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Hey Kevin, Cool - antoher familiar face and thanks for the Welcome Back. Also right back at ya' on the posts :-) Chat soon. Tom

Thx Bearfan and Fruitbat. Good thing is Tanks never looked better. One sad thing though - I bought a BlueDolphin pump for my 125 - way too noisy :( and adds way too much heat.

Hi All, I've been off this forum for a long time, Don't think I was particularly missed, but nonetheless, I recall some good times here and thought I'd drop back in and say Hi. I see lots of familiar faces - but one surprise I see is it seems FishFreak has a new addition to his family - if...

I recently noticed that a few filter manufactures use brass fittings which come in contact with the marine water of aquariums (Rainbow Lifegard, ocean clear, nu-clear). These are fittings which attach the filtration system to a pressure guage. Anyone have any info on the effect of brass on...

Pomme, That Deltec site is a great - love their pumps - I'm going to contact the Florida U.S. Dealer tomorrow about them. Hope they can be imported with US plimbing sizes. Thanks

Also consder that the rock and sand take up volume thereby displacing some water. The rock density/weight is only slightly greater than the water that it is displacing. So for example, if your 60lbs of rock and 25lbs of sand (85lbs) displaces, let's say, 8 gallons of water (just an educated...

Hi Jprox, On the experiment thing - yeah I knew you were joking - I was joking back :-) Yeah - my new difuser works really good - the only problem is that that stuff is hard to cut - be careful with it. Caio Tom

Jprox - did you see my earlier post - let me reiterate one point and add a new one I just tested: 1.) Check the LED condoms site on my earlier post. From what I've heard, these are excellent diffusers that just snap ontop of the LED. 2.) This afternoons project: I used a 1/2" PVC endcap...

Check the Ocean Clears and Nu-Clears - Depending on the media - these will most definitely polish your water. You will not need Diatom. If your canisters are properly loaded you will not need any additional polishing, however, on my system I have an empty canister that I use when I want to...

Ahhhh - perfect example of calcium precipatation - only get to see this once in awhile.

Hey Jprox, Cjeck this site out for 4000 mcd blues, 6000 mcd greens and also 12,000 mcd whites - really cheap, shipped fast and the "company" (I think it's really someones basement :-) ) seems really reliable: http://www.lsdiodes.com/ Also: What I did to diffuse the light, was cut a 1" piece...

Looks cool Jim - wouldn't expect any less of you :-) Photos are real nice to. D$%^, I've got to get a new Digital camera - well - next big purchase. Man, this hobby involves everything :-)

Mrs. Peels - The link worked ok for me - but that is not only a sump but a complete Wet/dry system. Is this what you are looking for? It is a fine design if that is the type of system you want (wet/dry) - if yo are just interested in a Sump as a delivery system for an Overflow input then this is...

Thx TankGirl, I too use that XP3 and love it - and I agree - there is no such thing as overkill on filtration, especially if you care about your little critters. If you have any questions on the Sump concept please feel free to ask away - I've done this in a few tanks one of which was a 125...

Oops - was writing at the same time as you Menagerie :-) Thx for the reference. :-)

The other type of system you are referring to (I think) is referred to under several different names and they are all related and differ slightly on the specific set-up used. Sop let me throw some names out that are all related and then I'll explain why I like a canister/Sump combined method...

Not only that - but better becareful and know what kind of wood your taking - some are fine in a stream but very toxic in a closed 55 gallon or so system. Also, be wary of wood which looks ok but has a few nails imbeded in it or worse yet, used to be a store for walnuts by some squirrel and poof...

Hi FireGirl, Yep, this is a loaded question as everyone has their own opinions. However, I like the Rena Filstar XP3 as well - in fact I run one on one of my 55 gallon freshwater. Something I'd do if I was setting up another FW is grab an idea from the SW side, i.e. run an overflow box and...

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Just wanted to add some thoughts - not meant to hijack Endgames thread :-) Are you using Town water or well water? Also - just to add to Endgames xlnt advice so far - Basically, it seems that your tank is still cycling - do you know what this means? Excuse me for asking a silly question but I...

Hi Fish Whisper, Welcome aboard. Tom

Thanks Patryuji, Those LEDs at digikey look pretty interesting (the 183,000 mcd units are really arrays as far as I can tell - hence the power and wider view angle). Still, the 60 deg is mighty narrow compared with the output of a MH lamp. Also, it was not specific as to the output at the 60...

I'd like to suggest one other thing. It sounds like this might be a diatom bloom. Daitom "algae" (there is some controversy over whehter or not you can call this algae or not) uses a different profile of nutrients from your other plants and this is perhaps why you are having this problem. I'm...

In an earlier post several of us were discusing the possibility of using arrays of LED's to light a complete aquarium. We were looking for ways to overcome a few problems that LED's present 1.) Limited bandwidth, 2.) narrow radiation beam and 3.) Luminous Flux (brightness) In this thread I...

Rossmart, Don't you think you should really consider a 240 gallon??? only kidding :-) This whole hobby is like eating peanuts, once you've decided on something, you just have to have the next bigger one. I have a 125 and every once in a while I find my self on the sites checking the 240...