Recent content by CliffC

Hi everyone, It's time to break down the tank. Tank sprung a slow leak today and as I don't work from home anymore I don't have the time to even deal with it. Tanks been in a slow decline anyway. So... Free to a good home, Yellow Tang, Black Clownfish, Shrimp, Yellow Damsel, and a Blue/Green...

My fluorescent lighting fixture died back in May. Rather than replace it I went ahead and got LEDs. I'm giving away 3 Blue plus, 2 Coral Plus, and 1 Purple plus ATI 48" 54w lights. They've got about 6 months of use on them. (Nov - May) You can also have the original cheap chinese ones that...

Almost four months! Time for an update! Tank is settling in ok. I went to the Frag Swap and got a few Zoas, my favorite is the Rasta because they coalesce under the daytime lights. They grow really slowly though. The other Zoas are just ok in color without the right lighting but are multiplying...

Steve, Are you using the provided adapter or did you add your own fitting? Also, what's the size of your output? Is it 1 1/4" or 1.5"?

I have the DC-9000. I suspect that a lot of the cracking issues are coming from the fact that some, if not all, of these pumps are BSP (International standard) threaded. I've read a few people, on various forums, say theirs are NPT (Us standard) but I'd take that with a grain of salt. Mine is...

Yep! This will be my 2nd scrubber. First one was a SM100 clone. Worked ok but it was overflow fed so I had to shut down most of my tank for cleaning. Nightmare! Plus it was HUGE and 2700K T5HO powered. This one is 12 inches so much more manageable and LED based so lower watts used. I just...

Got a pile of plastic yesterday. Wonder what I can turn it into... Not sure why these are upside down. :huh: You just gotta tilt your head a little. No fingers were harmed in the grooving of this acrylic. Oh look! An algae turf scrubber! One step closer! Just need to get my...

Thanks for the welcomes! Looks like the frag swap is only an hour north, I think I'll be able to make that! I'm definitely enjoying the extra gallonage, I've read larger tanks are easier to keep the water quality stable too, so hopefully my lil guys will like it as well. If I had a custom...

Back in October I tore down my 55gallon, loaded up all my crap into moving boxes and moved the family across the country to NJ to be closer to my wife's family here in PA. More like my wife made us move but potato/potatoe. Anyway, I told her the condition was I get a bigger tank when we get...

Hi Everyone, I'm Cliff. I'm a recent west coast transplant to South Jersey. Moved here from San Diego during the "coldest winter of the year" back in Dec 2013. FML... Threw away a 55 gallon and gave away a wrasse, chromis, gobi, tang and a bunch o' corals, Zoas mostly to make it out here...