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disregard my comment... was texting and somehow ended up back on this thread in the middle of a text. sorry

Love the flame angel. One of my favorite fish.

I think it depends on who you talk to. I am of the opinion that I would rather buy dead rock and cure it myself so I know there are no unwanted hitchhikers. I have had a bad experience with hitchhikers which is why I hold this opinion.

You should not put anything in the tank until the cycle is complete. There are products out that speed the cycle up considerably but even using the products I would test for a couple days just to be sure.

A couple years ago I saw a LCD sunscreen at walmart. It was compact and folded out of the way when not needed. Not sure if they still carry them, but it may be worth a shot.

Have you tested the water? Specifically, what are the nitrate numbers? Diatoms from what I read feed on silica and nitrates. Inverts are sensitive to nitrates. Could be a nitrate issue. Diatom in a newer tank is normal and should go away on its own in a couple weeks.

WOW! that is definitely a beautiful setup

a few pics. still some tweaking to do and tie up some little stuff.

We have a mini machine shop at my office. I can ask the machinist. How long and what diameter pipe?

Got the leak fixed and wrestled the skimmer in this morning. Now have to get salinity right and figure out the dursos

Finally have water in my tank!I have a very slow leak from a bulkhead that I need to figure out. I also feel it is too noisy. The durso's pipes are way noisier than I think they should be. I followed direction off of durso's website to build them, but it seems really noisy to me. Not a showstopper, but something I need to devote some time to. If anyone has any advice or guidance I would happily accept it.

Pic attached of my first go at aquascaping on this tank. Will try to take better pics tomorrow.

Hi Kim.

I am setting up my 125 today and will probably need a few things after I get it set up. Probably will not have an order big enough for free shipping though. I have preferred pricing which is a little cheaper if you want to piggyback. Will let you know at the end of the day.

Warren

Second time this has happened with USPS and reef cleaners. Next order I place I think I am going to ask for and be willing to pay for fed ex or UPS delivery.

don't know about the molecular bonding business, but i googled using it in an aquarium. There are a lot of posts on other reef boards where people have done it. The common advice seems to be 3-4 light coats and a lot of drying time. The consensus seemed to be Krylon Fusion was safe

+1 James

I doubt the krylon is going to hold up and will probably end up in your tank.

You cut the supply line and attach it there. It took me 15 minutes tops and 10 of those minutes were looking for a board and screws to mount it. If you ordered the deluxe version with auto shut off, then you cut the blue line that feeds your DI and put it there and then plug all the electrical connections in.

I have a lot of issues with burning through DI resin on my RODI. 55g of water made used 1/2 the resin. I was at between 14-20 tds going into the first DI stage. I had roughly 57 PSI at the membrane without any other water running in house or yard. As soon as water was being used in house or yard PSI dropped to 30 at the membrane. I decided to try the booster pump to see if it made any difference.

I installed the booster pump this weekend. PSI is not steady at 90 regardless of what else is going on. TDS getting to the first DI stage is 2PPM. I am making water a lot quicker. I think I am using less DI resin. I made 110g of water this weekend and only used about 1/4 of the resin in the first chamber.

So far I am happy with the result of the booster pump.

The stand is supposed to be in this weekend so I will be setting the tank up as soon as I have the stand in my possession..

Setting up my 125 this weekend. I could prolly meet you this week and pick them up. I can put them in my bc until big tang stabilizes. Thanks

Sorry to hear that. I have an extra air pump and powerhead if you need to borrow. If you get it fixed it will take a few days before you can put water in it.

What I do is toothbrush it off the rock and do a couple 20% water changes over a week. Not sure if that is the correct way but it works for me.

Is it hair algae or just a green coating? The water should be clear in a couple hours at most. IMO, if you have some live rock in the tank, it should seed the rest.

I have a black background I bought from aquadome. I think dark blue would look really good also.

If you part out I would have interest in the chiller.

+1. The rock mike has is really good stuff. Glad I got what I did for my tank.

Honestly I would not worry about it until November when it starts to cool off. I think you are calibrating correctly.

When are tou coming back to Austin?