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Yea, I thought about using one of those. The problem is that they don't have a lid opening big enough to put the pump inside of it. :(

I'm looking into purchasing an ATO and think I've found the unit I will get. Here is the Reef Fanatic kit. I'll get something like this pump to feed the sump and keep it level. Since I have about 10 gallons or so of room to spare in my sump if my return pump fails, I'd think a 3-5 gallon ATO...

Wow! When I was reading along, I thought you were going to tell us that the accident happened on the way home with the tank in the car. Sorry you had a wicked wreck, but at least it was after you got the tank home safe and sound. Speedy recoveries to you and looking forward to see how you set...

Well, here's a small update. First off, I went out and bought 60 lbs. of Carib Sea Aragonite - Sugar Fine Sand which I will use to replace most of my crushed coral. I'll leave about an inch or so of whats in there, then put about 1 or 2 inches of fine on top and will probably wiggle some of the...

Wow! No sump, no skimmer? I can't believe how great that looks without the "essentials". You know, I have an aquaclear 100 or 110 in the garage. I heard about turning them into a fuge, but never gave it a second thought. I have a sump with a fuge chamber already, but I might as well see if I...

Thanks guys! I think I should probably just take most of it out now and replace with fine sand. I like the look of this stuff over sand, but I'd rather eliminate a future problem now while the tank is fairly empty and the job will be easier to do. ;)

Yea, I knew they changed sexes, but I read that once they turn female, they never change back to male. If mine is a female and I happened to get another female... well that could make mating a bit difficult. ;D

Thanks for stopping by JR! Glad to hear yours is more active now with a friend. Maybe I should get mine a mate? Is there any way to tell if my clownfish is male/female yet while it's alone? I don't know if this one was with others and/or if it has changed to female before I got it (came with...

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build I see, that explains why you are doing it this way.

OK, so if the nitrates test 0.0 and there are no microbubbles left, will the algae die off? How will I know when it's dead? Will it just detach from the sandbed and float into the water? Will I have to siphon it out, or should I at any point? I'm glad to hear that Nemo is doing something he is...

I prefer to ask first before doing anything I'm unsure of. So if I make a noobie mistake it's most likely someone else's fault, hehe. Just kidding! Anyway, I did a 15gal water change (that's all the salt-mix I had left, I need to make more tomorrow) and then ran all the tests again about 15...

Ahh, that makes sense. Considering I already have about 4" of that stuff in my tank, do you think I should take some out? Would it also help to just get a sea cucumber and/or some other sand sifting creatures? For now I guess I'll just keep an eye on it and siphon it clean often. Thanks for...

More input is always welcome. Thanks Jcurry! I'm glad I asked about the Nitrate Sponge before I put it in. I guess that stuff might help if I was in an emergency situation and had extremely high Nitrate? I'll just let the tank ride it out then. Been wondering all day what might happen with the...

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm new to the hobby and just started a 75g tank with something similar to This crushed coral. Is there something wrong with using this as a substrate that I'm not aware of? Here's an actual shot of it:

I stumbled upon this website when researching sumps a while ago. --> Marc's Hidden Treasure He has lots of ideas on how to design sumps, many different "standard" models, and will custom make one for you if need be. I never bought one there, so don't know about pricing, etc. But if nothing...

Thanks again ricwilli. I really appreciate you tagging along here. Last night, I used a long handled glass cleaner and lightly cleaned it off the back panel. This was one of the cleaner pad type, not a scraper. It got it off pretty easily, but it basically just rubbed it off and into the water...

Re: Ricwilli's 210 build Well, I love the drawings because they seem very well thought out. I'm new to the hobby and admit that I don't have a lot of experience with setting things up... but if you go with plan #1 wouldn't it just be easier to add a TEE and a valve on the return piping (after...

Here's a great site with lots of ideas on designing sumps - Marc's Hidden Treasure He makes them out of acrylic, but you could easily take your 55 and put acrylic or glass baffles in just like he does his. He doesn't really have plans on there but most of them will give you dimensions of the...

One more thing I thought I should mention. Top and bottom plastic frames are identical and interchangeable if you were to make a tank from them so it doesn't matter which is top or bottom. Therefore, you could turn one tank frame set into two separate tanks if you had another method to brace the...

Well, speaking from experience... you can remove the top (and bottom) frames from an AGA tank. I recently did it with a 135g tank because the bottom glass panel cracked and I figured I would just take the thing apart. I was mainly looking to make storage easier in my garage, but also figured...