Recent content by ricker

i dont know what you mean by wavy and when you say look down surface of glass do you mean put my head against glass and look down it??? and by bug do you mean sticker??

how can i tell if my glass is tempered or not, this aquarium is an older one.. 5or so years and i dont know if its tempered or not i see no sticker but i want to be sure, thanks also does anyone know what it cost to get an aquarium drilled at a glass store

well the tank is tempered so im guessing drilling is out i have the overflow box up and am guessing ille just do a regular siphon to main tank and pump to fuge is there any way to drill tempered glass without cracking it

what do you cut the glass with for the bulkhead and with a 5/8 inch line from tank to fuge what size pipes back to tank

exactly how did you drill the whole for the elbow i was going to put an overflow box in the top of my fuge but that looks so much more compact thanks for all your help, my pump is 170gph and my fuge is 8 inches above my tank but my pump has a 5/8 outside diameter and someone said 3/4 can only...

what gph and what pump do you recomend and should i hardplumb or flexible hose........ also that setup you described will automaticly siphon down???? and what in case of power outage thanks for all your help

i am setting up a refugium to go outside of my tank that wil be on a seperate stand but be higher than the tank i am going to use a pump to pump water from the tank to the fuge and am not sure on how to return water from fuge back to the display tanks what i am wondering is what is the cheapest/...

hey i got pcs over my 55 bout 3 months back,what size is your tank??? i went through all the trouble of building a canopy and all of that, but the cheapest way to do it is to buy a fixture like a 2 bulb and have it on top of your tank most fixtures come with mountin legs just by those and...

yup, well depending on light intensity you can ho wmany watts and how big of tank i got some over my 55 and mine are doing great

when you say highest point of return line, do you put a tee and have the whole on top of the end of the tee or is it on the 90 that goes down into the tank?

im building a fuge out of acrylic and since my tank is not drilled im buying an overfloe but my question is what size and kind of pump should i get for the return line, it will be pumping water roughly 3 and a half 4 feet, and i cant decide if i want my overflow at 300 or 600gph, could someone...

exotic aquatics, aquatic solutions sells sick fish and will try to sell you a bunch of ---- you dont need

hey theres a good one on desiard street in monroe, i know the guys good there chase and randy and they wont screw you over and theyre relatively fairly priced on everything except pumps and stuff they're rock is 5.99 a lb though but its fully cured and is really good looking, plus you have the...

what are the best animals that i could buy to help clean my sand i have a sailfin blenny but it wont hit algae on sand it keeps the rock clean though what can i get to clean the sand ???

is there any way legally i could put speckled trout or redfish in an aquarium, can they be bought at a fish store, them or any game fish?, id really liek to have a large set up with some speck and red fingerlings maybe blue crabs and mangroves or something, comething like a south louisiana...