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Thanks for the info. After reading all the resposes, I was set to go to HD to buy a piece of 1/2 foamboard, but I figured I'd call the manufaturer first to make sure it wouldn't void the warranty. After talking with them (Tenecor), I am now not sure about it. They said as long as the plywood...

I built my stand for my tank, it currently has 5/8 plywood for the top. Do I need a sheet of foamboard between the acrylic (180g) tank and the stand?

I have a typhoon unit from AWI, I used it for about 6 months then moved out of my house. The filters have been closed, in the unit for about 8 months, and I will be setting up my new tank shortly. Do I need to replace the filters if they have just been sitting, or should I be able to just set it...

Is your tank drilled? or can you put a higher rated Overflow on the tank?

Alot depends on placement of corals. People tend to put clams at the botom of a tank, which would require High powered light to reach the bottom. Depending on your sand bed depth, you would probably be better using 400W, Especially if the price diff is only $30. Everything I've read (mostly on...

Originally Posted by acrylic51 I don't know what size tank you have, but you don't need 400W MH!!!!!!! The 250's would work just fine!!!!!!!!!!!! Just curious, do you have more info on her set-up, that she doesn't need 400W at that deep of a tank?

You may want to rethink the electronic ballasts, they tend to "under-drive" the bulbs, meaning they dont provide optimum power. The bulbs will light, but will not necessarily run at the expected power output. This is why bulbs (MH or VHO) last longer on electronic ballasts. If I were paying for...

OK, Next Question, Where is a good place to buy the acrylic from? I looked at Home Depot, but they didn't seem to have a good selection. Any online retailers?

Looks great, hopefully mine comes out as good. What thickness Acrylic did you use?

Number of bulbs should be based on the length of the tank, 1 bulb for every 2 feet of water surface. My tank (being delivered next week) is 180G - 72". I am going to set it up with 3 - 250W HQI MHs. The intensity of 250W HQI bulbs is actually closer to 400W standard MH bulbs. I am also going to...

EUPHORIA I e-mailed you the info. PorcPuf I checked glass cages before I ordered this, 2 things that detered me from buying from them, 1) The weight of the glass tank was impossible to handle 2) With shipping charges, they were approx $100 less than what I paid for the 180 acrylic. The company...

Originally Posted by shiby1510 cmack look at walmart... no seriously do it! It's hard to believe but that is where I found my oldcastle sand... southdown was overtaken... I think by oldcastle or something like that... anyways walmart sells this sand called garden basics and if you look in the...

Anyone know where to get the southdown, yardright, etc in Southeast Florida? If so, e-mail me at cmack@wileworld.com I have looked in NY before I moved here, and all over the local Home Depots and Lowes Thanks

Bigger is always better, if you can fit it, keep it. Not only will it be more efficient on your current system, but it will also allow you to upgrade your tank in the future, and reuse the existing skimmer.

If you go with 250W HQI, they be equivalent to 400W single ended MH. I used 2 - 250W HQI bulbs running off a dual PFO ballast on my 90G, and it was more than enough light. I have a 180G on order, and plan on running 3 - 250W HQI bulbs off of PFO ballasts, and supplementing with VHO Actinics as...

Approx how much would something like that cost to build? Have you thought at all about what you would want to charge others for the service?

Beach/ocean sand will also have many pollutants in it...Oil residue from boat traffic, gasoline, who knows what people are dumping in the ocean. Since the ocean is not a small closed system (like your tank), these contaminants are extremely dilluted, and can get filtered out naturally without...

Originally Posted by Bang Guy WOW, this thing is still going? YEP

also, all the screws used are Stainless steel, "Guaranteed against rust and corrosion"...We'll see.

2x4 cripple studs on right side. This will probably be a third door to allow easy slide-out removal of sump/accessories.