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BAH! PUt some walls around it, a roof on top, and make it a GIANT REEF TANK!!! ;D

cayars, I defer to the obvious expert. Arvind: You should do what makes you most comfortable. Cycling it definitely will not harm anything. If that makes you more comfortable, I say go for it. What's a couple extra days, right? I don't believe you can ever go wrong approaching something new...

no such thing as crazee questions! :) just crazee people! (of which, I am a charter member! :) ) just glad I can help others the way I have been helped! an "expert" is only as "expert" as the amount of others experiences he or she can deduce answers from!

Millville is WAAAAAY far away from you, brother. lol. 08332 is the zip code. but like said before, if your lowes will cut the glass, it will be cheaper there anyway. sorry to hear about your mother in law. hope it all works out sooner rather than later for ya. if you weren't so far away, I'd...

I run the phosphate reactor because I was running straight well water, so I had a pretty severe algae problem because of TDS and phosphates in the water. It has helped ENORMOUSLY. Now that I have an RO/DI unit (THANKS AWI GROUP BUY! LOL!) I will probably use it for carbon so I can get the carbon...

Hey Rev. My experience is that the acrylic I tried the first time flexed with the water pressure, but from what I'm told, that is because I used acrylic that was too thin. I've also read countless posts that say silicone won't adhere the acrylic to glass. For the price, I had glass baffels...

Looks good to me. In mine, I have the skimmer in the first chamber where the overflow from the display enters, the fuge is in the second, and the return pump at the end.

Well, I've been doing some experimenting with my T5s. So far, I have a nice purple crocea clam about 1/3 the way up in my tank on some rocks, and he is doing great. I have an LTA anemone that actually moved itself lower away from the lights. I had him about half way up in the center, and he...

I'm running a mag 9.5 on my return from my 20 gallon sump to my 55 gallon display and I haven't had any significant issues with heat addition to the system. The biggest heat issue I have is with the stoopid unreliable heaters.

Doesn't a very limited amount of "bacteria" so to speak reside in the water cloumn? My understanding is that the rock and substrate carry the filtration, not the water column. That being said, if the rock/sand etc that he is adding to the fuge are already cured and cycled, there shouldn't be...

Nice. Keep us posted on how that works out. I'm running a 9.5 on my return as well, I'll have to try that weatherstipping idea to cut down on the vibration.

Thanks for the offer, Mike. That's a bit of a haul for me. I'm in what folks 'round this here forum call the "deep south". LOL! ;D (cumberland county, near Millville/Vineland area)

Nice canopy. Hell, nice tank! ;D Great idea with the drawer slides. I think I have a few sets left out in my shop from a previous project, maybe I will give that a try. That's the beauty of building it yourself. If it don't work, tear it apart and start again! ;D

I think that's why I'm going to use all 4 of the T5s out of my current rig. Cool, sounds like what I'm looking for. So far, looks like the XM are winning for the results that I want. Thanks everybody! The feedback is ENORMOUSLY helpful!

Thanks Mike. What kind of light coloring do you get? Is it white and blue enough for you? I prefer not to have the "yellowish" tinge that I have seen with some lighting. I want the crisp white/blue coloring.

I'm looking at a couple of different options with my hood. I won't have any space behind the stand to speak of, so I am toying with the idea of making the lid in multiple pieces. The front will fold up to allow for feeding, but I am thinking of coming up with some way to rig the panel the...

Cool. What's your time frame on getting your tank up and running? May be sooner than mine, so keep me posted. I'll be supplementing with T5 actinic, probably 4x54 watt, 48". That's two for the 10k. Merv with the XM, and yours with the Ushio. I probably would be more willing to purchase...

The Hydor is awesome! I can see the difference between it and the Tunze nanostream. The Hydor moves water at least 25% further across the tank, and has a wider dispersal than the Tunze. The Tunze is much more directed. I will be putting Another Hydor in my 90 when it is up and running. No...

That sounds like what I'm looking for.

Well, here's an updated shot of "superman". Although I think I more fitting nickname would be "Greatest American Hero" (anyone remember that rediculous 80's show??), but that nickname is too long! ;D Seems to be doing ok, he came out to eat. You can see in the shot his tail fin spikes are gone...