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Welcome Mark. I would suggest you start a "Tale of the Tank" thread. It would allow all of use to see your progress and an opportunity to get any questions answered about the build.

Sorry about that. I'm wondering, because the glass is so thin on a 10G, if you use, as example, a piece of plexiglass to act as a washer, if that would help. The idea is that this "washer" would help distribute the pressure from the tightening of the nut and reduce the likelihood of the...

Well this latest lame brain idea of mine didn't work! Here's the quasi reverse durso (without the end cap): And here it is not stopping the bubbling: I'm guessing that 90 degree turn in the original reverse durso was instrumental in allowing the air to escape. Oh well! Back to...

BLoodman, welcome back into the game. Your choice of powerheads depends on the type of consumer you are. Let me use a phone analogy: If you stood in line to purchase the lastest I-Phone (in my opinion, blithering idiots....but that's just me), than the Gyre is most definitely for you...

Tony, when I commented, there was only one picture posted. This one: I posted my comments from this one photo. There have been a whole bunch of photos added, and I can see you will be just fine.....and I agree, a Mack truck can be parked on top of that thing.

Or is it the same thing with a black controller? QuietDrive Vortech pump to be formally announced next week I'm going to have to see it to believe it. It looks too much like what is out there now. They really needed to change the appearance, in my opinion.

Well that didn't last long! I couldn't fit the sock on with this durso drain. So what I did was move this over to the right drain and I was now getting small micro bubbles coming out. I can only guess that the flow coming out of the right is slightly higher than the left. So I went...

Tony, always like seeing new builds come together. One note on your stand.....right now you have the screws supporting the weight of the tank. You need to add a couple more 2 x 4's to the stand to support the weight. Let me show you with a picture: Your current stand has the green...

Brandon, always saddened when I see these kinds of posts. Sorry for your loss.

Rube Goldberg Bubble Trap Number Four If you’ve been around long enough, you’ve seen the Rube Goldberg’s I’ve made to stop micro bubbles / salt creep in my sump. They all had some positives, with the last version not too bad, but I still though there was room for improvement. Well I’m now...

Yep....that's the wrong stuff. You want 53 mS calibration fluid.

Why do you think you purchased the wrong calibration fluid? Does is say it's 53 mS fluid?

It would also be worthwhile to note the brand of two part you are using since they are all different concentrations. I have a 90 gallon DT mixed reef and use Randy's DIY two part (same as BRS two part). I dose 43 mls ALK and 54 mls CALC. I use IO salt (it's the ocean) and am a low baller...

I'm not sure if you folks saw this, but Ecotech has announces a new technology coming out shortly for their pumps. QuietDrive is new pump technology from Ecotech Marine Interestinly this "new" technology is at about the same time the patents expire on the current pumps......not to mention...

Here's my thought process....I'm assuming this is a 2 foot cube tank. I have four MP's, but have not owned a Jebao (yet). What I do with my MP's is to never run them close to 100%. They are known to blow their bearings on the dry side, and I believe running them at 60-70% or less, they...

Main beam....although there are situations were it could be drilled.....small holes....especially if it's LVL (laminated), I'd stick to running under the beam and simply boxing it in. I'm assuming you are going with a finished basement. You won't even notice the box in. I did it with the...

Here's the bottom line.....ask your inspector. Since drilling headers is not in the code (wasn't when I read it), it's at the whim of the inspector. I would guess that most inspectors would go with joist code as far as notching and drilling....but again, that is up to how that individual...

Just so we are talking off the same sheet of music.....a header is the support above a door or window.....typically two 2 x 6's (could be 2 x 8's or even 2 x 10's) and a piece of 1/2 inch ply. Might I assume you have no room above the header and top plate? Or why not go to the right or left...

Looking good Karen. It's always exciting seeing a new build come together. My one comment are the legs on the two stands/tables. It appears that the screws are holding the weight on the table tops. This isn't good if you are putting a decent amount of weight up there....and with the...

Thanks everyone for the responses. The Sicce and Tunze do not have enough flow for my needs. And, I've found the pump I was originally looking for....the ORIGINAL Maxi Jet......Now called Cobalt MJ's. It's interesting that it is still listed as "MJ" XXXX. After much reading, this was a...