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I did the standard DIY overflow. I haven't glued anything yet and I still need to drill a hole for the air check valve. Next project consists of gluing and spray painting the pipes. Afterwards, I will begin working on the sump. As always, I'll post pics.

Once the sump is set up, I plan on removing the Fluval 305 filtration unit. How do I begin removing the ceramic rings to prevent a crash? Do I slowly remove 1/3 once a week for three weeks? I honestly think the live rock is doing the majority of the bio filtration; however, I want to make sure...

Here is the tentative layout of the plumbing not including the DIY overflow. It is 1" PVC pipe. The pipe with the check valve is the return. Mako, my 70 lb akita puppy, is always getting into trouble. I haven't glued it just yet. I will get more materials either this weekend or next...

That is very interesting! Thanks beaslbob! I might give it a try.

I'm going to build a sump sometime this month. I will be using an external overflow since my tank is not drilled.

Update. 5 gallon water change. I am getting so good that I didn't even spill a DROP! I wish I could say the same for oil changes. LOL I was covered in oil the other day. That damn drain pan... ahem... the fish are doing well. My Percula Clown aka Forrest Gump never sleeps; he's kind of an...

Picture of my torch coral. Hopefully that is green coralline algae around it. Not sure though.

Thanks. The coral beauty hasn't nipped YET. I am not adding any more corals until I know for sure. All the corals I have were given to me by a friend, so worst case scenario I'm not out any cash and I could take them to the LFS to prevent their demise should the coral beauty get hungry and...

Thanks for the good advice sweat90lx, Flower, and rlablan. I really appreciate y'all taking the time to help me out. The Coral Beauty appears to be getting better each day. This is without a doubt the most shy fish in my display tank, but lately he is becoming more and more brave and willing...

I was not able to get better picks; however, it appears the coral beauty is recovering quite well. The Coral Beauty had about four white dots around the eye that was damaged during transport. There were no white dots on any other fish, nor were there any white dots anywhere else on the coral...

Flower, if it is not ich, should I consider removing all fish from the DT for 8 weeks to kill any possible ich and keep them in a quarantine tank for that time period? I realize this is ass backwards, but does it make sense?

Here are some crappy pics. I know it's hard to tell from these pictures. The area in question is around his swollen eye, which was injured as I transported him into the display tank.

I bought this Coral Beauty named Lt. Dan on Saturday. As I was placing him in the tank, he thrashed about and injured his eye on the way into my display tank. His left eye swelled up (popeye) and I didn't take a good look if his scales around his injured eye were ruffled as well. I am not...

DT parameters are PH 8 Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 10ppm Temp 78-79 F

Update: Excellent news! I believe there is a possibility I have the dreaded Ich. When inserting the Coral Beauty into my 55 gallon tank, I bumped him on the tank. His eye swelled up resulting in popeye. I believe this added stress caused an Ich outbreak near his eye. The firefish looks like...

Since my fish love blended raw shrimp, I decided to try my hand at making some DIY fish food. I went to the grocery store and picked up some wild caught rockfish, raw shrimp, and frozen broccoli. I placed three raw shrimp, a few ounces of rockfish, a few pieces of broccoli, an ounce of Marine A...

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower You may not even need a heater. You can't run the AC in the winter to counteract the MHs...putting a fan blowing on the water surface will blow some of the heat away from the tank...a clip on fan will work great for an emergency cool down. You can get smaller...

Yeah that's what I mean. The one heater was almost never off. It stayed on even when I placed it on 70F. It's a 65 watt, and it didn't do any harm. I keep the AC on in order to counter the heat from the two 250 watt Metal Halides and two T5s. Since I removed the faulty heater, my temp has...

Today I noticed condensation in both my heaters. I don't trust the heaters I currently have. I did a search on this site for a suitable heater; however, it appears that the recommended stealth heater 150 watts have been recalled. Any suggestions on heaters that don't break the bank? Since I...

Thanks rlablan!