jolt

Ok, for everyone except Jeff (hard to believe he's a fellow Bobcat), here is the tank wet and running the return pump, and if you look carefully you can see the hole I punched through the wall for the Radion power cords.  Did that today ...

I'm sorry that I am slow as molasses, but that's who I am folks!

That overflow is way overkill for a 40 breeder in my opinion.  I have a similar one on my 180 gallon tank.  I put a glass holes overflow on my 40 breeder  and was pretty happy with it:

http://www.glass-holes.com/700-gph-Overflow-Box-Complete-Kit-gh700kit.htm

I think @Reburnhas the same one on his 32 gallon and has managed to make it super silent ....

Ouch

I am running my frag tank barebottom.  It's too new for me to have regrets yet ...  I put a piece of starboard in there and it looks pretty nice so far.

Update:

Fired up the return pump on the 180 today and there were no leaks in the plumbing   Still have some fine tuning to do on the bean animal stuff

CaRx on the frag tank is *almost* keeping up with demand at this point.  Alk drifted from 8.59 down to 8.26 over three days.  Lowered the Ph range to 7.45-7.4, dripping 30ml/min effluent.

Ah, now I remember when you posted about the heronensis.  I guess it's a slow grower.  I like the way they both look in your tank

I meant to ask: it looks like you have two different kinds of turbinaria in there.  I think the larger purple one is la lakers (turbineria reniformis)?  Did you recently add a turbinaria heronensis (the smaller green one)?

I really enjoyed that video Ty.  Tank is looking great!

Definitely a good fit for that location!

Personally, I like the new look a lot

Anyone here using peroxide dips on SPS frag plugs to combat algae?  If so, what is your technique?

Sorry to hear that Isaac, I hate losing fish

I just realized how much I like your aquascape.  Nice work!

That's pretty decent for phone pictures

Let 'em be for a while I say!

@mFrame- I tried to message you but it says you cannot receive messages.  HarleyGuy is still seeing the broken image links in his threads.  Should that be working by now or is the upload of the site data still ongoing?

That's really scary!  Glad it was not worse ...

That's one HUGE starfish hiding in the cave!

I've seen the broken pics in a couple of threads just now

Welcome to Austin.  Recognize your handle from R2R, it will be great to have you on ARC!

go SAM!

Looking good!

1 hour ago, Good Greef said:

Thanks Jolt - I go into Aquadome all the time and talk with Gary and Hunter so I'd be happy to deal with them regarding Planet Aquarium. So I like the look of that Elite Aquatics box looks like but I need to drill the back of the tank, not the bottom right? It looks like I would need to place the tank maybe 5-6 inches from the wall, to allow room for the box and any future plumbing maintenance - which may not work due to space constraints.

Should it concern me that my sump isn't directly underneath where you drill, and that any leaks wont be caught?

I guess type of overflow is a pretty variable choice.  I am fine with the external overflow and the distance from the wall.  For me, if there is a leak, it will only drain down on to my tile floor and stop at the bottom of the bulkhead hole for the overflow, so for me that is actually peace of mind.  I know planet does internal overflows as well, I just did not get one.