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I am getting bored and need a new project. I have a couple of standard dimension 75 gal tanks and was wondering If I could silicone them together to make one eight foot tank. I know I could use a dremel to cut holes/passthroughs in the end of each tank leaving a 3 inche border of glass. Then...

Been playing around with equipment ideas with a spar 75 gal tank I picked up. Thanks to signguy I believe it was that advised the use of a cheap dremel to drill out holes for plumbing. Worked well. no crack, no runs, no drips, thank god. Began playing around with circulation ideas. We all...

If you have had one you know how prone they are to parasitic infection especially as juveniles. Personally I am starting to wonder if an across the board diagnosis of common marine ich should apply to this species. Also wondering if there has ever been any studies in regards to this species...

Lets face it, the odds of getting quality fish stock seems to have become a thing of the past. The retail opotions in my area are fish horribly comprimised by parasitic infection or fish that have been swimming around in copper for god knows how long. I am currently useing hypo to clear up a...

I am bored and one of the few things left to try are sps. I am considering a MH pendant over one half of my 75 gal display and PC fixtures over the other half. The soft and LPS on one half of tank and the sps under the halides with the majority of the circulation on this half of tank also...

This certainly cant be an original idea so I thought I would run it through the forum here to get some opinions. My aching back permitting I will be putting my lagoon together today. 48x30x18. Now for the experimental part and potential problems. I am going to place the lagoon directly under a...

Still hemming and hawing around about my tank build project. After finding a good price on cut pieces of cell cast acrylic I am pretty sure the new tank will be acrylic. Acrylic project by my calculations actually comes in at or slightly below cost for plywood build. Only problem is the...

Still exploring ways to center brace my potential plywood tank without restricting light from entering tank. Tank will be 54 inches long and have 48 inch fixtures so the 3 inch plywood braces on the ends will not restrict light. For middle bracing however I am considering 3/4 stainless steel...

After some research I have decided the cheapest way to get the odd dimension tank I want is to build one out of plywood. I have even been able to to find some reasonably priced epoxy specifically made for aquarium and pond use. Only problem I have with the designs I have found on the web is the...

I am thinking about building a glass tank in the following dimensions. 48 long 24 wide and 18 high. Approximately 90 gals First off what type of glass to use and what thickness? According to calculators found on the net quarter inch would work. Is tempered mandatory for bottom of tank if...

It wont seem like it in the first few months you have the tank but time will begin to fly. Before you know it the tank will be a year old and if interest level is still high you can start to consider setting up that reef tank and have some experience to go along with it. Now if you decide to...

Everyone loves an aquarium. You never see a novice look at a well established tank and say "I would never have one of those in my house". On the other hand you do see many novice look at the start up cost, literally laugh out loud and say "you spent what on that?". It is pretty easy for...

One of my smaller Xenia detached a few days ago. This weekend I glued it to the back of my glass in hopes I will eventually have a large colonies covering the back of my tank. I am thinking of fragging the rest of my colonies and gluing them to the back glass also after I see how this small one...

The law of entropy states that in nature all systems are slowly breaking down. This means despite the actions or effects of any particular species (including man) that systems such as the rain forest or great barrier reef will eventually collapse and be no more but new ones will likely evolve...

Well I have had my third return pump fail. Various brands and none lasting more than a year. Due to this and various other equipment issues; this week or weekend the corals and LR will be coming out of the tank and to an LFS that has been vary reasonable with me. The tank will become FO or...

I have had the tank set up 14 months. I have now lost yet another return pump which makes two and will probably be losing two more shortly. A Rio brand that quit working after just 4 months. A surge brand that started leaking voltage at about a year old. A quiteone brand while still operating...

I am making a tank switch for my brother today since the old tank has had parasites in the past I would like to let it run fish less for a month. Old tank contains mandarin, cherub angel, and a fire fish goby. The angel is problematic (hyper active) may have some low level parasite infection...

Thanks for the info you gave in regards to the scopas I have been trying to save. I have spent hours this weekend researching treatments for marine parasites and have found quite a bit info; some of conflicting as usual. Unforunatly I have now decided that my DT also in need of some...

Well its been years since I have tried treating any kind of sick fish but last week I was at the local ***** and the "fish expert" was in the process of removing the few remaining specimens from there marine holding tanks and stated that none were for sale and there would be none for sale for at...

Is there a source on the web that estimates the common life expectancies of the species we commonly keep in our tanks?