Timfish

Nice! Real clean organized layout.

Raising them up should brighten up the dark area that can be seen between them.

Keep in mind your sailfin will likely get over a foot long. For your canopy, I've always thought the clamshell design works well. Lights can be mounted up high so with the cover open there's easy access.

This build thread is locked. You can follow Grog's systems in his new build thread and his 40 gallon below:

Bad pics are good! In a few months once the ecosystem stabalizes in your "Heavy" build the before and after pics will help show how things can improve.

It would be awkward using a drill press on a tank and messy running water to keep the bit cool. I've used wood jigs in the past and they're certainly easy to make but there's been enough of a gap with diamond bits there can still be a bit of an angle. Drilling from both sides has given the best results but there's no room to do that in this tank. Drilling real slow also works better but I get impatient :/

2nd attempt, no issues cutting the glass but I did torque the hole saw drilling one hole. That's a problem I've had drilling the thinner glass on smaller tanks. It seems to happen just as the bit starts to cut through the glass.

You're Welcome! Looking forward to your build thread! :D

Yes we can, although it would be van to truck. :D

And it's available again.

(I'm guessing you're in the doghouse by yourself and your dogs are in the house with your wife? )

1 Pending.

Correction, system includes the Red Sea fixture that attaches to the guide slots on the tank.

I'd think it needs more intense light to get brighter colors. But comparing colors and growth to a couple of mine from the same clone line the growth of yours might slow down.

Sorry to see you have to take down your system! Having seen your system numerous times I can vouch for how healthy your fish are. Looking forward to seeing your new build thread though! Are you still thinking of having it viewed from 2 different rooms?

I'm picking up a Red Sea 750 and need to find a home for it (assuming I don't drop it 😒 ). It will only be the tank, stand, Red Sea filter and plumbing. It is free. No lights or other accessories. System was running for over a decade until the ice storm last year when everything was lost. The owner has been debating about setting it back up but is now moving out of town and has decided to let it go. It has been emptied and cleaned and is ready to be filled and started. You can pick it up at my shop this afternoon (03-27) at the earliest or I can deliver it for $200 (does not include moving it into a house, just setting on the the driveway or front walkway or where ever is easiest if there's a hill or other obstical). Note your interest below in a pos. First come first served, but there is a time limit on picking it up with 48 hour windows to make an appointment time and get it. If not picked up at the time determined then I will contact the next person inline.

I was poking around and discovered I'd never posted using steel straws here. This is a video I did a long time ago and have posted it in a lot of places. For an amusing anecdote, I was talking with John Yule a few yeas ago. Turns out he started using small tubes to do the same thing about the same time I did a "few" years ago. Using a smaller diameter nozzle with a larger diameter siphon tube slows down the flow rate but at the same time increases the suction. https://youtu.be/QkABhAFhGKQ

Or something doesn't like the Hollywood Stunner. I'd have to blame the blennie. If only because they sit on stuff and are more inclined to grab stuff off the sand than the others. Sounds like it's time to set up an infrared camera to record the culprit.

No, that won't work on a tank that's already built. (I guess I should have mentioned I'm putting holes in existing tanks in my first post. 😏)

I'm working on a project and need to put a large hole in the side of a tank. I have a 5" diamond bit that will work but was kinda thinking a square hole would work better. I did a setup a long time ago where I did a rectangular cut out in a top corner for an overflow. @KimP 150 had also had small rectangular cutout for the overflow. But I want one in the middle which obviously puts a great deal more stress on a tank. Since aesthetics wouldn't be an issue I was thinking maybe glass tiles and glass strips could be used to reinforce the glass. So here's my first attempt: So far so good. And failure! First and second went fine but the third one three cracks appeared as the bit broke through. One going under the glass reinforcement all the way to the edge of the glass. Well, might as well see what happens finishing up the other hole and cuts. 😕 First two cuts with a cordless circular saw and masonry blade. And here's the finished hole. One mistake was not cleaning out the silicone. While the masonry blade would cut though it easily enough it made it hard to aligned the blade with the glass strips. The last cut ended up jagged as a result. One note on the glass tiles used. A plastic or epoxy coating is put over the painted side of the tile. I attempted to scrap it off one and it was pretty difficult. I left one out to weather to see what might happen and it took a couple months but the coating didn't hold up to sunlight and started to flake off. For my second attempt I'll need to figure out hoe to take off the coating and paint so I'm dealing with a clean glass surface.

Got three more to add to this thread: "Jewel Box" clam Not sure what these are. And I with I had looked closer to this candy cane skeleton when I pulled it out of a cryptic sump and dropped it in an empty bucket

Cool! It'll be interesting if it keeps that color or if it's just something that happens with a newly exposed exoskeleton after molting.

Welcome back! Thin Stripe Hermits from the coast are great herbivores and quite comical. Actinodiscus sp. mushrooms would be a good first coral to add to your system.