couple of cups of the live sand? Do lfs sell this little amount, if...

I'm getting ready to setup my first SW tank. I just bought 120lbs of sand and now need to get some rocks. My plan was to buy some base rock (ebay has it for $85 for 70lbs) and about 30-40lbs. of live rock. I have read some posts where others mention doing this. Now, the guy at my lfs said...

Thanks melosu for the info, but now that you and others have mentioned using uncured rock for my cycling, I'm trying to find the easiest and best way for a newbie such as myself. I have read many articles on curing live rock in a new setup and there are many different ways. some say to save...

Thank you for your comments. It sounds like you both are saying for me to buy uncured rock. Is this because this is a new setup? I was planning on buying live sand and cured rock, should I not? To save money, I was going to also buy some base rock and other sand as well. What do you think?

I am a newbie to the SW hobby and this is about my third post on the forum. I've been reading a lot of articles and posts as well as reading some books. I bought a 90 gallon with a built in overflow. I also bought a used sump with protein skimmer. From the photo, you will see that I am just...

Sump and cycling help??? I am a newbie to the SW hobby and this is about my third post on the forum. I've been reading a lot of articles and posts as well as reading some books. I bought a 90 gallon with a built in overflow. I also bought a used sump with protein skimmer. From the photo...

Hello, I am a newbie starting a 90gallon saltwater FOWLR tank. My tank has a built in overflow in the rear left corner. I am using a 20 gallon sump. The questions I have are with the plumbing I should use. Is PVC or tubing better? I was leaning towards tubing since I am new at this and...

Correction. I guess the drain pipe I am thinking I need is called a standpipe. Do I want to use this in my reservoir so the overflow is not dropping all the way down the tank before it goes into the sump?

Thanks Macatua. I also just got back from a LFS, and the guy there confused me even more. I thought I needed a "J" drain pipe that would connect to the bulkhead and then send the water to the sump. If you look at my picture, the smaller box is the overflow and I am assuming the larger is...

You do make it sound pretty simple, but how can I figure out the rate of my built in overflow? I know the specs for the rio2500 at 4ft. is a little more than 500gph, and that most HOT overflows are between 600-900gph, but how do I determine the rate of the built in? Now, since I have a 90gallon...

I'm just setting up my very first SW tank for FOWLR. I bought a 90gallon with built in overflow, and I will be using a 15-20gallon Coralife sump with a Berlin protein skimmer and Rio 2500 pump. My confusion is with the water capacity and flow rate. I have a 2" bulkhead for the overflow and...