Robb in Austin

I said it once, I'll say it again...Upgrade! Hear ya on the broke part though.

I hate to do this to everyone, but has anyone looked at blue zoo aquatics WYSIWYG page lately? They got some crazy stuff. 'R_P'; you might get busy again.

Can we get an end shot to see the width? Maybe something next to it for size reference. Also, any tank build pics? Nice dimensions!

SWEET ride.

Mine eats well too; he really seems to like frozen Formula One. He's always picking at my algae too.

You might ask Hobogato, although his experience is mostly(all?) in acrylic. He comes here every now and then, so you might shoot him a PM on MAAST. Direct him to this thread so we can all learn.

Probably the whole thing. And again, that is just a guess on my part. You should definitely talk with someone who has built tanks before.

The drop off side. The pressure from the height of the water column will determine how thick the glass, or acrylic, needs to be. At 24" I think you'd have to look at 1/2" thick, or better, glass.

That is one of the coolest tanks I have seen. I'd love to see that thing in person, as well as have one! Can't really help with the build though, other than to say the short side height will determine the glass thickness.

I'm starting to feel a cold coming on...*cough*

Agree with the other two. What's your Alk at though?

You might poke around some of the FW forums. I seem to recall folks setting them up 3-5 years ago on Cichlid-forum.com. Their search feature always works, unlike RC. I do realize there is some difference between FW and SW but there may be enough correlation to give it some more thought. All that said, I gotta agree with 'CR'Mike about simple.

That was freakin' awesome timing Andrew. Cool fish.

If you haven't seen this thread, you need to, not completely relevant to your question but sure as heck is entertaining. Here is a link to the relevant bits, about 1/3 of the way down. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1650383&perpage=25&pagenumber=16

The real question is: did you get a dog and a snow cone?

Bought a new house to go around the tank! I started with my 58 and wish I had gone bigger. I have a 75 waiting to be setup and that would have been a nice start. I also would have got my GFO/GAC reactor going sooner, like the beginning. I also would have drilled my tank. I really struggled with this decision and didn't do it out of fear of a flood. Of course, the 75 is drilled. I did a lot of research before I started so I learned from others mistakes regarding equipment and bought good stuff first(Tunze skimmer, Aquactinics, BFS RODI). My wife and pocket book weren't very happy but I didn't have to buy twice.

Well, The Girl™ (my daughter) and I stopped by today. The shop itself is not too different than the one on Airport, and it looks like they still have quite a bit of setup left to do. They have some livestock and some drygoods out, but not many tanks yet. Their email from when they first announced the move said they were going to do 'eco friendly' SW. The forum on their website, amazoniaaquariums.com, says they are still planning on it. It's not up yet though. I didn't ask Carolyn about it as she was helping a customer. It'll be nice having them around again I think. I like that they are closer to me than my other 2 usuals. They were my main store until I discovered RCA.

Anyone make it there this weekend? Planning on going today to see what the new setup is like.

Sorry to hear about him dying. You will probably never know why he died. Maybe he got inflated and never got all the air/water out, maybe he was just too stressed from all the moving(not just your moves), maybe he had some type of infection.

Ditto, thanks for the heads up though 'RP'!

Hey Don, Check out Bulk Reef Supply's dual reactor. It's sweet, and not to expensive. It will last forever too, built out of RODI canisters.

Yes! A 'fund' raiser where the funds are corals! Great idea Mark! Let us know when you get back and are ready Brooks. (Enjoy the Bahamas. We went 3 years ago and loved it, except the high prices. Definitely check out Atlantis; their ginormous tank is worth seeing just to see giant groupers!)

Ditto MrsBigBird. I can supply a re-frag of your frogspwan, a nice lime green hammer, some zoas, and will give you a trumpet that is not doing so hot in my tank. And Xenia too if you want some. Sorry to hear the bad news.

It's cool, but they have creepy eyes! Is that Kyle or Stan?

Do you have a cover or canopy? Might want to get one if not, and cover the backside of the canopy if it's not enclosed all the way around.