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WOW, it's been a while since I've posted anything, that's because the aquarium was taken out of the equation, except for feeding time. otherwise, my tank is maintenance free. don't get me wrong, it took years to get to where I am now with trial and error. but i'm happy to say everything is...

hey, I have 150gal FW running a sump with a pump in the sump. I don't remember the wattage off hand, but I have 200 watts of solar panels and I want to hook them up to the tank and have my fish off the grid. i'm not concerned on how much power I need, i'm more concerned on how to design the...

well just figured I would check in. I have a drip system running on my 150 gal FW and sump. Sump running bio media and a fluidized bed and filter sock. THATS IT. all my chems are 0 across the board I have not done a water change in over 2 months, and all my fish are healthy and active...

well I've been fishkeeping for 30+ years and I've always had canisters on the FW side of the house. but I am tired of cleaning them and they become a nitrate factory. so I decided to build a system that never needs a water change or cleaning. So far so good, all my chems are 0 and I do a...

hey everyone, ok I'm slowly phasing out my FX5's on my 150 gal. I took the media in the FX and added it to my sump, the new addition is the K1 Micro. Right now I'm fluidizing it with a power head, and it's flowing nicely, slowly colonizing and dropping, the pic below is 3 days old...

so I needed an easy way to clean my sump, and looked for what I had handy. I always saved my son's baby bottles when my wife was throwing them out. I figured they would come in handy one day and boy am I right, I made 4 of these already for my neighbors, all working great. I took a baby...

well my drip system is finished, i now have a constant stream of new water and end up with a 100% water change every 7 days. i always look at the overflow to make sure everything is working properly. I wanted redundancy in case of a failure. because i have a drip system, i can easially do...

ok I finally started my project I've always wanted to do. A drip system. In order to almost eliminate water changes, i'll be dripping water at a rate of 40 gpd through a carbon block. benefits of a drip system is creating a stable water column. by diluting 40 GPD, the nitrates will always...

hey, does anyone have any theme tanks, like a diorama. with all these planted tanks I'm surprised no one made a full landscape with a barn and rolling hills. or recreated Atlantis with it's decayed columns. or created replica's of sunken ships from WWII. does anyone have a recreation in...

Hey Has anyone used a canister intake to feed a sump and a tank at the same time? I am trying to eliminate my overflow because my intake already pulls water from the tank. I am going to add a diverter to my plumbing to feed my sump. I will be able to regulate the flow to the sump at the...

hey, working on my auto drip system. I have 120gal fw moderately stocked. currently I have a Pressure Regulator @ 20 PSI and a drip emitter at the end. I'm having clogging issues with this system. metals clog up the emitter. then I drip the water thru some carbon and into the tank...

hey, where does everyone get their poly filter, or any generic filter floss? I'm looking for best bang for the buck. I'd rather buy in bulk to bring down the cost. thanks in advance

so everyone always shows their fish, but how about showing the hardware that keeps your fish looking good. here is my DIY setup. all the images below are behind the wall, from the outside, all tanks look like picture frames. 90gal FW, 40gal FW, 20gal Marine 2 fluval FX5 sump PVC hard plum...

so everyone always shows their fish, but how about showing the hardware that keeps your fish looking good. here is my DIY setup. 90gal FW, 40gal FW, 20gal Marine 2 fluval FX5 sump PVC hard plum return and intakes DIY LED lighting UV 150 gal FW Fluval FX5 PVC Hard Plumbing DIY...

90gal fw inwall, DIY moonlight lights on view MMMMMM, another tank 150 gal FW, made to simulate marine, the look and feel of a marine tank without the hard work. not that I'm complaining, I like my marine tanks too. this is just to prove you can have color in FW...

ok I have a huge coral reef in my existing fresh water tank. artificial of course, and I wanted to make new pieces so I decided to print out some. I'm using a transparent filament PLA and my initial results are great. here is one piece, I have another way printing as we speak. I am going to...

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Hey everyone, I'm curious on how every takes their pictures, I've seen some great pics on this site and I want to know what settings they are using. Aquarium photography is difficult because the fish never do what you tell them!!!! these images are with a 50mm lens stopped down to 1.4 at...

I know I am, when I get something in my head I go all out till it's completed. I look at a wall and say, mmmm, a tank would look nice here. then before my wife can say what are you doing, I have this done. OK now the frame is done, ready to match up the tank sweet, tank is in, time to...

here is how you enter my MAN CAVE! lol 150 GAL in-wall

Hey, I am finally finished with my 150 gal FW tank. everyone always says you can't get color in a fresh water tank, I just wanted to show you can do anything if you have a little imagination. I already had 3 FW tanks in my wall, but I always wanted a monster tank. so I combined them all. first...

i can't leave well enough alone. i had 3 beautiful fresh water tanks inwall, and i got bored !!!!! converting 3 tanks into one 150gal inwall setup i originally had one 90gal, one 40gal, one 20gal. now i have one big 150 gal. plus an artificial reef insert. WORTH EVERY PENNY !!!!!!!!

hey, i found some red slime oozing across my sand, i usually use red slime remover and it's gone in a few days. but now i have a BTA in my tank with 2 clowns. can i still use the ultralife red slime remover? the kind i am using is a yellow powder, comes in a small vile.

hey, quick question, i cleaned out my refugium today cause the walls were lined with white pinapple sponges. they origionally showed up on my chaeto, now they infest my refugium. i cleaned out the refug the best i could but now i see the pinapples floating in my DT. Is this going to be an...

my tank is cycled, has been for 4 months and i finally put fish in. 2 baby clowns and a bubble tip anemone. Anyone have any advice on keeping anemone's? i have high flow in my 20 gal, 2 circulators and the refugium. coralife 65 skimmer and tons of LR. he crawled into a cave and just hanging...