Recent content by jimmy40741

Yea, it would work in that it would cover up the sound of the skimmer. It would also work if your secondary goal is to flood the floor. In a normal overflow system your return pump pumps water up to your tank, which then overflows the tank by means of an overflow box, stand pipes, etc, then...

Thanks for the quick reply. TEK lights use a program start ballast, so that's what I ordered and have sitting around. So I know that I need a non shunted socket to go with this particular ballast. I have done some looking around on the net and I can't find any pics of the icecap end caps with...

I thought one of the ballast was going out on my TEK light a couple of months back so I quickly ordered a new ballast (it's an AccuStart Triad). The ballast wasn't going bad so since I have a brand new ballast laying around collecting dust I thought I would add some supplimental light to my...

You don't need silicone on the inside of all the baffles. Start with the baffle that is going to be up off of the bottom. Use a piece of wood or something else to hold it up off of the bottom the height you want, then silicone both ends on both sides. When it's dry remove the wood peice and...

I would think that you can use the aquaclear since it's close to the same gph. Just as long as the outlet is the same size and will match up with the skimmer. The purpose of the o-ring is to be able to adjust the height of the skimmer cup. The lower the cup the wetter the skimate will be, the...

Just drop them in your washing machine and put it on the rinse cycle.

One thing you can do is go to Yahoo and type in the name of the store. If the store shows up in Yahoo Local you can leave a review of the store and let others know what you think of them. I use this sometimes when searching out businesses and can find out really good info on the place by reading...

You don't have to have a sump, nor do you have to buy $20 worth of pods a week. If you have a large enough tank with enough LR pods will breed in the tank and even in HOB filters enough to sustain a Mandarin. I don't have a sump and do not buy pods and have had a Mandarin living in my 75 gallon...

What was he eating in the pet store? And did you make sure he was eating before you bought him? Mine started eating right out of my hand from day one, and always comes to the top of the tank any time I walk up to the tank. So I can't help you with that part of it, but it sounds like he may be a...

You could set it up like your diagram and use some sort of covering over the end of the elbow, that would keep anything from going back up the line. Another option is to do what I did and build a spray bar. Where K is on your diagram you would put a pipe tee, then off each side you would use...

Originally Posted by ophiura truly an under appreciated tang. IMO, like the yellow eye tang, the scopus may not be remarkable from a distance, but close up, the detail is really nice. They are a fish to admire in detail. I couldn't agree more. I watched a Scopus at my LFS that they couldn't...

I also started with mollies from my freshwater tank (not to cycle, the tank was already cycled). I drip acclimated 2 for about an hour and they did fine. I just dropped 2 more in and they did fine. I ended up with 7 in my tank and all lived for a couple of months until I took them out. And just...

I disagree with the odd number theory on keeping chromis. I had 3 in my tank with no problems and then was given another one with no problem. But to stay with what I had read on here about keeping odd numbers I went out and bought another one which was a mistake. The last one I bought was very...

I have one of each. My 75 is topless, because I have a 216W T5 fixture on it and was having trouble with the temp. My 125 has glass tops, because I only have low watt T8s and T12s on it and temp is not an issue. Personally, I like glass tops for the safety issue (nothing in or out that's not...

Personally I like the Quiet One brand of pumps. I have two of them. The Quiet One 3000 is a 780GPH pump, so that's close to what you already have, and it's less than half the price of a Mag 9.5.