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the thing that stops the water with the turn of a knob is called a valve

get the metal halide combo, you will thank yourself later on down the road...... one reflector is fine. only thing about the MH is heat issues... so when you make your reflector dont design it such that the lights sit 2 inches above the water level.

well there are a few things you have to take into account.... when thinking about the amount of bio-load and waste, and the amount of additives to add (calcium or dechlorifier for example) you should say the total gallon capacity of your system. that being said, if you are talking about how big...

O.G's correct me if i am wrong, but i believe you should skim first then put the refugium after the skimmer, because you don't want the skimmer taking beneficial micro-organisms out of the refugium water that is heading back up to the tank... so in other words, the fuge should be last in line.

oh and in case you thought it was just an open pvc pipe inside my tank its not... i do have a screen/gate type deal.... so there is no way a snail could get sucked into the drain to clog it.... heres a pic, sorry it's not the best looking i just havent scraped the algae off the glass in a few days

i have a vertex portable refractometer which i thought was among the best..?.. but no calibration fluid came with mine

Calibration fluid? i've never heard of it.... i was told to either use R/O water or Distilled water. what is calibration fluid?

i never even considered the drain clogging up.... i dont have an overflow area of the tank, just the straight drill hole, and at this point im definately not going to break down my tank just to drill another hole in the glass for the herbie style... i have never had a drain clog problem before...

Originally Posted by Katsafados Nice tank! and your using the 5050 with the full actinics? Theres still enough usable whit elight for growth? It give you a bluer colour also? I use one 10,000k/460nm 50/50, one dual actinic, and one straight 420nm. As was stated earlier in the thread, the...

i have had plenty of fish not eat for an entire 7-10 days after introducing them to my tank.... but once they stop stressing and become comfortable with their new environment they eat like a 350+ pound linebacker. even though your tank is currently Fish only it sounds like you might be thinking...

i know its a little late but i figured i'd post pics just to let you know what the new plumbing setup is looking like... P.S how do i change the title of my thread to signify updates?

Obviously i have a lot more LPS than SPS but there are still a few sps tucked in there... these pics were takin about 4 months ago.... and even after a move from southern indiana to Chicago everything is still doing fine and continues to show growth and great color 29 gallon DT tank by the way...

Everyone should be sure to recalibrate their refractometer every month or so.... i had not calibrated my refractometer (put some R/O on it and make sure it reads 0) in several months... my anemone has not been doing so great the past couple weeks and i couldnt figure out why... so it randomly...

Originally Posted by Katsafados Those arent sunpaq lol there smartpaq? Do you have a fts? hahaha touche' not quite sure why i typed sunpaq... FTS? not familiar with that abbreviation so probably not

Originally Posted by Katsafados Yup they do but not for 40watt. I looks on big als site and another I always buy off. I dont know any other sites. Would this work? 40 watt SmartPaq 10,000k Daylight/460nm Actinic, square pin 40 watt Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm, square pin So now I'll have 3 bulbs...

it worked. poseidon = my favorite swf.com member

hmmm drilling a hole above the water line in the sumps seems like it would probably work to get the air out of the drain pipe more quickly.... good thinking! i shall try that and report back. thanks for the advice.

No over flow boxes. It's a single drill hole in the top middle of the back of my tank. It comes out breaks 90 degree towards the ground, then its split 3 ways with a T underneath the DT water level. 1 inch pvc drain line, with ball valves at each sump tank 3/4 inch pvc returns

65 watt Power compacts fit over a 10 gallon.... get two of those, one 50/50 10k and the other 420 actinic and you should be fine to keep what you want

Ok.... so i am going to try to describe this as well as possible... i recently added two more sump tanks to my system... as it stands i have a 20 galllon fuge to the right of my display tank, a 10 gallon frag tank underneath my display tank, and a 30 gallon refugium to the left of my tank.... (...