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Don't you wish YOU could buy stuff for $17 and sell it for $50? :yes:

I bought a new "filters direct" unit. It will make 110 gallons per day if it's left looked up to the proper pressure, but we have a lower pressure faucet, so I just hook it up for about 90 minutes to fill my 5 gallon jug and then I disconnect it. I paid $90 from the famous auction site, but it's...

The LFS one town north of here buys super-glue in bulk and then repackages it in small, several ounce bottles. This isn't the really watery stuff. It's a low viscosity form and, if it's stored in the fridge, it acquires the consistency of caulk. I use that stuff to glue rocks and corals in...

Fifteen years ago, when I was youngER and stupidER, we used to feed our snowflake eel goldfish...

I can not recall anybody ever complaining about having too much light, so I lean hard towards more is better. It may be a significant cost increase now, but it will be MUCH more expensive later if you decide to go cheap now and later discover it isn't adequate. Obviously, it depends on the...

I don't have any trouble shaking the 5 gallon jugs either - as long as they only have 4.8 to 5 gallons in them. It's tough if they are over-filled and the air bubble is too small to allow good "sloshing" action. On RO: I just bought a new "filters direct" 110 gpd filter from the famous auction...

Tank size/dimensions?

Yep, cost has NOTHING to do with any of this. :jumping: - and it's silly to suggest otherwise. Sheeeesh. The difference between a 150 glass and a 150 plastic is only a few hundred bucks - about 5% of the final cost of the whole system with the rocks, critters and other goodies. On the car...

I agree with offshore. The cost of the tank is a pretty small percentage of the overall expense of the completed system. It isn't worth the risk of losing everything in a few weeks or months. If you want to save a few bucks shop the classifides in the paper. There are lots of aquariums being...

You clean the filter on your wet/dry twice per week? I never heard of that, though I have heard folks say you should clean it as frequently as once per month. :notsure:

.... Acrylic tanks also have a lifetime warrenty unlike the 10-20 year glass tanks .... Well, the legal meaning of "lifetime" varies. In Oregon a lifetime warranty like this is enforceable for, I think, seven years. In any event, I'll be delighted if I get 20 years of good service out of my...

So...I just checked out the tank and the leather had opened all the way up and flattened out. There were a half dozen of the long fibers waving in the current. My wife and I stared for a few minutes - and they started "fishing". They'd retract all the way and then re-deploy for a while. They...

Well, either of you could be right, but I have "Googled" both, found some neat links, learned a lot, and found nothing that looks quite like what I'm seeing. Of course, there are so many species, it's going to take a long time to work through them all. I appreciate the tips. Y'all might enjoy...

One of my leathers has a single filament, like fishing line, extending away from it. It's almost translucent, with a single strand that has groups of side-strands, in groups of three, about every two inches. The thread is now about six or seven inches long, waving in the current. What is it...

I had two striped, two domino, and three yellow-tail damsels plus three blue-green chromis: After about five weeks of coflict, which I didn't anticipate, I have three yellow-tails and two chromis... Everything seems fine now. I think.

do NOT use paper towell... I use old well worn cotton t-shirts. Cotton diapers are great too

They sell syringes like that commercially packaged as "feeders" at our lfs. You can also buy them on line, or at any medical/dental supply store.

Yep, your snowflake would consider that lobster a tasty litle treat... That's one of the few bummers of having a snowflake - and otherwise all-around great tank partner: they LOVE crustaceans!

Okay, check out this link: http://www.dursostandpipes.com/ I didn't install air fittings, or drill a small hole in the top. I installed a ball-valve that I can open and close - though I generally just leave it open.

Please tell us more about your overflows. Are they after-the-fact, hang-on type, or built-in? If they are built-in, part of the reason for the noise is the long drop the water makes. On my 150, the water was falling about 20", and that made LOTS of noise. I followed directions on this site to...