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Thanks everyone for the responce so far. I think I will be OK building the stand. Now I have to worry about the floor supporting the tank when its full AND having people around the tank. I took this pic today to see what you guys think about me adding more support. I added 2x8's before putting...
Thanks guys for the response. Just thinking of 300 gallons of water in my house, makes my heart beat fast. I think I will go with the 2x6 and add a vertical brace in the center. I now have to think of bracing the floor.
I'm looking to upgrade to a 300 gallon tank. The tank that I'm looking at is a 96x30x25. Now I've built a stand for 55, 90 gallon tank, with 2x4's but not anything bigger. I'm pretty nervous about building this stand. I really can't afford to have one build with steel after buying this tank. So...
OH man I totally forgot about this. My wife mentioned at the swap that she really wants to go. Two more days to make a decision. Anyone else thinking of going?
Hey Will
Thanks a MILLION........ Will the safety factor of the bottom glass be less with sand and rocks on it or will it be the same since the sand and rocks will be taking up volume? On that note, will the safety factor of the sides also rise cause there will be less water in the tank cause...
I did the scrubber thing and took it down cause I was going through media every few days. My ph was at 6.9 without the media. With the media I was at 8.0. Running a hose to my garage and attached to the air inlet of my skimmer, ph is at 8.2. But guess what I noticed by doing the hose thing? I...
I had a humidity problem and the first thing I did was, went out and purchased a dehumiditier. It worked, but the problem was that it was also warming up the air in the basement. I didn't like that to much so I installed a small AC in the basement window and have not had a problem yet.
I also...
Ran some test again and below is the outcome.
- 478 - vial was dried over night
- 476 - vial was dried over night
- 497 - Rinsed the vial with RO/DI right after the first test
- 447 - Rinsed the vial with RO/DI right after the second test, PLUS dried the inside of the vial with a blow dryer...
OK, I just finished doing 4 test with the Hanna Ca test kit.
- 491
- 492
- 522
- 515
The kit comes with two test vials. When I first did the test, I did not rinse any of the vials. I just did the test and got 491 and 492. After rinsing the vials with tap water and RO/DI water, I got 522 and...