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The hoot of it all was he had to convince ME! Of course who was out in the yard with her at 5:30 this morning?!

I like the look of TwinReef's sand bed. It is a coarser grain sand (without being shell like) and he can just about blow a tunze right at it and not have it move at all. If I were going to buy sand again, that's probably what I'd get. You should be able to dig up his thread either in tale of the...

The kids are thrilled. Zachary helped me buy her and Sierra was hysterical when she saw us all together. We'd been to see this dog 17 times before we actually bought it. And it wasn't without a lot of angst. I think it would have been easier deciding to bring another child into the family! And...

Thanks, Steve! Her name is Zinni. She's a soft coated wheaten terrier, and sweet as can be!

After 6 years of being a family of 4 we've finally decided to add just ONE more to the pile...

If your QT is at hypo right now, I would spend the week slowly bringing it back up to the proper SG before you move your fish back to the tank. Besides, from everything I've read, 4 weeks isn't long enough to fallow your main. I've heard you want to do that for 6-8 weeks (although I think it...

Great to see them getting some of their glory back! They have some amazing potential.

Hope it was a good one, Boomer! Did anyone let Boomer know he had a birthday thread?!

Allquatics is in Hamilton and one of our other sponsors (TB Aquatics) is in Flemington (by appointment or shipped only). You can check with both of them regarding specific items you're interested in.

Glad to hear that the family is all doing well. Your reserved approach sounds very reasonable and having a "reef budget" is an excellent idea. It is easy to get caught up and carried away and good to set bounds and limits. That said, welcome back!

That would be th amount needed to accomodate overflow from above which would drain down in the event of a power down. In addition to that you'll need running volume. So a 55g tank would hold 40g of water in your sump while it is running with 15g in the pipes.

Bordom?

Oh my goodness. Yeah, he's lucky that dog didn't end up lunch. Where are your close up pictures of the bear?!

Good point on the "overkill" and whether or not it is necessary. I've definitely seen some rock that was better off bleached than not.

Put your ATO on a timer so that it only goes on once an hour for 5m instead of keeping it on constantly?

We have a 100g stock tank as a sump. We can keep 50g of water in it allowing for 50g of "overflow" out of the auxilliary tanks. We also have a 55g fuge. If we had to do this under the stand rather than in the basement it would be the biggest tank that would fit through the opening in the stand.

Rich, I think you're exactly right. I think the effects that we see are those similar to the effects that you get from running ozone. Ed, Is it safer? To your family, skimmer, etc? Yes. You won't have to worry about excess ozone in the environment or eating hoses and fittings. As for the...

We went the cycle in a tub route. Vinegar isn't going to remove all of the organics so it will probably need a cycle anyway. Same is likely to be true for bleach. Power washing might remove the bulk of the decay on the outside, but there will be organics inside that you might not get that way...

Ed, if you're interested in using it let John know and he'll get you in touch with the guy who spec'd ours. You need to get them so that you have one on each leg of your system that is sized properly for that leg. It worked out to be the same price as the the single larger unit.

Here are some pictures from the day.