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You very well could have ich and the fish fight it off for a month or so and then it infects enough to kill the fish. Do you Soak your food in Garlic and describe you setup and maint routine so we can give a more reseached awnser

A lot has to do with bioload. A light bioload will produce little waste and require very little maintenance. This is very true in a new tank that has to start with no waste and build it up.

Originally posted by ekclark I am noticing a lot of white "snow" appearing in my curing tub. Is this calcium carbonate? That is what you want. You want to percipitate all of that out of the rock so it will not leach into your tank and spike your levels. It's the same thing that happens...

Amen. May he rest in eternal peace I was watching Fox news and there was a political cartoonist that said the most hoorible things about Reagon and that he is burning in hell for what he did to this country. I wanted to rip the guys head off.

I have also read that after 4-6 weeks if the PH stay below 8.0 for a couple days the you can start to add the rock. As long as the PH isn't spiking to high levels. Sometimes the rock is so large that even after months it still leaches some which actually helps maintain a high PH and ALK.

You know I really miss BOB when it comes to threads like this. :D

Here is a picture of what took an hour to do. If I did not have doors I would just attach the top with hinges, router the edges or sand them round and it would be done besides finishing sanding and staining.

Next I attached the 3 inch cross brace across the back with nails or screws. The top will sit and hinge on this brace.

after the glue has set for an hour or so I flip the top over and run my nail gun ( 2 1/2 inch finishing nails ) along the front to hold the sides to the front. If you choose to use screws make sure to predrill the holes so you don't split the wood and counter sink your screws lower than flush...

I place a little bit of glue on the stand offs and let the glue set before I nail or screw them down ( usually takes about 5 minutes ). any place that wood meets wood I use glue. Notice that the corner standoffs meet eachother and are glued at the joint for added strenth. I also put a set of...

The clamps will hold the sides snug, so while the sides set I mark 3/4 inch along the front panel and the sides where my stand offs will go to hold the lid up and 1 1/2 inch where the canopy will sit on the tank.

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Next step is to run a bead of glue on the points where the side meets the front panel. I use PRO BOND Wood glue and really like it. I use clamps to hold the side tight to the front while the glue sets. I use a square to make sure that the side is square. Adjusting where the clamps sit...

Well I am starting a 125 gallon canopy with 2 18 inch doors and a lifting top. I will try to be as detailed as I can. Kep in mind that you can use a circular saw for all of the cuts exept for the routering. Materials 14ft of 1 by 12 Idaho pine. I cut this to 6ft 2 inches ( front ), 18 1/2...

Open your airvalve all the way up for a few days and then slowly close it until just before it spits bubbles int the tank. My Seaclone 150 works great on my 125 gallon reef.

A Seaclone 150 will work fine on a 90 gallon. They are by no means the greatest but at only 80 dollars online you really can't beat it. I use one on my 125 gallon reef and really like it. Mine pulls out a full cup every week or so.

I am going to start the canopy this week so I will show step by step how I do it. It only takes me 2 hours now start to finish on a 55 gallon canopy since if you don't put on doors it is litteraly only 5 pieces of wood besides the couple 4 inch standoffs.

I think that fish are better off with more swimming room than more rock. I don't think that it really takes alot of rock to perform adequate biological filtration and it gives the fish more room to move around. The whole 1-2 lbs per gallon is alot like the whole watts per gallon thing (...

Originally posted by reefer44 i think it is getting uncomfortable...i will sell it or something Maybe the fish will leave you a post it note when it wants a bigger tank :D :rolleyes: I don't see a real difference between a 55 and a 90 gallon if both tanks are 4 feet long. I think that lenth...

I have used the pure minced garlic and the pure Garlic juice from the grocery store for a couple years now and it works fine.