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Care to share your secret? Congrats on getting your Idol to eat, truly beautiful fish. And the Achilles is probably my favorite of all Tangs- I WILL have one someday! Sorry to hear about the delay in your tank, I'd be pretty pissed. I can understand the delay, but like Phyl said, they should...

gotcha. my tank is built into a wall so the i have room behind the tank. this allows me to have two clip on fans and a suspended window fan blowing between the water surface and the lights. the problem is, my furnace and hot water heater are also in that room, so the temp is higher than normal...

interesting, might have to try that out. i am running SeaChem Matrix Carbon and Kent Phosphate Sponge in my canister filter. i been changing the carbon about every three weeks or so. phosphate sponge i have changed once since i set up the tank about 10 weeks ago.

i will have to look into that. i use my miter saw now, it makes a mess but it is quick and easy. i have a door from my basement (where my tank it) out to the patio so it really easy to go back and fourth making cuts. so i ran the chiller in-line with the Fluval FX5, so far so good. i have a...

The canister is a Fluval FX5 which has a pump rated at 1000 GPH. From the canister, the water will flow through the chiller and then into the display tank. I can easy add a drop off later into the sump as well if i find that this method is not running efficently. I'll let you guys know how it...

are there any negative affects of running carbon in a reef system? also, is there any reason why i should not run carbon and a phosphate sponge together in a canister filter?

if i was starting from scratch i would agree, but now to do so would mean total reconstruction. and that is something i am not ready to do. i originally had planned to do so, but when i cracked a 55g sump when attaching the bulkhead, i just kind of said screw it and went with the ol' mag drive...

NEVERMIND!! Forget everything! I think I may have come up with a better solution. I have a Fluval FX5 Canister Fitler which is rated at 1000ghp, I think I can pull water right from the display tank through the canister filter and out through the chiller and back to the tank. This would save me...

my sump is a 55g tank, i had few partions in it (bubble traps), but i found i actually get less micro bubbles without the partions. so, on the right side is the where the water enters the sump- from the 2 overflows from the display tank, the overflow of my 55f fuge, and from my skimmer. the...

hmm good to know, but like they say 'every fish is different'. i was hoping on having three tangs in my tank

thanks dan, i wish i could re-route my sump returns through the chiller, but that would requires some major construction. plus i dont run a huge return pump to begin with, so i would still have to get a new pump to compensate for head loss. i think i am going to get another pump and have the...

do you have a lot of fighting amongst your tangs?

um....huh? well i think i am going to plumb the returns into the display tank, thanks for the advice guys

Anyone????

i just started my 180g a few months ago, your tank is pretty much what i am shooting for! can you give me a list of fish?

i picked up a chiller yesterday and i was planning on doing the plumbing today, but i cannot decide how to plumb the returns. it will be feed water from a submersible pump in the sump. i was originally going to have the return water go into the sump as well. but since the heaters are in the...

i am truly sorry for your loss. there are less and less WWII vets everyday. we should all never forget the sacrifice that generation made for our country.

when i applied it took about 4 months (maybe longer) and i was fresh out of the military and I had the mayor and ex chief of police of the next town over as references

hey JROD, just wait till he is 2 and your daughter is 6 (like mine are right now), thats when the real chaos begins! good luck1

i dont remember ever being bored at 25. then again, i dont remember much of being 25 in general.