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Yeah, I went and dug out my drip lines. I want to do this right because of the salinity difference. I use two capture cups that I hang in my sump so that the water flow runs around the cup (to maintain temperature). And I use two drip lines. One from the main tank to the cup with a valve on it...

If possible, you might want to start the fixture itself up higher than normal over the tank at first as well. That's a pretty big jump in light reaching the bottom of the tank. When you make the move to the 90, is it possible to keep the old lights on the new tank at least for a few days or so...

Reach out for Ham. He has one. I've seen it, it's pretty cool. But like Sam said, you have to play with it on some of the lowest settings until you get it right for the critters in your tank. The moon cycles Ham was showing me were awesome, though!

I'm far from an electrician, but if it is blowing a fuse, putting in a larger capacity fuse will just be asking for trouble in my opinion. Each one of those ballasts is wired independantly, so one blowing fuses and not the other is entirely plausible. I would investigate the wiring for shorts...

I just brought home some fish and did a float for temp. I can't locate my drip lines, so I am using a turkey baster to slowly transfer the water. That's neither here nor there. After pulling some of the water out of the bag, I decided to test it for salinity, just for kicks. It was between...

LOL! Good point. ;D

Admitedly, I saw this place in the phone book while at work looking for something else. Anyone have any info on it? It's only about 30 minutes from where I work, but if it isn't worth the trip, I'll skip it.

I guess I should have included that part of the story. In an effort to force him out of his hidey hole, I shook the rock, banged the rock on the bottom of the bucket, shot water into the hole with a turkey baster, did everything but stick a sharp object into the hole. After about 10 minutes in...

Many of you may have read this post: http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=5158.0 in which I described, and captured in photo, a recent pest crab discovery. My family "affectionately" named him "The Midnight Marauder". I have tracked the introduction of...

Amen brother! LOL! My 2 year old LOVES to "feed fishies" (with daddy's help, of course). Of course, more than that, my teenagers have shown interest in "staring at the glass box" and even my wife (who calls my tank my "other wife") has taken interest as well. All of us around the "box" chasing...

No worries sam. I still think the good outweighs the bad finds any day. Even though I'm chasing down a midnight marauder right now, I have still found WAY more good things in new additions than bad. I'm still finding wierd little things how long after putting rock into the tank? Enjoy the...

Wow! Very cool! I haven't been so luck with rock in the past. Glad you found some cool stuff on yours!

What about "gardeners"? Plant it, tend it, watch it grow just to watch it grow? I couldn't place myself firmly in any of those categories. I enjoy the process of growing the things in my tank to something bigger and more beautiful. Tending it sort of like an under water garden. But, according...

I got a response from panworld if anyone is interested. Chris is awesome. He is sending me out the rear casing with the ceramic shaft. $27 plus shipping gets a $300 pump back up and running. If anyone is interested, these pumps are AWESOME by the way. The only reason it has a problem in the...

Yeah, I have an email out to them now. Thanks. :)

Hey all: I have a panworld 250 pump. Apparently, in its previous application, a small piece of braided rubber hose was "sucked" into the pump, jammed into the impeller, and caused the shaft to snap. The pump runs great. In fact, if you button everything back up, the motor WILL turn the...

Nice pics Brian, but the frogspawn wasn't me. :) Just the toadstool and the cap (which sure looks red to me!) :)

LOL! Well, at least the wife won't see the beer in my hand! ;D

Damn! Who was the quick click on that one! Wait, that doesn't count, it's only half of me!

Thanks for a great first meeting everyone! Sorry I didn't make Francis', but thanks a million to everyone for making me feel welcome! Rich, great tank as usual, and the reef gadget is doing wonders on the coraline! :) Wow, I'm almost sorry I left early! I thought you all were kidding with the...