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The idea hasn't really progressed too far yet. I've been looking closer at acrylic fabrication more than anything else. I can't find anything sturdy enough in the sizes I want anywhere around here. I found some links for acrylic DIY and it looks pretty straightforward to me. When I actually...

I have this burning desire for a sump/refugium and an easier way to change water. I've been playing around with some ideas and thought I would post my latest "brainstorm" to see if anybody thinks its do-able and or insane. Space is an issue in my place. I'm using the stand that came with my...

I'm going to take a water sample in to the LFS here in town and see if they will run a test battery for me to see what levels they get. I bought the brand of kits they sell, Red Sea, so I am assuming that's what they use as well, but that's just a guess. BrianH brought up a very good point and...

My rock came with three surprises: An Urchin we named Ursala A turbo snail named Timmy A limpid of some type named Larry (I want to get 2 more so I can have two Daryls and Larry :lol: . The urchin and snail are in the quarantine tank but the limpid is poking around in the tank somewhere, I...

I've got some serious questions regarding the results I've been getting from my text kits (Red Sea) during my tank cycling. A little background: About 10 days ago I plopped a large, raw shrimp in my 46 gallon tank with about 40 lbs of live rock that had been sitting at the LFS for quite a...

Kevin, First off: Your photos make mine look like both the camera and I have been playing drinking games all night. And actually, that's not so far off base. :drinking: Your (very clear) photo is the spitting image of what's in my tank. Or, maybe mine was blurry because they move so...

I was under the impression that the spikes in water chemistry during the cycling would be harmful for the little guy. I was hoping to find a time when he's not hanging on for dear life but I have pretty much given up. These things are ON the rock until they want to move. I was going to put it...

It's got to be a limpid of some type. From everything I've been able to find it fits the description. I can't get the little bugger off the rock though. I'll keep trying while the tank cycles, but he's not letting go for anything.

I know the photo is dreadful but as soon as I took this one and got it loaded on my computer to see that it was in fact dreadful, the little fellow decided to crawl out of sight. From what I have been able to find, my best guess is a lipid (?). (I hope that did it) It's about 1/2-3/4"...

That sounds kind of cool. I haven't seen anything like that before, but it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to construct. I'm also intrigued with the "Squid" (can't remember the correct anogram) product that you pump water into and it alternates between 2 outlets. Has anyone had...

The natural wave is something you (loganj) had brought to my attention on a previous post and I plan on buying one of those shortly. I thought I would run two PH's on that and have two pointing at each other from the ends of the tank. That's what prompted the post, I plan on adding ANOTHER PH...

My tank is cycling nicely thanks to everyone's help. Thank you all! I have seen some estimates for water movement and 10 X per hour seems to be the "Magic" number. I have 3 maxi-jet 600 power heads going plus the 1200 on my skimmer which comes out to be 775 gallons/hour of water flow. I...