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Originally Posted by stdreb27 Heating is one thing, but cooling is going to be even more fun. I have a friend who has a 200 gallon tank in his garage in houston. And he has 2 one hp chillers just to cool that tank... It costs some major $$ Yeah I was more concerned about the chiller. It's...

well I took a vote and it looks like I'm going to try to sell my stuff (fix it before of course). By the time I spent more money on rock, chiller, and heater and the fact I wouldn't be able to enjoy it as much we decided it wasn't worth it. So yep going to be getting out of the hobby for now as...

It's not heated and I'm pretty sure it's level but right now of course I'm going to double check. My main concern is the fumes from the car. I have a canopy but the back is open. Should I get a widder rubbermaid tub and use it as a sump, since I'm limited by space as much, to adjust the heater...

I just set up a 55g RR with a 20gL sump in my room, well there's a leak around the overflow of the DT so I'm going to test the sump and dt and hopefullly seal it up. But I've been give the ultimatium of it's going in the garage or it's gone period. So anyways what would I need to do to have it a...

Sounds like a Clarkii clownfish to me.

Yeah I looked and they are 110w.

I'm hoping it's just the bulbs, fiddled with it for a bit and same result. I'll probably order 2x Coralife 175w 20K and one 54w Antic and a 54w 12K VHO bulbs in about a month. Right now I'm focusing on getting the tank cycled. Question: Is it safe to put the bassalat on a timer?

Got lights set up. Here is some pics. Metal Hallides seem weak and look less than 10K and the VHO's are antics only and are old and am having trouble getting them to work so I will be replacing all bulbs in a month or so. Hopefully will get some 20K MH's and don't know about VHo's. Maybe a combo...

Originally Posted by SCSInet Well they do in most of the retrofit endcaps I've seen. If you search Google Images for "VHO Endcaps" you'll see pics of the endcaps and standoffs that I am talking about. If yours look like those, you're probably in good shape. Alrighty well I got the hood set...

Alrighty got the package today. Here's pics of the stuff. I'm about go and try again to get the retrofit kit assembled. Hopefully will have sucsess with that and will post pics of it hopefully all assembled.

Originally Posted by SCSInet Glad you mentioned pics... was just thinking that. I suspect I know what you are talking about with the VHO endcaps. There is a base piece and then the cap on most aftermarket endcaps (the ones that have the rubber lined locknut to seal the lamp). You can detach...

Another question should I get premium live rock or just get some cheap rock locally and add purple up? I have a picky mom and I think it's the shape of the rock and algae on it that bugs her. She likes those colorful rocks with purple and other bright colors on it though. If I find some rocks...

Ok friday I got a retrofit kit last friday locally used. It came in an ugly wooden box which did have holes on the side for fan, and the screws on fan held a zip-tie which are around the caps on the VHO's. There are two VHO's on the edges of a bent used reflector which also houses two metal...

Originally Posted by meowzer Thanks....I don't get to OKC often, my husband has family around Norman and there...so I figure if I went I'd like to actually see a fish store..LOL... Do you order everything offline? That has got to be expensive, though lfs prices on live rock are outrageous...

Originally Posted by spanko Should not be too much. Really depends on the size of the rock in relation to the weight. More porous rock will weigh less therfore you will get more volume. Less porous rock will weigh more per volume. Ok thanks I don't think it's that porous and the pieces seem...