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Check these guys out, it's like a bad hallucination http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/nudibranchs/doubilet-photography

I added a few more gallons to the system, no more slurping intakes. The flow rate from the manifold spigots is 15 seconds per gallon, lessee, 4GPM, 240GPH. Not enough for a chiller but plenty for carbon, fuge, etc.

Thanks, maybe you have something there... :-X

I thought Marco Rocks sold dried out rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Sorry, I'm a biology geek -- finding the hitchhikers is part of the fun for me.

Anybody order live rock lately and like what they received? I'm trying to decide who to order from.

Was having continued problems with back-siphoning, now solved. Solution: 1)Used two 45deg elbows to zig-zag the return closer to the surface. 2)I did myself a favor when I planned the distribution manifold off the return. With a couple of the valves open, you shut off the pump, and the manifold...

Casey laid ANOTHER egg last night. Happy Mother's Day!

I've met this guy Keith hanging around AbFish, he repairs chillers: www.cooltanks.com

The avitron is a good idea, we have some around, we'll put it in her water. We made her an egg (a chicken egg, you lout) and mixed up the shells in it. We used to do that for the birds every week, when we used to take better care of them. We did remnove the egg, too, althought I didn't know the...

Nah, I'm pretty sure you need a daddy-bird to make that happen. Especially after such a long time.

I am having trouble stopping my return line from siphoning into my sump. I have a siphon break, but I have found that if it's repositioned a little it doesn't work. Yesterday I got about 5 gallons of fresh water onto the garage floor because of this and there would have been more if my wife...

We have had our African Grey parrot Casey for 18 years. Yesterday she laid an egg for the first time. How strange is that? We moved her cage closer to the window for the first time in a long time a few weeks back. We weren't even sure it was a girl.

What, and deny them their fun? It's like a 10' water slide to the garage. Actually, I'm not sure there will be a problem, and here's why. Due to the huge length of the overflow, the layer of water is only 1/4" at its thickest. Secondly, if you look at the arrangement of street elbows which take...

Re: Jimroth's Big Ol' Tank Photos II Here's the mighty ETSS 1000 skimmer running in its little cockpit. This skimmer has been passed around the club a bit, I'm the fourth owner! This shows the underpinnings and how the pump comes between the sump and skimmer. Behind the black flex hoses is...

Re: Jimroth's Big Ol' Tank Photos The return manifold. This is a mockup, hopefully the final version will be black, and will be zigged and zagged higher so it's not so obvious: The locline siphon break. I'm going to try to use 1/4" locline in the final version. The full-length ("Calfo")...

I just did this on my 5' tank, I was surprised too. I used some 2" square 1/4" thick metal pieces my neigbor had, and hit them with some Rustoleum paint so they wouldn't rust right away.I was afraid to use wood because I thought it might compress too much under the huge weight.

I'll take some new pics tonight with the updated plumbing and carpentry, if you're into that sort of thing :). One interesting (annoying) discovery: The drain outlets need to be above the water level in the sump (after the pump lowers the water level). If they are not, the air can't escape the...

Ordered 80lbs CaribSea Special Reef grade sand. I talk a good game, but I can't actually go barebottom. Wouldn't look right. Plus, I can always vacuum it out if it causes trouble. Right? Going for a just 1-2" layer of gravel. Fixed more leaky plumbing joints . Switched to teflon tape for the...

I set up and ran the giant ETSS1000 skimmer for the first time. To do it, I had to make a little sunken area in my bench for it to sit in,as it wouldn't clear the ceiling in the garage otherwise. (!) The sunken area (it reminds me of John Lennon's sunken bed in the Beatles' apartment in the...

Well I must say I am feeling rather proud of myself. A few wins tonight. 1) The system ran with no leaks for the first time. Zero. No runs, no drips, no errors. 2) I mocked up my siphon break idea to keep the return from draining the tank into the sump. (Small locline teed off from return...