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i ordered mine online much cheaper than local houses

Bill convinced me yesterday to do an ATO stat so i will be.

mangroves grow above and below i thought - i don't think you can keep them below water level.

i thought you weren't supposed to get SW from anywhere close to shore.... thats what i read somewhere. its full of crap.

do you have any glass between your lights and the tank? i thought MH's needed something there

hey non - if it hasnt shipped shoot me a pm if you don't mind and i'll add mine to the order asap. just if there was some sort of delay orsomething. thanks

when doing the canopy - are those pieces of wood sticking out just going to rest on the top of the thing or are you going to get more contact then that? jw about doing mine, if the top should be supported all the way around by the frame or if just the corners might work

only reason i knew about tonight was your posting on this forum so thats why i stopped by.

i'm fine with the spitting and poisoning you but am going to say that getting it in your eye or face is most likely bad luck for you, good luck for them. most of the time your gonna be bending over the tank with only your face at a possible angle, or in a similar position, i agree with rest of article.... just that one line.

how do i go about joining the order?

i'm gonna go ahead and call bs on this line : " and somehow they seem to have the ability to aim for the mouth and eyes of the propagator."

thanks alot. now all i want for my tank is like 8 baby mandarins. .... so have they invented a way to keep them babies yet?

not a 1 or 2 but i have a nano. $15

but the main time that fails is <5 minutes after you mess with it. if i had left the house after using the toilet it would be a huge problem .... with your setup the water change happens whenever so you won't have incentive to watch it. (i think) i would double up on protection for that .

ha, i appreciate it, i live at 38th, and the home depot is at 42nd i believe, you really can't beat the commute but yes, their lumber guy was lacking. I will give props to the guy in plumbing though who helped me out. If I do another stand I'll swing by the lowe's though. thanks for the answers everyone, appreciated

Can I just say I'm a DIY whiz kid? I've never before plumbed (thanks alot Dad) -- never before done any real woodwork besides the really basic stuff (thanks AGAIN Dad) and definitely never done anything electrical (I'll give him this one - if he had taught me I would have blown myself up) and I've done all three of those in the past week thanks to a new tank. I'm thinking these are life lessons any 23 year old should have, things I learned : a) make a list for home depot, no matter how smart you are, you will forget and then come home with the wrong pvc fittings. Luckily I live close by, but I won't say how many trips I made because its comical. wood is not ok to be "pretty straight" -- screw the home depot employee waiting on you.. dig through the pile for the good stuff. c) while setting up a table to cut all your pvc inside so you can watch football sounds like a GREAT idea, it is not. Cleanup is impossible. d) any corner you try to cut results in an hour to two hours later you worrying about it causing your stand to collapse and you go and undue it, and do it the right way. it would be better to do it the right way from the start. e) power tools are awesome and you should collect more of them. ANYWAYS -- Question time I built the stand, plumbed it, filled it with water , and sand in record time. Normally a bad thing but since I planned it for a while I'm in a good position. So, the sand is from an established tank of 2+ years (thanks fellow austin reefer) and since he had a 110, in my 55 I have a DSB... so gonna try something new with that. Then there is some sand from my 10g nano, and my LR from that. The water is 90% new, the rest from the other tank. What kind of cycle should I be expecting from this? I'm gonna drop in some dry rock I think, and just seed it with the LR I already have in there so tank won't be up for a while, just wondering. Heating issues - I know a lot of you guys have chillers. I've never had heat problems because of the small tank, but I've also never had pumps in there. How much heat does a pump put off? or is it the bigger light systems that put out the majority of the heat?

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i have heard recently what people say is more accurate (dunno if thats true) 3 in of fish per 1 sq/ft of air exchange. so my 55 at 4 feet long + 13 inches wide = 4 sq/ft so about 12 inches of fish.

lets hope this happens to my sps birdnest my roommate tried to kill while i was out of town

Thanks on the lighting info, will do t5, honestly thats what I meant i dunno why my fingers put PC. I'm gonna build the hood as well, is it possible to incorporate my 75 w MH into the mix with a T5 set (4?) or is 75 just not going to be enough penetration. I realize it would almost be a spotlight but might be a temporary solution...... Tank is a 55 long so 48x13x 20 tall .

This is a long post. Thats the reef obsession kicking in again : I picked up a 55 gallon from Firefly and promised Mhart I would build a heck of a reef out of it since it almost went to him and so I am setting up a new tank as we speak. I used the basic DIY stand template from reef central and put that together yesterday , just finished throwing some polyurethane on it to waterproof it and it's looking pretty solid. I'm gonna hold off on skinning it until I can get my dad down here to help me with the detail work, as a college senior I don't have the tools built up yet in my toolbox to complete it correctly. So, for a little while its the 2x4 look. Anyways, I've been cleaning and re-sealing the aquarium just to be on the safe side. So far I'm having some trouble with the cleaning part. I did get the front pane of glass clear, and am happy with that, but no concoction I can come up with can clear off the sides and back. (so i'm guessing they are a different material or something....) I guess i'm not real worried about the back, but the sides will be viewable and I'm not happy with where they are. Help me out. I've done a store-bought aquarium cleaner, i've done a 50/50 vinegar + water mix in a half full tank and let it sit for a while, and then i sprayed the whole thing with vinegar. no amount of razor work seems to clear it off. I guess its just salt creep, its a white film that you can't feel with your fingers. When I fill the tank up with water its barely noticeable, but since i'm noticing it now I will notice it forever, better do it right the first time. Secondly, what kind of lighting am I going to need on here. I really like the MH I have on my 10 gallon nano right now, the way it looks and works. So is a MH / PC combo my best bet? What kind of wattage do I look for in both? Probably going to start a cycle next weekend so I've got a little time to look around. I'm sure I'm gonna have more questions as I start plumbing it tomorrow.

hey mhart, it was me, i hope you find a fantastic sump out there i'm gonna make a helluva reef out of it. thanks firefly

Thats it. (would have taken a pic if my iphone wasn't turrible) So, they eat micro algae and are a benefit. Good, tank won't die