capty99

interesting comment, i attributed lack of sw goodness to being new, but glad to know.

honestly 90% of my purchases come from the internet bulk companies (price) or the community (price + knowledge) but it is nice to have a store if a light breaks or something to run to really close by. i will just go knowing what i want.

i'll pick it up tomorrow with my sand

When I started my nano someone suggested this place to me, and I went over there and it had disappeared from airport blvd so I never checked it out. Yesterday driving along and I saw it on the 35 frontage road, just south of Home Depot (I think you have to exit 38th street and take the frontage for a while instead of exiting for home depot.

It's about a mile and a half from my house so I was really excited . Mostly its freshwater right now but I talked to the lady today and she was really helpful and says they are just starting their SW supplies (they've been in this local since late july) and should be adding more SW stuff. There are basic clowns there and that sort of thing but dry supplies are few. I was just excited to see the food there so I can swing by, and the RO should be up and running soon (it was broken today).

I'm sure some of ya'll are familiar with it since everyone told me it was a fun place to go at the old location so how do you rate it? The online reviews are not very nice so I wonder if the new location will help it out.

If your into the freshwater thing I saw some pretty cool specimens that you don't see everywhere.

Setting up my 55 gallon and I'm supposed to aim for 10x DT size for water movement correct? If so, then that puts me in the wtb category for a 500-600gph pump.

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

thanks capt. i'm not gonna take you up on the really good offer, hope it gets sold for you though

so I just picked up a new tank today -- if i take the sand and stored it dry could i just re-seed it in a few weeks when i set it up?

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

mhart - you wouldn't steal the tank of a prospective new guy who wants to move up from his nano now would you?

I want to ammend my previous statement.

I don't think its what that link was.

They actually have dark backs, black or grey.... i say they because there are 2 now. I don't see a shell but honestly can't tell if they're just young and its small on the back.

Two antennae (correct terminology?) and they just walk around eating algae it looks like on the glass.

does it have a white-ish/clear slug body with a split tail?

cant find him now to identify split tail, but yes, it looks just like a slug white-ish semi-opaque

apparently a few snails sitting around produced some offspring, they were bored or something.

he's just crawling around with no shell. there isn't anything int he tank besides these guys + some LR + coral.... so will he be cool as - is for now? what kind of shells or where do i get shells that will work for him?

MAYBE interested in the tank post-everything else obviously?

man - leave for a week and missed it.

anyone else with something along these lines would be perfect for me.

Hey guys,

I want just the 90gallon tank, and can top out at $100 bucks with school right now. I want to build the stand (not from a $ point of view, I just want to do it) so I'm just putting this out there now even though there isn't a big rush I get one. I've seen 2 of these on Craigslist recently for this price that I should have jumped on but didn't. SO.... if you have one lying around, or happen to see one in your travels, point them in my direction or vice-a-versa.

Much appreciated.

just a note, i was reading about a brand of powerhead that had a manufacturing problem and alot of the magnets were not covered correctly and it was causing problems, so yeah, don't use bare ones.

medi - still starting up my tank don't have anything to trade, but i will pay it forward when the tanks up and running if i can grab one as well.

hey look its a fellow shaggy-ite.

ignore me, i saw other thread

pics por favor?

How do you guys know how much to feed your tank?

Everywhere I read says 'whatever they will eat in 3 minutes' but thats a pretty terrible way to measure so far since my shrimp just sit and wait there for the food to come to them before attacking it. They'll eat for a while too.

Current tank is 3 peppermints and an 1 1/2 inch ocellaris clown -- but don't be specific for that I want to know as I scale the tank up what I shoudl be dropping in.

Thanks

you greed sob's.

jp thanks!

pics by chance? i might take the small / and or med off your hands.

where are you at?