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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...

No luck on finding anybody around here to house my little stow-aways. I just went out and bought a cheap-o 10 gallon "aquarium kit" and got them in there. I was going to buy one anyway for a quarantine tank in the future. The future ended up being today. I plopped a big shrimp in there just...

I managed to get a really good deal on Live Rock at two different LFS's yesterday (Local being about an hours drive from here). I got just under 20 lbs from each store and put it all in the tank. The rock at both places had been in their tanks for a while. I also put in a 20 lb. bag of...

Well, I just went and bought a different skimmer. I'll return the Fluval and the Prism when they get here. I ordered the Aqua C with a maxijet 1200. I think I may be all done buying stuff (yea, right) and I should be able to start assembling as the boxes start showing up. The time will be...

Thanks for the input folks! First of all my lighting problem is solved. I went ahead and ordered a Custom Sealife 2X96W with the little moon lites in it. It should fit fine and the price was low enough to scrap my plans to build a hood and put one together from parts. I played around with MH...

That's what I thought the kid at the LFS said but I only really trust the owner of the store and he wasn't there. He's the only person I've seen in there more than twice. Thanks a million (or at least a half a cup). I'll poop the paper out just fine, thanks. I work better under pressure...

I had a choice today: Write a paper that's due Monday morning or mess around with the reef project. That was a no brainer. (I uploaded some photos of where I'm at so far in my photo gallery for those so inclined.) I didn't like the way the back of the stand looked. It just looked wimpy to...

I was looking at MH as well at the Hello Lights website. The cost isn't as much a factor as the size. They show the overall width of the reflector at 13" which is bigger than width of my tank at the ends (I suppose I could cut them down). Ignoring that I could get two of them in as far as the...

And I thought I had a vauge idea of what I was getting into...Ha! The tank: 47 gallon bowfront (36" Long, 12"wide at ends, 16" center, 16- 18"deep, I forget. The Revised Equipment plan for a Reef with about 9" (?) of fish: Canister Filter: Fluval 304, It's going in the...

Oh yea......I forgot. My intent is to do a reef setup. Live rock is available here for about 5 bucks a pound but I haven't really researched the type they sell, it's quality....etc. Live sand I'm not real sure about. I saw a big bag of wet sand at the store and it claimed to have a bazzion...