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  1. Dogfish
    What is your avergage tank temp, 76 to 78 or 78 to 80? I heard they like it a bit cooler.
  2. Dogfish
    What size/kind of sand do you have? What kind of Jawfish? Where in the tank is their home? Do you have a picture? Too many questions?
  3. Dogfish
    Is the screen sandwiched between 2 layers?
  4. Dogfish
    Is that a screen kit or do you buy parts?
  5. Dogfish
    I will hit you up for sure. Might even have to pay you for a boarding fee while you make sure he is good to go. I have very little experience, unless you count aptasia. Just 1 bubble in my 125. It was very small when I got it and decided the back side of the rock work was best like yours. Tank diving humm dont clothes have soap residue in them? :)))))
  6. Dogfish
    Nice tank. Gonna be a good one. Tropic Eden Reeflakes sand. Do they bag different sizes for different fish requirements?
  7. Dogfish
    Livestock and aquascaping tank layout questions. I need some ideas on this one. I love the way Jawfish pop up out of the sand. I also love the look of Urchins. Anemones will be a must. I like a lot of wavy things in a tank. I have been doing some thinking about their homes and territories. The Jawfish need about 10" of deep sand and im only putting about 1" to 2" in the tank. Anybody seen or done any type of retaining wall or round rock structures to hold back that amount of sand. I was thinking a 12" dia. ring 10" tall with some sort of rock or something to hide it. Since the tank is a 5' square visible from 2 adjacent sides could have 1 home in the front corner and one across the tank. I dont know if piling up 10" of sand against 1 end of a tank is a good thing? I would like to do 3 rock islands. 1 being tall spires near the front and the other 2 weaving their way from the front right corner to the back left corner. Forming a sand path between them for some depth. They will be riding on pvc pipe platforms for stabiltiy. I could try to build something between them to hold back some deep sand Any ideas on Anemones other than bubble tip and where they might like to be placed? (not that they will stay there). Any high temperature requirements with them? Has anyone kept a Diadema antillarm urchin with success? Did it bother any softies? I dont want it to starve to death so it will be a late addition to the tank. I did have a rock boring urchin and do not want to go that route. .....ok out of breath like ty and gig 'em diving a tank I saw on another forum.
  8. Dogfish
    Thanks; My 15 gal top off tank should work for now. I did a little more work on the tank. Overflow box is ready. Picture of the glue up. Don't do this in the kitchen when your wife is home *_* Now on to the tank. First seam is done. Praying to fish gods for no seam bubbles. While i was laying the bead a maintaince guy pulls up from the Fish Gallery. Funny how word gets out.
  9. Dogfish
    You rinse them?
  10. Dogfish
    I finally got free to work on the tank. I did a 16" practice seam on some scrap 1" stuff. Picture 1 shows the seam from the outside. You can see it has no bubbles where the 2 pieces meet. The right side shows some roughness on the outside where the excess glue pools up. Easy to clean up with a router and polishing. Left side is a tape issue. Left side is the inside corner. Picture 2 shows the same seam from the inside and the angle shows the bubble better. I was on the phone and pulled the tape a bit late and caused a few small bubbles where the tape met the glue. The #40 had set up a bit too much. Rookie mistake. Only the fish and me would notice.
  11. Dogfish
    Acrylic is here for the tank. 1" stuff is heavy.
  12. Dogfish
    Got the sump in place and hooked up the pumps. Next step is to order the acrylic for the tank.
  13. Dogfish
    Kewl I saved the cutouts from the holes I drilled out. I will bevel them so they fit inside the sock top and try to drill some evenly spaced holes. Maybe a threaded screw in the center for a handle. Geo's on the cheap....
  14. Dogfish
    So those things fit inside the sock and center piece is to make them easy to pull out?
  15. Dogfish
    Sump is almost done. Needs a few more days to cure, add water and hope that flex seal is not needed. Nothing fancy. Water will enter into the chamber back right, overflow into the filter socks then out into the middle chamber. It will be full of rock for some added bacterial filtration. That chamber has a bulkhead for the pump to the skimmer. The skimmer will also return water to the same chamber. Then over the hump and thru the spaghetti mat ending up on the far left. From there it will be pumped back to the tank and reactors. There will also be a small pump in that chamber to pump water out when needed for water changes. Will add some bracing across the top back and front and find some glass pieces to use as covers once I have all the plumbing dry fitted. (grammar is prob not correct ?)
  16. Dogfish
    Tanks done, Not. Made a square coral viewer box, so I can have a clear view down into the tank from the top. I really needed to practice the seam welding with #40.
  17. Dogfish
    Started on the sump. Making sure the sides are at a right angle to the back. Those 90 degree vice clamps are nice. I cut out channels in the backing paper so I could rough up the smooth surface for a better bond and not sand outside the glue lines. Before apply the solvent I peeled back more of the paper. Managed to glue in a few baffles. Waiting for glue to dry and set is like watching paint dry or waiting for water to boil.
  18. Dogfish
    Wired up the lighting brick box. Fan on the bottom left pulls air in then out the top right. Decided not to mount it in the wall. Better air flow outside the wall. Weld-On #40 showed up today, Wooo Hooo. Time to put the sump together.
  19. Dogfish
    I hate putting holes in pipes so I found a solution to getting water to my RO/DI unit without a saddle clamp. I did not have anyway to use a normal hose "Y" like you would use at the washing machine connection. You need these Ace Hardware part numbers if you have 3/8 water lines from the wall shut off to your faucet. Add -a-Tee 3/8 - 3/8 - 1/4 #4308995 Compression Sleeve 1/4 Delrin #41284 Compression Insert 1/4 Brass #41288 (you need this to keep the 1/4 plastic tube from collapsing) Compression Nut 1/4 Brass # 41222
  20. Dogfish
    Mounted all the controller boxes and cleaned up some of the wiring. Mounted the Water Saver Kit from BRS and changed out the old membrane. Mounted a solenoid to control the output of RO/DI unit.
  21. Dogfish
    Good idea. Actually that reminds me, I have a bunch of Halloween prop controllers. I will have to find that box.
  22. Dogfish
    Thanks, Now if I can just figure out how to to power some USB computer fans I have laying around. I don't think the Aqua Bus has power. More cables errrrrr.
  23. Dogfish
    Mine are std Male / Male . They should work if less than 15' ?
  24. Dogfish
    Thanks, Another question. I have a bunch of USB 2.0 cables. Can I use them for the the Aqua Bus on my Neptune Systems or do I need their over priced cables that are 2 long or 2 short?
  25. Dogfish
    Thanks Isaac. I don't know much about low voltage stuff. The Kessils come with 19v / 4.7 amp bricks. The Eyeboot is 36v / 11.2 amp, with what looks like 3 sets of output connections. I need to connect 4 Kessils. I don't want to overwork the power supply and cause a heat issue. What would you recomend?
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