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im trying to complete my 210 gal tank and the pump is next on the list, i went to my local fish store today and he has a dolphin 3200. its a used unit but has only been ran for a day or two. I have been reading up on them and i keep reading either you love them or hate them. I was wondering how...

just found a decent deal on a AMG G4 skimmer, im somwhat fresh fish to the skimming aspect. Ive had a no name brand skimmer on my 75 gal and always had problems with it. Is this G4 skimmer a good product, its going in my new 210 gal tank

im going to be drilling a 210 gal tank and was wondering where the best place for the holes should be. What i was planning on doing was to drill the tank at the bottom and run pvc piping up to about an inch or so from the top of the tank. I have done this before but i had trouble with the pipe...

Originally Posted by u mike My tank is 65 gal use a canister filter. I have 2 koralia # 2, the return from the canister comes out from the side of tank ( left side looking at tank ).where is best spot for each of the #2's to go. I was thinking one on each side of the back wall facing the front...

Originally Posted by Mech-a-nic Does anyone out there know of a drilled hex tank. I was looking for a bottom drilled bout 60 gallon hex tank I cant seam to find one any ideas? or lost cause? yeah i have one, i got a 55 gal hex. made of plexiglass, i drilled myself and ran a 10 gal home made...

Originally Posted by salt210 No you do not use a hole saw, it is a diamond drill bit. although the ones I have seen and used did look like hole saws well i called up one of my glass guys in the area and he gave me some info that may help, he told me that if the glass has been tempered that the...

Originally Posted by Extinct 1ne Well the glass just cracked (it's not broken yet). My dad is taking out water, where can I put my Corals, Inverts? Can I put them in the Fuge for now? My dad is going to go buy another 55 tomorrow...but where can I put the Corals? if you have clean 5 gal...

Originally Posted by xeniaman anybody have luck with an emporer angel in a reef? im not too sure on this and anyone correct me if im wrong, i to have thought of this one as well, anyway, to my knowledge the emporer angels will nip at your soft corals such as zoos, and possibly the frogspawn in...

Originally Posted by cajonez It's possible to drill tempered glass by hand. Also, you can drill untempered glass and then have it tempered later. Just having unevenly spaced holes is not an indication of tempered or untempered glass, in my opinion. how do you go about drilling by hand, i...

just bought a 210 gal tank and i was wondering if these bottoms are tempered, right now there are about eight 1/2" holes in the bottom that have glass plates sealed over the top, what makes me wonder that the tank is not tempered is that the holes are not semetrical to each other. There are two...

thats what i have been getting out of all of this as well, i also heard that if you do have everything dialed in you still run a chance of the bacteria leaking toxins into the water for no aparent reason. The previous owner swore by this method but im not to keen on this idea the more i read...

i just got a 210 gal tank today and the previous owner who kept a reef tank was telling me about this thing called a plenum. I have never heard of such a thing but what he tells me is this. At the bottom of your tank you take some egg crate or some sort of plastic sheeting that will allow water...

Originally Posted by Sir Mixxalot just put a ball valve on the return line... it will solve your problem ive done this but im not to keen on it, doesnt that put too much back pressure on the pump, which will cause the pumps life span to decrease. Ive seen that there are 1 1/2" bulkheads out...

just got a larger pump for my 75 gal reef tank and unfortunatlly its too much flow for my overflow to handle, i belive its rated at 600 gph. anyway i was wondering if there is any possible way to increase the intake flow of the tank, im trying to avoid drilling another hole (because its glass)...

oohhh yeah one more thing, dont save your recipts, you wont want to see how much you have invested into a tank, just enjoy it and bask in the beauty of it.

Originally Posted by Rigdon87 Hey Reefers, Iv'e decided and have the approval from the misses to build a full reef setup in my 120. My tank has been up since nov 08 and everything is goin good but im gonna need alot of help making the transfer,im pretty much coming in blind here and appreciate...

Originally Posted by zackp00 Ok guys I have a 120gal tank with around 50# of lr in it and a hippo tang, diamond goby, black and white damsel, 2 clowns, 20 snails, 12 blue leg hermits, and a horseshoe crab. I run a firework tent and make good money so when I get done I would really like to add...

i purchased the coralife kalkwasser the other week and the label states to mix the kalkwasser withe r/o water, then it says to let the powder settle to the bottom of the container being used, once the powder settles the clear solution may be poured off into another container or added to the tank...

i need some advice, i was mixing in some kalkwasser mix in my tank this morning and had a siphon tube running into my sump, well i forgot to tie a knot in the tubing and by the time i realized my tank was completly cloudy, i mean i couldnt even see through it, i had to go to work but just got...