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We'll after lots of work and help from club members the 120 is full of salt water!!! no leaks in the plumobing, lots of bubbles in the skimmer, and the lights are on!! Just waiting for the water to clear up and I'll get some live rock. Might even have a fish or three in there by Feburary!!!

If I have time this weekend I'm thinking about taking a drive down to Pacific East Aquaculture to buy 100lbs of their Tonga Fusion Rock. Before I do I have a couple of questions. 1. Has anyone purchased this rock from Dr. Mac and if so how do they like it? 2. The woman on the phone told me the...

Last night I finally got to the point where I could test my skimmer. I have an ASM G4x with a Sedra 9000 and the mesh and gate valve mods. I put it in the sump which has about 17 inches of water in it which puts the bottom of the gate valve mod about 5 inches below the surface of the water in...

Does anybody know if using a ball valve instead of the recommended gate valve will work for a "gate valve mod"? I'm modding my ASM G4x and gate valves seem to be twice the price of ball valves and the only place I can find them is on line. Even the local Ferguson plumbing supply didn't carry...

Hi again - OK just to show you how new I really am to this ??? ..... How high/low should the standpipe be in relation to the overflow? I have an AGA 120 ith 2 Megaflow overflows and am using the AGA overflow kit. There is a small outcroping on top of the standpipe with a hole in the top. Is that...

Hi all. Well I'm making out my X-Mas list and I want Santa to bring some books on reefkeeping and corals. I'm about to actually fill my tank and I want to be sure to get off on the right foot. I can do a lot of reading while the darn thing cycles. Any recommendations? Thanks Lou

So I'm a new member who was looking forward to my first meeting later this month. Unfortuneately it looks like I ruptured my achilles tendon playing softball yesterday. We'll find out if I need surgery today. Now I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to the meeting or not. The moral of the...

As I try to be sure I have enough flow in the 120 I'm setting up I came acrosss penductors at a few vendor sites. Since I am too cheap to spend $25 on tiny pieces of plastic without good reason I was wondering if anyone was using them. Also found this...