BobcatReefer

duh! Now that you say it, I see it so clearly! I thought it was some kind of hanging setup to support the manifold. Now I can't even see what I was thinking it was before!

What are the 3 vertical "fins" in-between/next to the output fittings on the horizontal manifold?

Went on a week-long road trip and came home to a tank minus one ruby head wrasse. Why? Because my housesitter didn't put the screen back on the tank on day friggin one. Her response? "We'll just go to the store and get you another one." Yeah, doesn't quite work like that, but thanks?

Love it, Jimbo! Sure it will turn out as awesome as the 66g!

Great build! Love the granite slab idea - it's something I've thought about in my future design concepts. Look forward to see how it ends up.

Sucks that you have so much aiptasia, but I love the solution! It is wonderfully over the top!

If I rinse and dry, there's an obvious blue/green residue left over. In my head, filling a container w/ DI and storing the cuvettes overnight dilutes that residue to an insignificant level.

I do something similar. Rinse multiple times w/ tap (4-5 fills/shakes), upside down to drain on paper towel for a bit, repeat multiple rinses w/ tap, then into a container and fill entire container w/ DI water and typically leave them overnight. Then out to dry upside down on paper towel for a couple of hours, give a good whack on the counter to shake water out before air drying on side.

oh my superfluousity!

Help me out here - what do those do?

Glad you got the controller/router issues in check. Tank looks good!

Unsolicited suggestion: Pull those 3 drawers on the left, use the fronts to make a door, and turn that into a space for your ATO container.

Wow - is that the same purple stylo, all trimmed down?

Tank pron! Love the stand conversion!

How about a little update.... Gone: Large Screaming Green Birdsnest, Neon Green Lone Star Leather, Peach Leather Added: Green Bali Slimer, Hawkins Echinata, Northern Lights, Purple Stylo, Fungia Plate, Orange Digitata (still in frag rack) Notes: Looks like the (second) Garf Bansai is taking the mort. Not exactly sure why - the other one didn't dig an Alk spike, but we've been pretty stable for a while now. Palmer's Blue Mille had to take a trim as 2 branches were growing into the glass. DAM Swamp Thing got the necrosis and I screwed around too long before saving it, so down to a little nub (it's just left/under the chalice on the frag rack side), but I think it will come back strong - was growing like a champ before Alk spike. Got some new bulbs the other day and changed it up a bit - my fixture is 4 54w, 2 channel (blue/white). B: Blue +, Purple + W: Aquablue Special, Coral +. Also put them in the correct channels this time - last time I had 1B/1W in each...I don't know why, but it was on purpose. New lighting: Vid (sorry for no music to cover the gurgling - I don't know how to do that yet):

That's how I learned about 95% of what I know today. This board is an incredible resource.

Man, wish you would have posted earlier today! ha! Ordered new bulbs today. Only a 4 bulb fixture, w/ 2 blue and 2 white, and I went w/ these: White: Coral+, Aquablue Special Blue: Blue+, Purple+

Looking good Jas!

Is this still an 80gal build? That frame looks more like 6'x2'.

About time you gave some love to the softies!

Me, watching that video: Love the fish! That bandit is growing on me.

Speaking of site software updates, and Ty commenting more, what are the quotation options w/ this new package? Truncate quotes? Limit to 1 spider quote?

Sold off the birdsnest as a whole colony. So much easier than fragging that whole thing. too big for a gallon ziploc, so i had to give up a bucket looks a little bare

Following for sure! Good luck!

I've actually been thinking about this whole process a bit, as I prepare to spend my lottery winnings.... Obviously you don't want any contaminants, but clearly you don't want plugs either. What about using rubble rock as frag plugs? Take dry rock rubble that has been cycled and treated and then dried. Glue your frag to that and cure for a minute/overnight in your sump or something. That way, no plug coming from the frag tank, but still easier to handle and epoxy into place, without the ugly frag plug base look.