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Hey thanx for the heads up on Apollo Reef's LED's! At least they have the courage to have a website where you can talk to them if you have a problem or question. I would imagine all these cheaper units are sharing the same parts basically. I think I might be all over 4 of those units.:D

Hey everyone, its not that I am avoiding you and my tank, its just that life gets in the way of reefing sometimes. Plus the fact that I can't make my mind up as to what to do about lighting my tank. Halides are definitely out of the question. So i am torn between LED's and T'5's. Today being...

I just joined the club! But I would never recommend using Suburban propane as your provider!

I was thinking along the lines of something like this (2) 48"x 8 bulbs. Either buy them or just build 2 retro's myself. http://www.reefgeek.com/lighting/t5-fluorescent/ati/dimmable-sunpower-fixtures.html?p=2

Houston...........We have no problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:triumphant: No runs, no leaks, no errors. Sometimes things just seem to work out. For whatever reason It looks like I won't even need to use stand pipes in my overflow. Damn thing is nearly dead silent without any pipes. As far as the...

And for all you gear heads out there......This is the other thing thats been keeping me from my tank build. I made some progress on my truck! When we last saw the truck it had an old worn out AMC Pacer front end in it. Fast forward about a year and I have installed a brand new independent front...

Once I choose a pump its just a matter of running a "Y" off the pump with 2 feed lines back to the tank where I had 2 holes cut in the back panel. On the inside of the tank there is a double nozzle set up on each bulkhead. I figure any kind of pump around 1'500 gal per/minute should give me more...

Here's how I did it..... It just a simple pipe with a strainer hung down into the tank with a feed line running to the pump. Sorry for the crappy pic. Here's the feed pipe running over to the pump. I'm not sure yet what pump I'm going to use the Iwaki in the pic runs like a horse but its a...

One of the things that been holding me up is what I wanted to do about circulation in the tank. I'm not a fan of power heads! They are the biggest waste of money. My original plan was to do a closed loop with an oceans motion unit as my wave maker. Unfortunately Paul is having some issues with...

Now onto the tank. got a little bit done over the summer. After doing what I think was about 50 different plumbing layouts I finally decided on one and did the final glue up of everything. As we speak I am filling the tank with tap water to do a leak test. I figure why go and pop about 1K down...

The imported paintman makes a triumphant return! Unfortunately with propane. Out here in the boonies that"s all we got. Sorry for not posting more often but sometimes life just gets in the way of the hobby. Its been a loooonnng summer of aggravation with getting the generator up and running...

A little more F-1 for all us gear heads! http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1078517_red-bull-f1-car-sings-the-national-anthem

The paintman is still lurking about! No more 6 days without power for me I wanted to hide the unit so it wouldn't be seen or heard from the house. So we decided to go the extra mile and put the unit up behind our garage. The power from the generator will run into the garage, through an...

If I really wanted to be cheap I could just wrap it with electrical tape:D

Now before you guys go and flame me.......Yes I know there is one fitting that is still white on the closed loop. Problem is I forgot Savko only sells black pipe in 5ft. lengths. Now the cheap side of me says just hit it with some black paint and be done with it. The anal side of me says call...

So I got a big ole box from Savko today with a bunch of black pipe and fittings. Now I bet you guys thought I was going to do the final glue up all ghetto like with a mix of black and white pvc:glee:. So today I started mocking up my closed loop. Orginally the plan was to use the 2 holes in...

Yea that's what I was thinking.......The overflow box has a cover that came with it from the builder. I know my current tank has crazy algae growing in the boxes from the residual light of the tank. I guess I'll try it with just painting the top for the time being and see what happens. The...

I finished mocking up the drain lines kind of like the Bean style overflow. I am hoping this works and the box is not to shallow for this style of stand pipe. The center pipe is my oh S&%# overflow. I am debating whether or not to paint the overflow box black to keep the light out so no algae...

Actually, let me clarify, Its not a front end out of an actual Mustang. Its a brand new front end custom by a hot rod shop based on Mustang II geometry. All the calipers, spindles, and ball joints are off the shelf parts but the control arms and cross member are custom made for each individual...

Not that anyone cares but the other reason its taking me so long is I still have the other distraction in my garage. I have been busy removing the old AMC Pacer hack job of a front end that was in the truck, and installing a new Mustang II front end!