Headless_donkey

I need one person to help move a 110 in south austin. All you need to do is help me carry it in the house. I would prefer to do it tomorrow early evening, but I can also do it thursday. It won't take long. thank you James

I bought one of the clear ones. It is on its way from MD. It was only $27 shipped second day. I will tell you if it works. I shouldn't have needed it, but a drilled a tank without think about siphon breaks. It looks like I will another thing to check during routine maintenance.

Nice idea. "Modular aquascaping: the wave of the future" would be the title of your Reepkeeping article

As you know I have been working on a 20 gallon high. It has been a learning experience, but the project is turning around. I put water in it and it works great. There is one last leak in the overflow, but that is easy to fix. Here is a picture of the tank with water. Even better here is a video tour:

We are looking for some big pieces of live rock. I thought I would check with the club before moving to the stores. Let me know what you have and how much you want for it. thank you James

Talk to Kingfish, thedude here on ARC, they can help you out.

Bump still available. It is in the back of my car as we speak and I want it gone. Did I mention, this is a limited edition ring of fire Cali special 30 High with free visual temperature monitor. Look at that: Pending Pick-up!

Super nice Andrew. Now all we need to do is figure out that UNDERWATER web cam.

Sounds great! It is fun to watch those guys swim around. Have you seen any baby mysis shrimp. Those are crazy because they look just like bigger shrimp and you didn't put them in the tank.

Here is a list of things I have learned over the past week. Unfortunately, I learned most of these things on one tank. I will be spending the majority of this weekend fixing the problems I have encountered. This list is in no particular order because I think every item holds almost equal value. -I need a table saw, but don't have the room -I need a shed -Measure the tank BEFORE you order acrylic for the overflow -Let silicone dry 36-48 hours -GE 1 silicone will work instead of the stuff at the fish store -A 1/2" durso will NOT handle 500gph -When discussing bulkhead size the measurement is inside diameter not outside -Cheap Ebay bulkheads you get free with loc-line are not the best -The same bulkheads' size are marked as 3/4", but they are really 1/2" -Apply more coats of spray paint to the back then you think you need. -I am more likely to take pictures of my successes then failures -Drilling glass isn't that hard -SPS will grow under PC -Put the overflow on the side of the tank you don't see from the kitchen -We could use a phosbane reactor for the seahorses -Practice on a 20 gallon BEFORE trying new things on the 110 gallon -Making silicone look good can be tough -An unattended garden will spray the garage with water -I need to find someone to collaborate with and write the book "Zen and the art of fish tank maintenance" -The fact that I got up early on a Saturday to start making RO/DI water and write a blog entry so I can spend the day driving around town dropping off and picking up coral frags means I am addicted to this all encompassing hobby I lied. The number one thing I have learned this week is Doing it for yourself instead of buying it pre-made is more fun and makes the beer taste that much better!

If you find the rock your looking for, let me know. I am interested in your current rock. BTW have you tried emerald crabs? They are supposed to help, but ours don't touch the stuff.

I have three toadstool leather frags for sale. They are super fast growers and doing excellent. I would like $10 a piece. I will be all over Austin saturday. I could deliver them if needed. Here are some pictures. Spoken for: 1. tomanero 2. gone 3. gone frags Mother

Well that sounds pretty convincing. I am definitely leaning toward the stockman. thank you edit: well I changed my mind and will be doing a durso. I was trying to conserve very little space in a six foot long tank. I just needed some perspective. thank you

We are working a new 110 and I am trying to decide what kind of drain pipe to install. Initially I was set on a durso, but the drain is 2". This large plumbing means a full durso is going to take up a lot of tank space. So I was reading about the stockman pipe and thought it would be a good alternative. Does anyone have experience with these? Are there distinct advantages and disadvantages to each? thank you

See I told you he would know. LOL

I just got the 20 gallon painted. I used sparkly blue and it came out pretty cool. Tomorrow is the overflow and plumbing. I just remembered I also need to build the hood. oops! Move day is getting closer and consequently the big tank is too. Fun Fun

This is a question for caferacermike or carlosatrivercity. Both of them will probably know the answer. If they don't check savko.com. I just order some stuff from there and it was super easy and pretty fast.

Thank you. I fixed the linked. I can safely say the seahorses are doing great! Maybe we should take some more pictures. The female has lightened in color and her cirri have gotten more pronounced. She has be gaining wait and eating frozen mysis like a champ. The male changes color quite often. He too is eating and doing well. In our house, the seahorse tank is my fiancee's tank. She takes care of it and truly understands the seahorses. I think you and your wife could enjoy the seahorse tank together. Go for it!

I was just at autozone and they have Krylon fusion. Home depot didn't or at least I couldn't find, but I had a pitbull that was ready to go home with me.

You can paint it with Krylon fusion spray paint for plastics. It is reef safe. You might have to touch it up every once in a while, but it won't take much paint to cover egg crate.

I got some #16 and #4 They don't carry #40. If you don't want the 4 I will keep it.

9311 Metric Blvd map I to live in south austin. I will pick up the weld-on today and shoot you a PM.

Regal plastics of 183. they have $15 min., but if your buying acrylic it is pretty easy to hit. This may sound weird, but I have to go there tomorrow and get one piece of blue acrylic and could pick up some weld-on up for you. That way we could both hit $15. If not that's cool too.

Today I did something I thought I would never do...drill glass! Surprisingly it was easy and did not take a long time. We will never deal with another HOB overflow. I put two 3/4" bulkheads in a 20 gallon. Know I need to paint the back of the tank and build an overflow box. By the way, if any one has a 12"X12" piece of blue acrylic I will buy it. On a non-nano front I cut the baffles for the 75 gallon sump. Hopefully, I will get the bubble traps done by the end of the week. Here are some pictures of the process. I made a water dam out of a beef jerky container and some duct tape First hole done Second hole done My wet pants and shoes from all the water I used to cool the glass. I should have worn sandals and shorts. I was so excited, I didn't think about changing after work. Hole on the left goes to the fuge. Hole on the right is the return split with locline.

Well we have finally decided to start a big tank. It is going to be a Fish only with live rock(FOWLR). The dimensions are 72"X18"x20". So there will be plenty of good swimming room. The 75 gallon sump is going in the garage. We have a Euroreef CS6-3 skimmer . For light we have custom ceiling hung PC pedants. Translation: We hung some IKEA fixtures from the ceiling and will be purchasing some screw in PC bulbs from Home Depot. The two nanos will be combined into one 20 gallon with a 10 gallon refugium. I just gathered the stuff to drill the tank and make the overflow. Hopefully this week I can do that because they have to be combined to make room for the big one. For lighting on the twenty I have a 54 watt 50/50, a 28 watt TRU actinic(I love this bulb I don't care what "they" say.), 28 watt 10K, and possibly two coralife screw in 50/50 all PC. I am up in the air about using the screw in bulbs, but all ready have them. I will have to see how they fit under the hood I need to build. Boy the list of stuff to do gets longer and longer. Enough rambling here are the pics Future spot for the 110 Sump in place with skimmer and return pump Twenty gallon (Remember, you have to see the potential.) Don't mind us, just growing a little phytoplankton/green water You are looking at 6 liters of DTs. Imagine the clam tank we could have!