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Awesome. Glad it all worked out. Now you have a quieter tank.

Did you ever get the return/ overflow resolved?

Yea play with it. Turn the flow down and give it a minute. Maybe you just need more water. Be sure not to overfill otherwise you'll flood your tank and house. Your just not equalizing. Your overflow will only drop water into the sump as fast as the pump can work. And if the overflow isn't...

You need to put a ball valve on the return end of your return pump. Your pump is to big for the overflow. You just need to dial the return down a little. Glad to hear that the noise stopped.

You know, I don't know. Worth a shot. Another thing I've read, never tried, is to get a piece of purlap sack or something like it, and basically wrap the coral lightly so it has contact with the rock, and rubber band it for a few days. The bag allows the coral to stay in place while still able...

I use loctite superglue gel. Works great but can't be applied in the water, I've tried. Dried inside the tip. Saltwater rapidly cures it.

Thank you. You are correct. I apologize to everyone for m mistake. It's been a while since i researched them and I got them mixed up. Thank you again.

Thank you. Been a lot of work but I enjoy it a lot. My wife and daughter love it too. I wanted them to spread too. Be careful what you wish for. I am being overrun by shrooms. That is just one rock in the corner of my tank. They are spread out all over. It does look nice though. You just have...

This is how my lighting looks, I just recently switched from 4 t-5 to 4-t5 and 2-150w mh. Really amazing what lighting will do for your tank. This is before with my old T5 fixture After with the mh Happy corals The bubbles on the back are just an accumulation of micro bubbles...

I've seen that picture before. It is a beautiful tank. Has be in the neighborhood of 500+g. I'm trying to understand your lighting. Their 50/50 compact fluorescent bulbs. I was thinking it was a power compact but wow I'm off today. I'm sure the 20w will be plenty. That's 8w per gallon. Should...

Sexy shrimp* not sexy grip. Auto correct

What type of light did you get? How big is your tank? Depending on how long the system has been set up and your parameters it might be ok. If you have a chocolate star then the sexy grip most definitely will have a go at the star. Eating it slowly till there is nothing left.

Sounds like a plan, I think they do better in pairs. I am not sure where I found that info I just remember from my research that their primary diet is stars. It my be worth a shot I just don't want you to spend the money on something and It won't make it. I recently picked up 30lbs of lr to add...

Thank you. Lot of work but I love it.

I was just looking over your thread and you were talking about painting the bottom. That sounds like a good idea. If you we're still looking for suggestions I would suggest krylon fusion gloss black. I have used it before and the black really makes colors pop. And krylon fusion is paint for...

I would not shop at ikea for a Stand that will support your tank. Ikea furniture is cheap and made of particle board and any water will soak up and make it very flimsy. I would just come up with a design, take measurements and go to your local hardware store and pick up the materials. You can...

Looks good.

Tomorrow I get to bump up the mh to 3 hrs. Corals are looking great. These pics are with just the actinics on since I'm not home yet while the mh are on.

I would try that. Put the tubing in the hole till it stops making the noise. Or put it in and pull it out till you get to the sweet spot.

Did you drill a hole in the top cap of the standpipe? If not. Drill a hole in the top and put a piece of airline tubing in there. That should let the air out. If you are still getting the sound then you might need to add a valve to the end I the airline. I did this on my stockman standpipe. I...

Yea, really depends on the density. I know that BRS dry rock is heavier than lr. So you would need more to cove the same area.

For now I think you'll be fine. If there is the flow that you say. I would definitely look into new filtration if you decide to go with a reef. Also vortec pumps are awesome. They are on the pricey side though.

Everything sounds good and there are plenty of choices. Whatever you decide to go with I'm sure will work fine. I do like the way the sexy shrimp look but it's just to bad that their main diet is star fish. I don't think that they would last very long in a 2.5 due to lack of food supply.

Awesome. Pics?

Then your looking at a minerature feather duster that's a good thing. Good find.