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Some PC's in here, but also some of the real thing. https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=334268

Like the topic says, my light fixture is for sale. The fixture has 3x250w metal halide, 4x96w actinic power compacts, and 8 moonlight LEDs. All are on seperate power switches, all work perfectly. I've used this lighting set up with great success for the past 6 months (Halides running every...

Fixed the major air leak on the intake side of the pump, but I still am sucking in air somewhere. I'll have to dig more into it later. I gave it my first attempt at aquascaping, too. In the process, I accidentally popped a power head nozzle and impeller off and they fell to the rear bottom of...

The tank is in place on the wall, but this is totally inappropriate: Another shot of it in place: The sand is in and we're filling her up! It took a couple of trips for replenishment, but we eventually filled it up with about 275 gallons. An additional 150lbs of live rock to help fill in...

Got the plumbing done (or so I thought... things changed.): Working on emptying the old tank: All emptied, rock and coral in buckets / totes: Bringing the new tank in, yay. It is heavy and a tight fit. It took some sweet talking and some hydraulic jacks. lol :

Wow, what a weekend. I worked on the tank for about 2 hours Friday night, 12 hours on Saturday, and 12 hours on Sunday. On Friday, I just tested the sump and got it under the stand, making sure everything was working right. Saturday morning, I plumbed the tank up and then we moved the old one...

Getting to work on building the sump and plumbing it up. This is the first time that I have built a glass baffled sump and has been an interesting experience. I have learned that I fail at using a caulk gun and glass shops feel that +/- 1/4" is an acceptable error margin when cutting. 3 of...

Originally Posted by wattsupdoc My lowes has true union ball valves. Yep. I just picked up a bunch of union ball valves a couple nights ago at lows. $10/ea for 1", $20/ea for 2". They valves seem to turn much better than the non-union pieces, too.

Only in the case of servicing the pump.

The return will be feeding two standard return pipes and two sea swirls. I will also have a few powerheads in the tank. On my current sump, I bring the intake for the return over the tank with no problems (the only annoyance being getting it to prime when it is first fired up), but in this...

Below is my sump design that I am considering. This is going into a 75 gallon tank and underneath a 225g display. The return pump is a ~1700gph iwaki. The dimensions that I am figuring would put 11.5g in the skimmer section, 16.5 gallons in the return section (assuming completely filled, it...

I will be drilling the front of the 75g for the return pump, not the bottom.

Thanks! I picked up another 75 gallon tank tonight to go under the stand and act as the sump. If I can find a glass drilling bit, I should start plumbing it up within a couple of days. Any suggestions of somewhere in town to get a bit? Or a company to drill it and cut my baffles?

Got started on it today. It's all painted up, next on the agenda is to get the tank cleaned out, then design a sump system, and then plumb it all up. Starting sanding / prep for paint: First coat: Finished up and replaced the cabinet locks with handles:

Originally Posted by Brandan Looks like you caught onto what I did up at Extreme. If you noticed that his middle tank was gone, I took it!!! Looks like it should be fun to setup!!! I stumbled on it by complete accident, actually. Stopped in there during lunch to look for some sps stuff and...

Well, today I picked up a larger home for my aquatic animals. I really didn't want to do it because it is going to be so much work and my tank is just starting to fill in well, but the deal was right and I couldn't walk away. I ended up with a 225g all glass aquarium, among the largest of...

1 week earlier and I would've been there to pick it up. :-(

Not parting out. Price drop: $1500.