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I've got plenty you're welcome to. I'm in NW Austin (Milwood) Just let me know. Steve 512-461-3120

RCA is having a sale on the 15th. For the first hour (from 10-11) they're selling Korolias at 50% off.

The VHO's are yours, Karen. I'm gonna pass.

pm sent on VHOs

Just my 2 cents here... I think that's a sweet looking sump... and way to small for your system. 30x12x16 = 25 gal. and as a sump your going to want to leave overflow room. You'll get ~ 20 gal. of water added to your system at best with this sump. Again, just my 2 cents.

Got one of these myself recently. Definately worth $100. I paid almost twice that and I thought that was a good deal. Check my blog for actual tank pics.

James, You're welcome to have the December meeting at my house. Should have something live in the tank by then. Let me know. Thanks, Steve 461-3120

Very Interested in the skimmer. Please e-mail or call with $ and details. Thanks, Steve

http://aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=53046 Karen, I found this page very helpful regarding aquatic plumbing. check it out http://dslinux.dyndns.org/~denise/aquarium...index.html#pipe

Have to cancel the reeftopia order. I figured doing this through an LFS would at least double the price. Wrong!!! I stopped by River City and Carlos made me "an offer I couldn't refuse". I'd much rather "support my local sherrif" whenever possible. He ordered today for tomorrow delivery. I'm sure he'd be happy to add to it. Give him a call. Sorry for the confusion.

I'll be doing a reeftopia order later today. If interested, let me know. Thanks, Steve 512-461-3120

a kabob stick. I love it. I have two I use all the time. LOL

Sounds great. Thanks, Gabe. Can pickup anytime today before 3. Just give me a call. (as you see I'm usually up pretty early. lol) Thanks, Steve 461-3120

I have a Red Sea Berlin Hang On Skimmer, but no pump. Got this from a website. "Red Sea Berlin skimmer requires pump. Rio 2500 or Rio 3100 is recommended for in sump setup. Little Giant 3MDQ-SC or Iwaki 30RLT pump is recommend for external setup." Prefer external pump but I've got that "funzaloo" disease so price is important. Doesn't need to be the above pumps, just similar specs. External pump ~ 600 gph, submersible ~ 850 gph. Let me know what'cha got. Thanks

and if you're looking for a float valve locally John at Kingfish (off Burnett and 183) http://www.kingfishaquarium.com/index.htm Call first to make sure someone will be there.

Another option, depending on your setup, is to use a timer with a pump. You'd have to figure out how much water is pumped per hour and what you would need, but timers are pretty reliable.

I'm with you, Gabe. I manually fill my Top Off container. I never have more water running into the system than can be handled should a problem occur. I've spent enough hours with a wet vac in my life already. I like the Top Offs that use a powerhead to add water to a system. This way, I can mount the powerhead high enough in my top off barrel where it will run dry if a problem occurs. I'd rather replace a $20 powerhead than wet vac my living room.

If you intend to install two drains instead of one, the results of the calculator cannot simply be halved, because, for example, the cross-sectional area of two 1" pipes is only 1.57" while the area of one 2" pipe is 3.14." In other words, two 1" pipes cannot handle the same amount of water as one 2" pipe, and, in fact, will handle far less. The correct formula to convert the results of the drain calculator for use with two pipes would be: the diameter returned by the calculator is represented by the letter d. sqrt((((d / 2)^2 * pi) / 2) / pi) * 2, so a 2" pipe would equate to sqrt((((2 / 2) ^ 2 * pi) / 2) / pi) * 2 = 1.42". Rounding up, two 1.5" pipes could handle the same flow as one 2" pipe. Ok, unless you are a math freak, you probably tuned out pretty quickly on the last paragraph. That's okay, there is a good rule of thumb that alleviates the need for the mathematics. All that needs to be done is to reduce one standard PVC size down from the results of the calculator and you should be safe. In other words, one 1.5" pipe could be replaced with two 1.25" pipes. Two 1" pipes could replace one 1.25" pipe. Even better would be to use two drains of the size recommended, which would allow one to be completely clogged, but the system could still handle the full flow without missing a beat. Got this off the reefkeeping magazine website.

Always room for one more. Welcome. In regards to catching fish... some of the LFS either sell or rent traps. You put food in and wait... I've heard varying opinions on how well these work. (this coming from someone who basically dismantled a tank to catch a bi-color angel)

Lighting is also tank specific. I went with 2-250W MH Lights on my 6' tank. I didn't use a third since there's an 18" glass brace in the center of my tank so I figured why waste money when the penetration will be minimal through the brace. I used 4-36" PC's (I wouldn't suggest going with PC's but I had them already. Go with T5's or VHO's for actinics as suggested). Since I'll have less light penetration in the center of the tank I'm going to arrange my livestock accordingly (have the less light demanding species in the center of the tank and the SPS's on the sides. I've also found it's harder to work inside the tank in the middle under a center brace. There's my 2 cents worth.

Can you be a little more specific? LOL Thanks I'm going over this morning to check it out.

Could you use 2x4's under the bottom of the stand to help support the weight? I have a 58g Oceanic setup if you'd like to check it out. Just let me know. Steve

Replied on MAAST but if read here first... I'd like 100# of sand when available. Thanks

Karen, Could you give me the name on the bag. I went there and didn't see the pulverized limestone. Must have missed it. By the way, I have buckets and a 32 gallon trash can you can borrow. Let me know.