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  1. saltyfish

    Help on sump set up for my 55.

    Well Its alwase good to use a sump. The question you asked is "the question" . I don't think size matters too much when it come to sumps. I'm useing a ten gal right now on my 55 gal but i want to go up to a 29 gal at some point. The real factor is the sump must hold you dranage water if the...
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    where is the best online superstore?

    Hi i'm looking for the altamate online store for parts and all kinds of stuff. not just tanks and that more like the reallyt hard things to find. any help anyone ???
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    Attn Boomer5

    Hay there I was looking at your web sight and was wondering what kind of LR do you have? I mean where is it from it is beautiful. You might think about putting a guest book on your sight so ppl can ask you things like this from there.
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    best ways to prevent flooding??

    Boomer can you exsplane that a little more to me ? I'm not sure if i get what you are talking about when you say break siphen and alll that. I'm working on modifying my tank right now and is comming along i think you are right ity is a great set up for a reef tank when i get there. Aaron
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    cleaning sand

    how do you seed your sand bed? That is a concept that I've been tryingto find out about.. Aaron
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    Has anyone ever built their own tank? Cost?

    hay steamboat you have the plans to your stand ? i'd love to get them from you Aaron
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    A DIY Tank Stand

    hi now I have a Acrylic tank but it has tubes commin out the bottom so i cant have a solid botom on a stand that i need to build . what can i do there? Aaron
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    tank setup, please help

    Does anyone have a DIY plan to move the pipes to the back wall of the tank?
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    double tank stand

    I don't have it set up but I do have a pic of a stand that holds 2 55gal tanks over under. so here is the pic if you care to use it as a model.
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    tank setup, please help

    no they are not just holes they have I guess a bulkhead on them right now with hose attached but the bulkheads have a hose attachment on the outside bottom but not on the inside. Basicly I can't securly attach a hose on the inside of the tank. There is no [hr] to attach a hose. There is a pic...
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    tank setup, please help

    Thats exsactly what I was wanting to do ... move it to the back wall. But I'm new and I don't even know what a bulkhead is. could someone please post or email me some ideas or plans on what kind of materials I will need to do that. noraa777@surfbest.net Aaron
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    tank setup, please help

    Thanks boomer5 I always value your advice. That is the idea I was leaning towards but I'm not really fond of it being smack-dap in the middle of my tank. Is there a way that I can bring the tubes to the back of the tank by eather useing a soft tube to the back wall then up or somthiing like that...
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    tank setup, please help

    here are some pic of what i'm talking about?
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    tank setup, please help

    Hi all I just got my new tank its a 75gal acrylic nuveu. I bought it used but its in good condition. What I need help with is Figuring out how to set it up using all the stuff that I want to have in it. It was used as freshwater with a canester filter and a Heater that looking like a canester...
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    Need some help on new tank setup

    Thanks for the advice. I wouldn't have thought about the puffer fish and the scratching. So if I dont use the UGF that what about the tube that come out the bottom. How do I use them?
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    Need some help on new tank setup

    I'm a brand new aquarist to saltwater. I just bought a 75 gal acrylic tank and need some ideas about how to set it up. I've been studing on all of that already but the way this tank is designed to work I've not read on. It has 4 tubes commin out the bottom in the centre with a underground filter...
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    anyone in arizona?

    I'm in northern AZ and I too am starting a new tank for the first time but i'm not goiing to be ready for an order for a bit yet possably amouth or alittle more at time point.
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    coral questions and concerns

    Thats cool. I just bought the tank and is waiting for me to go get it. 100mi trip. So i'm not sure if it is set up or what it comes with. I'm sure i comes with a heater and other stuff. Prob a hood with a light that is rated for coral I would assume. Now if I take the coral to a lfs will the...
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    coral questions and concerns

    OK I know that I'm not ready to set up a reef tank but I don't have a choice right now. I just bought a 75 gal tank nice from a guy that didn't want to do it any more. It came with some stuff and about $400 worth of corral. now I have never set A tank up before messed with the water levels in...
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    coral questions and concerns

    Hi I have some Questions fot you as I am a new saltwater tank owner and I am in the process of starting it up. I want to have a reef tank and the tank that I have bought was used and came with $400 worth of coral. So my first question is how can I save the coral while my tank cycles? Also if you...
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