• Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.

Search results

  1. NEWSALT

    Reefer in Training

    I took this shot tonight. Thought I'd share it.
  2. NEWSALT

    Trouble attaching photos

    I'm hving trouble attaching photos. Even though the files I want to attach are under the 175 KB limit, I'm getting the following message: "Cannot access attachments upload path!" Any ideas what might be the problem?
  3. NEWSALT

    Reef Safe Butterfly

    I've been thinking about getting a pair of butterfly fish for my new 120g. I love the Schooling Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes). I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this fish. I'd like to get at least a pair. I've done some research and though there are not many reef safe...
  4. NEWSALT

    MJ Mod Noisy

    I just did one of the MJ Mods. It works and moves a ton of water, but it's noisy. There's a terrible hum. Any ideas what this might be? Thanks
  5. NEWSALT

    120g Wall Unit - Now Complete

    This link should take you to an album of photos of the construction of the wall unit I built for my 120g tank. The unit is made of pine and stained with Minwax English Chestnut. I used 5-6 coats of a gloss polyurethane as the finish. The tank is a Perfecto glass tank that measures...
  6. NEWSALT

    Phosban Reactor w/Carbon

    I want to run carbon and phosban on my 120g. I have two reactors but I wanted to use one pump if possible. Has anyone done this? Can I tee off the pump and us the valve supplied with the reactor to set the flow? Or can I use one pump and run the water into the carbon then into the phosban then...
  7. NEWSALT

    Live Rock - lbs per gallon

    I'm setting up my 120g reef tank. I was planning to use 1.25 lbs of LR per gallon which comes to 150 lbs. Except for a few pieces that have some nice zoos and GSPs on them, I really don't want to put in any more LR. I have about 115 lbs in the display tank now and I like the way it looks. My...
  8. NEWSALT

    Fresh Water Test

    Did a Fresh Water Test this past weekend on my 120g and 55g sump. Everything worked out pretting good. Some minor adjustments but nothing major. Thanks to Steve68 for helping out with the test. Here are a few shots.
  9. NEWSALT

    Ballast Panel

    Here's a picture of the ballast panel I'm making. The white box on the right is a template for the AquaController DC8.
  10. NEWSALT

    55g Sump

    Just finished putting in the baffles my 55g sump.
  11. NEWSALT

    Overflow Installed

    Got my overflow glued together and siliconed into the corner of the tank. Here's two shots. 1st from the back, 2nd from the top.
  12. NEWSALT

    Painting back of tank

    I'm looking for suggestions on painting the back of my tank. Anyone that's done this, can you tell me what type of paint you used and the surface preparation. Thanks
  13. NEWSALT

    Panworld Pumps

    I'm considering a Panworld pump as my return pump. Anyone know where I can get pump curves for their pumps or who the manufacturer is so I could call for a curve? Thanks
  14. NEWSALT

    Anyone hear of this sand??

    I was at Home Depot looking for Southdown sand. No one has it. I did find this at the Home Depot in Bridgewater. It has this disclaimer on the package: "This product contains small amounts of crysalline silica (CAS 14808-60-7), A common mineral found in natural sand and stones......" Is this a...
  15. NEWSALT

    Jig for routing overflow

    I made this jig to route the teeth in an overflow I'm making. It's working out great.
  16. NEWSALT

    Cutting and Routing Acrylic - 2nd Attempt

    I made a second attempt at cutting the teeth for an internal overflow box. Need a little work, but I think it will work.
  17. NEWSALT

    Drilled Tank

    I got my 120g display and my 55g sump drilled today. Steve68 drilled them for me. He did an excellent job..highly recommended. Here's a few pics.
  18. NEWSALT

    Dead Ballast??

    IS there a way I can check to see if a ballast in my 48" JEBO PC fixture is dead? Thanks
  19. NEWSALT

    Looking for volunteers

    I'm looking for someone to give me a hand designing my sump and the plumbing. I've be on all forums getting advice and now my head is spinning. I'm getting all different comments, "your pumps too small, you don't have enough flow, etc." I just thought if some one was willing, we could get...
  20. NEWSALT

    Membership

    Yesterday I emailed my membership form and sent a Paypal payment for $12.67. What happens next? How do I know if the form was recieved?
Top