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Looking good. Everything looks happy.

Mike, if yours are coming from their PA facility, and they are not back-ordered, they should be there in two days. That’s how long mine took….and Apollo exclusively uses FedEx. The hanging hardware is the typical adjustable cable system that attaches to your fixtures with 6mm stud ends on the...

To specifically answer the OP's title, my favorite saltmix is a coarse grained rimming salt, with a tinge of lime flavoring. I’ll sip on this while I’m mixing up my Reef Crystals. :grin:

Because you first need to learn the secret handshake! :grin:

Don, up until the gurgling started, the tubes where never touched. They were just jammed into their holes from day one, and that was it. One was more than halfway into the hole, the other was maybe only ¼ into the hole. That’s just the way they were first installed.....no thought given to...

That tubing is part of the Glass-Holes overflow. It came with the kit. It’s ¼ inch ID, 3/8 OD tubing that is about eleven or so inches long, with one end cut at an angle. That angle cut makes it easy to install the tube in the hole in the elbow. I’d check the tubing section of HD or Lowes...

Unless you are doing this frequently, I’m not sure a pipe cleaner would do the trick. I had to give this ramrod a pretty strong plunge to knock out the blockages. I would think a metal coat hanger that was cut and straighten would also do the trick.

I’ve been playing with my Glass-Holes overflow for the past month or so, because it’s been gurgling. I’ve moved the hoses in the elbows up and down, cleaned out the box, inside and out, changed the way it enters my sump, and I still get the gurgle. Tonight, a little light bulb went off in...

Phil, educate me! Randy’s formula is just like B-Ionic, or any other two part system. You have an alkalinity part and a calcium part. Now he also has a recipe for making your own magnesium using Epsom salt and Mag Flakes. I’ve also made up this as well. I currently add two-part manually, every...

It was a couple years ago…True Value Hardware Stores carried both Dow Flakes and Mag Flakes. I bought both at a True Value store at the intersection of Woodbridge Avenue and Old Post Road in Edison, NJ.

For under $30, I have a 50 pound bag of calcium chloride (Dow Flake) and a 13.5 pound bag of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda. For one gallon of Calc, it takes 2 ½ cups of Dow Flakes, and for Alk, 2 ¼ cups of Baking Soda. For the Calcium, I have a life-time supply, and the Baking Soda, I can only...

George, a quality exterior latex would do the trick. However, I’ve been using Kilz Complete….its oil based, sticks to everything, and is very durable. It actually is a primer paint, slightly off-white, and will be the stuff I use on the inside of my canopy. One note of caution – make sure you...

George, here’s a drawing that explains what I’m talking about. You first make a four-sided box (open top and bottom) that would fit and rest on the top of your tank. The design style would be face-frame, where the door areas would be left open and the two end pieces would have ¼ ply panels...

About three weeks ago I mentioned in my Tale (page 5, posts 43 & 45), that a five gallon bucket of B-Ionic Calcium sprung a leak. It was because the bucket was defective and cracked on the injection point on the bottom. Interestingly, Monroereef also mentioned that the same thing had just...

Please David, don’t remind me…..you’re going to make me cry…….I miss those days where I wouldn’t touch the tank for months! Regular tap water, with a couple drops of magic chlorine remover….just thinking of the little I had to do, now I’m questioning why I have a saltwater tank. This is...

Weight shouldn’t be a concern. Here is the very large canopy, made with ¾ pine, and with a top on it, that was on a 75 gallon freshwater I use to have: This was built with a face frame, with solid pine doors....and resting on the top of the tank.

George, looking at your stand, I'd go with two face frames (one for each side) and put two doors....wait, a 75 is four feet....one door on each side. The door would open upward with hardware that would hold it open. I would also leave the top totally open and put whatever braces you need to...

Here are two of my Red Leg Hermits playing footsy. I think they are also giving each other the eye. :love_heart:

Brandon, first off, WELCOME! You have found a great resource in NJRC. I agree with Jim, if you have the time, consider attending one of our monthly meetings. I’m assuming your 10 gallon is still cycling, with the picture of the anemone coming from Mom’s tank?? Now in regard to your saving...