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By they way, assuming they are amphipods and copepods, these critters are good critters. It’s amazing, if you have a few fish or fish that don’t eat them, it starts to look like an ant farm with all the running around. This is especially true if you check your tank at night with a flashlight.

A good number of light units have flat reflectors or reflectors with simple bends. The IceCap reflectors have multiple bends….for the sake of a word, and I don’t know if it is right, parabolic. So all that angling redirects the light back into your tank. Now as far as dissipating…anything that...

Don't forget Hide Reef.  If you go to Ocean Galley II, Red Sand is right around the corner (maybe 3 miles).

The above two quotes are confusing.  What are your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate numbers.  I've got a hunch, with this being a relatively new tank, you have ammonia or nitrite there, and that's not good.

If you have a VOM (Voltage-ohm meter), set it for AC volts and stick one probe in the water and ground the other probe. I usually just ground to the little screw on either a switch plate or outlet plate.

Wow! Very sorry to see this. All the fish die and the corals are all ok....is that a puzzle?? Did you measure for stray voltage?

I've added sand after the fact and I can't see how having a different color would make it any different. If you do add, my suggestion would be to use a pipe.  After seeing your tank, maybe 1 1/2 inch or 2 inch pipe that is as long as the tank is deep (and than some).  Pour the sand down the...

Women! You never finish the story...so after LYAO and having your cigarette, did you then take out the garbage? :o

In the central part of the state if looks like it’s let up a little today. I’m going to let it dry a few more hours and then pull the combine out of the barn and harvest my grass.

I don’t know….you take away the fish tank and it starts looking to much like an autopsy table.

Very nice DIY. Pictures, parts list and pricing. Great Job! Now I only need a 200-300 gallon tank and this will be the first on the list to build. What pump or flow rate are you considering for this big boy?

The 300v is the voltage rating for the wire...rather meaningless in your application. Markings on the bulbs are the important numbers. Bulb numbers are going the tell you the temperature and wattage of the bulbs.

Henry, if you haven't drilled the tank yet, consider a glass-holes overflow (www.glass-holes.com). It is small, quiet and comes with everything including the drill bit. When I priced out a conventional overflow (like you're considering), the glass holes overflow was cheaper. We got the 1500 gph...

Now that's talent! ;D Good stuff.

LOL! Excuse me, that's moldaline.

So the concern is more over floods then dampering vibration?

Going from a submersible pump (Mag 24) to an external pump for the skimmer (MRC-2). Would like to know how the rest of the world mounts up the pump motor. Do you put it up on bushings or just bolt it down to a slab of plywood? Thanks!

From Melev's Reef, a Q-tip/ Pineapple / Scypha sponge: Compare pictures....looks Q-tip to me. Also, on Melev's they mention the little buggers show up in the overflow: http://melevsreef.com/id/scypha.html

It's been over a month since the crash. I'm ready for an update....with pictures!

I don’t think it is a matter of one being “better” than the other. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. Glass: Cheaper More difficult to cut (for the DIYer) Bonds well with silicone Acrylic (plexiglass) or other plastic (such as what I used; polycarbonate): More costly...