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On the subject of Made in America.....I purchase four new filter socks this past week....from eBay....and not only were they a good deal ($5 each with free shipping), they were made in the USA! :D

Ouch! I'm assuming it's the high winds they predicted? Are you still out?

So I've been sitting here twiddling my thumbs waiting for a new 3/16 router bit to come in to finish the doors for the equipment cabinet. I couldn't find the bit I had (probably borrowed and never returned) and ended up ordering one from a company that works at a snails pace. {No more...

Extremely high likelihood that I'm coming. Won't know for sure until tomorrow or Friday. I have pulsing xenia and if I come, I'll bring it.....free.....but it will be fresh plucked with no mount.

Paul, you're starting to sound like my father in law back in the early 70's....true blue American car purchaser. The problem is that they are no longer made here. I purchased a brand new Ford Mustang II in 1976....father in law was happy as hell.....and that Ford had a German engine that...

Sunny, you just made me laugh. Thanks! I only speak the truth.

Darn it, I was looking for an excuse to get out of the house! So your daughter can lift a 120? So I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. I'm surmising she'll crawl under the tank and carry it into the house by herself! :grin: Mike, I'm available!

Mike, I should be around on Friday....all day. Supply a time and place and I'll help with loading and unloading.

Thanks Juan, Mark and Kevin, you guys are too kind. Now if I could get paid for my brilliance, I'd be a millionaire! :rolleyes: :D

This project has been sitting on the back burner too long. Door Attachment (continued) I had ordered approximate half inch Neo magnets from China, and they finally came in. I cut little pieces of wood that were drilled with a Forstner bit. The magnets were epoxy glued into the holes...

If you are concerned about stoichiometry, and the balance with the calcium part, it actually takes 594 grams of baking soda (about 1.3 pounds), or, as Randy Holmes Farley's recipe states, 2 1/4 cups. Spread this out on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for an hour. The baking drives off carbon...

First off, I have no pump to offer......just my two cents. If you end up having to purchase new, I would highly recommend the Cobalt MJ1200.....pumps 295 gph. This is the original Maxijet pump made by the original Italian company....a workhorse of a pump. The newer Marineland Maxijet...

Ouch! How about silicone a piece of glass along the inside of the tank covering the entire back side?

Tidbits I started working on the doors for the cabinet today, played with the skimmer pump and impellers. and started sanding the stand in anticipation of painting that flat black. I made the final decision on the door for the upper part of the cabinet. I simply screwed the door parts...

Tom, just saw the video. Phenomenal build.....very nicely done.

Yet Another Vortech Power Holder After yesterday, sort of a laid back day today. Put the furniture back, cleaned up, and did a couple small things on the cabinet. Cut the grove for the pH wire a bit deeper....and while I had the shelf out, took a picture of the inside of the Belly of the...

Thanks for the kind words @BuGG . Here's the Reader's Digest version just for you: I built an equipment cabinet. Came out good! Still need to build the doors. :D @greybolt03 , thanks for your generous offer. However, with Amazon Prime, I had the new pump yesterday, and I'm already...

Thanks Kevin.....I had to temporarily trash the power supply holders.....read and you'll see. Equipment Cabinet Installed What a long day. I started at 7AM and didn't stop until around 10PM. The installation isn't finished, but I am! I just wished I had a Scotch to sip on while I type...

Lights, Holes and the Final Paint The power strips for the nine light plugs arrived last night, and so they were installed today. One strip for the "White" channel, one for the "Blue" channel, and one for the moon lights. The holder for the Vortech voltage supplies also installed in this...

Thanks Joe for the heads up. However, the issue with these pumps is that Bubble Magnus had to redesign their bubble plates for these new replacement pumps to fit. Don't know if they still sell the "upgrade" kit, but it was pretty costly to do this upgrade when Via Aqua (actual manufacter of...