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  1. daveb

    Thanks dbrader for the chaeto!

    The snails in that Chaeto are Collonista snails. If they start prolifterating for you, they are the best. If they get like they are in my tank, you will have hundreds of them, and will not need those great big , KNOCK things over Turbo Snails in your tank. They keep everything very clean...
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    DIY CHillers

    Go to a hardware store, you will find all sorts of shapes and sizes of ducting for air conditioning in homes, you can fabricate something that will work just fine, I promise. Dave
  3. daveb

    Can I drill my 75 gallon tank?????????

    If your tank is tempered at all, it is only tempered on the bottom, not the sides, but you can check with the manufacturer to be sure. Dave
  4. daveb

    Can I drill my 75 gallon tank?????????

    If you are going to have it in a wall with both front and back viewable, then you can drill the side panel that is going to be in the wall. Dave
  5. daveb

    DIY CHillers

    Exactly, just duct it to the cabinet.
  6. daveb

    WTB-chaeto for fuge

    Sure I will sell you as much as you like.... I harvest a five gallon bucket every week. Dave
  7. daveb

    DIY CHillers

    You can go buy a small 5000 btu window AC unit for less than a $100 almost anywhere. Set it up so it blows cold air into the cabinet where your sump is. I have had a setup like this now for over 8 months. Works great. I did buy a Medusa Temperature Controller to control it, but even before I...
  8. daveb

    Salinity Meter

    Do a search and you will find this same thing for $69.96 at another site.
  9. daveb

    ziplock bags of cheato for sale. $12.00 shipped!

    I am currently harvesting a 5 gallon bucket every two weeks of Chaeto from my refugium and had no idea it sells for that much. I would be glad to sell some of it off as I harvest it. If anyone is interesed you may email me at dbrader "at" charter.net... Actutally it is not just Chaeto...
  10. daveb

    My biggest pet peeve on electrical stuff for aquariums

    Everyone feels that way I am sure. But actually it is not very difficult to make your own power strips to the specs you need them to be.... or an electrical panel of sorts with timers and switches to control everything the way you want to. A piece of paper, a pencil and a limited ability to...
  11. daveb

    Baby Emerald Crab?

    Ok, last night I was looking at my tank, and noticed something very small moving on some Montipora that I have been watching for growth. It was very tiny, but as I watched, I could see that it had the shape , legs , and movement exactly like a full grown Emerald Crab. My question is pretty...
  12. daveb

    auto-top off ideas

    These Float Switches are inexpensive, and are therefore perfect for a redundant system. I use them for several applications. I have two for my auto top off. One that turns the pump on when sump level drops and needs water, and one that will turn it off if sump level is too high just in case...
  13. daveb

    auto-top off ideas

    It is a website you can buy those switches from. Water can be all around the switch. If the switch is floating , it shuts off the circuit, if it is not, it opens the circuit.... Sometimes, I intentionally overfill my sump, so that it has a day or so before the auto top off has to start...
  14. daveb

    Last night

    I was watching my tank and all of a sudden, there was this burst of what I thought were bubbles that shot out of my Eheim Wet Dry discharge.... but, it was not bubbles, those things started swimming like crazy.... the fish went wild eating them up as fast as they could... does anyone have an...
  15. daveb

    Tank drilling

    When drilling a one inch hole, I used the round diamond bit for the Rototool and then followed a jig to cut out the one inch hole. When drilling larger holes I used a diamond hole cutting bit, and set up sideways drill press type setup using some clamps and a roller skate, believe it or not...
  16. daveb

    Tank drilling

    I would not try it... first of all there is always a chance that you would cause a crack, if you do, and there is water, it would not be pretty. Second, you have to have a flow of water on the drilling site to keep it cool, that would not be possible, and last, there is ground glass coming...
  17. daveb

    Recommend a chiller please

    After I got my MH lighting, I had all kinds of temp problems. The MH lights could only be on for about three hours, and the tank TEMP was at 84... Then it would drop back down to 80 at night. The swings in TEMP were awful, and I could not run the MH lights long enough for them to do any real...
  18. daveb

    Recommend a chiller please

    It sure would work, also you can buy a temperature controller that works with a temp probe that can turn the AC unit on and off, and heaters on and off, for less than 150 bucks, the same type of controller that comes with most chillers.... either dual or single. and then it is perfect...
  19. daveb

    Recommend a chiller please

    Of course this depends on your setup, but, I have my sump in an enclosure. I was looking at chillers, since I live in Southern Utah where it stays nice and cool in the summer, like 110 to 115. LOL Anyway, I was getting really upset that chillers were so expensive and was getting ready to...
  20. daveb

    razor blade

    I took a 28 inch half inch circumference dowel, and in the end cut an angle cut with a saw. The fat side of a single edge razor blade slides into the cut, and makes a beautiful scraper.. and it is very easy to change blades... Also you can have several different lengths of dowels for reaching...
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