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I got some epoxy called Holdfast. I used it to try and attach a piece of coral to the rock. It didn't work very well. I'm not sure I used it right. Does anyone have experience with this particular product? The directions say that it's for bonding to glass or other smooth surfaces (unfortunately...

Would one of those 5 gallon jugs do that you buy at the store? you know, the so-called "pure" water that they sell for drinking water? could I use that instead, after I'd treated it?

Wow! Those setups look great! I've got two problems; first, some of those topoff systems look fairly complicated, which I'm not sure if I can financially duplicate, and second, I don't have a wetdry or refugium to send the water back into the tank. I'm using a combination of a Fluval 404 and an...

A cheap place to find shells is your local hobby store. The sell all sizes of shells. That's where I got mine, and my crabs are always "trying on" new shells. HTH

iluvfish, I also work in a hospital, I think it shouldn't be too hard to get the tubing you mentioned. How fast do you set the drip, and more importantly to me, how in the world do you set up something to drip into the tank without having it hang above the tank and look hideous? Carole, how do...

the salinity was so crazy, it wasn't even funny. Of course I freaked out when I saw how low the water was. I hadn't realized how much water I guess I add on a fairly regular basis. I didnt' test the salinity before I added the water, but after I added over 6 gallons back into my 30 gallon, the...

:eek: :eek: :eek: Well, a little update is in order. Just the day before I was going to leave on my trip, my mandarin (who's been in the tank at least 5 months) tried to commit suicide by jumping out of the tank. I was lucky my wife called my attention to it and I immediately ran and threw it...

Originally posted by tarhull87 After the break-in, does the foam start coming up the collection cup? Cus I just put mine in yesterday, and I see no foam when I keep the small bubbles out of my tank. Yes, after a few days, given that the skimmer is properly adjusted, it will produce foam...

Most of my fish that have died have ended up getting flushed, except for my last one... My last fish(a clown fish) that died went missing for 3 weeks before I figured out what happened to him. I looked and looked, eventually figuring something must have eaten him when I couldn't find him. One...

Thanks for the replies; I'm going to go out to Home Depot and get some. For some reason, I didn't even think of that! That's a simple suggestion.

I'm going to Colorado for a week to a week and a half. I have been testing one of those automatic feeders that is set to feed the fish twice a day, and it seems to be working fine. My question is whether I should leave my lights on while I"m gone or not? Normally, I leave the lights on about 12...

Thank you, Brian, it's looking more and more like I should follow your advice. I just wanted to have a larger tank so bad, figured the only way to get one was to build my own. Oh well, the juries still out, so to speak. I'll keep you posted.

Mike, I've sent you an email. Everyone else, please post your ideas, too. Thanks, Everybody!

Originally posted by NanoAmbiance Need minimum of 5 inches of clearance, and you'll have to keep an eye on the salt creep too. VERY LOUD so thats irritating. Was my first skimmer, it does it's job for under 100 dollars, but it needs constant adjustment. I also added a piece of filter pad in...

my LFS is having a sail on Fluval 304's, I can't remember what the price is, but it's cool. Recently, they had a sale on 404's for only $100! The one's they have now are cheaper than that... If you're interested, I'll find out the price, maybe I could ship it to ya...

Originally posted by Mastino Mike I have a 700g plywood tank that is sealed with nothing but a 45ml rubber edpm pondliner and I have had no problems with leaks at all. In my opinion the liner is much easier to work with than epoxy. Any chance you could post a picture of it? It's set into the...

Wow, the box to reply is so tiny! Anyway, I've had the same problem with my magfloat, although mine is much newer. I assumed the scratches were just because of my acrylic tank. If your having the same problem with glass, then maybe the abrasive part of the magnet is a little too abrasive. The...

Originally posted by javatech it's sealed with a two part epoxy water tank paint with a 65mil pond liner to protect the paint from things hitting it hard it's been up for over a year and so far so good. the bigest cost is the glass and the paint Where would I find two part epoxy water tank...

I can't imagine how a wooden tank would be able to hold water long term. If there is a way to permanently seal it, It definately wouldn't be a bad idea. Thanks, everyone. Please continue leaving feedback... :)

Thank you VERY much for the quick reply. I will check out the info right now!