Search results

Canopies is just the enclosure. You will have to rig up the lights in there. Not very hard. Now days you can buy light enclosures. All you have to do is rig them in there. All wiring is already done. This hobby does require some DIY projects. You will have to plumb your filtration and add...

Adjust the inside box (insdie the tank) so it fills in faster. I too run 2 1" U tubes and have no problems.

Own one and reccomend it. I would say the Nautilus, EuroReef and Berlin are the only alternatives you should look at.

Spend the money on quality. I heard Belins are awesome as well. I run one of those new Kent Nautilus skimmers and so far it is excellent.

Snails and hermits will not survive. Use LR. Create natural environment.

Just commons sense. If more water enters the sump than that which the pump can pump out, then you will overflow your sump rather fast. You need a pump that can pump more out then the overflow puts in. That is why you HAVE TO plumb a ball valve to teh return line to control th e flow rate of...

Well I would do the same as I did with my other smaller tanks I built. Get some marine water silicone. Get the caulk gun. Load it and slowly lay a nice bead all over the tank. Then test. Leave it full for a day or so under newspaper to ckeck for leaks.

Already found them Thanks. Awesome work. How big is the tank? I though he built all side out of plexiglass. Something that big you need to support 3 sides and leave the front a view area. Something I may do in the future downstairs. Doesn't seem hard. Just lots of support and fat plexiglass...

Does Novice have a website? I would love to chek it out. I love checking peoples set ups.

Doing it is not hard. But to do something that big and have it fail in your LR would be horrible. If you are one of those Do It Yourselvers like me that makes everything. Then go ahead and do a small one. I done a few 10g, recently a refugium and my next project is a long tank with separations...

Sorry to say but if you are asking do not do it. If you still want to do it start with a smaller tank like 10g to get your feet wet. Buy acrylic sheets at your local hardware store. HomeDepot, Lowes they all carry them. Get some good plastic epoxy. Cut them on a table saw and glue them in...

THey are cheap. I have a set of 48" PC and it is dead. I do not know how to fix them. So they are sitting there until one day I start to fiddle with them. If the price is right buy it. All my lights now come from AHSupply.com. Cheap and parts are easily had.

We get those here all the time. Just make sure to set up your sump to a level that is the power goes out you do not get a flood going. This may mean going to a bigger sump. All the rest is no problem. For a few hours your tank will be Ok.

You always want to use a pump that pump more out than comes in. You have to install a ball valve on the return line to control water flow back to the tank to match the water coming in from the tank.

True that is why you should drill a hole at the higest point of the return pipe in the tank. That way that breaks before the overflow.

Siphon doesn't break if your tank levels drop. The water still sits on the U tube until the water level in the tank go up where it continues to drop it to the sump. What normally happens in these cases is power goes out and pump no longer works. So the tanks water keeps dropping to the sump...

I would say same noise as most sumps. Had one for years. Just wished it was bigger. I may drill the side and plub it to another sump for more room.

Dean, I see you live in Redlands and are into Mountain Biking. Small world. I live in Running Springs, been in cycling for many years and run a small mail-order/internet cycling outfit. Do you ride often?

Bought a large Niger a few weeks back and it has nice red fangs. However I payed $90 They labeled then Vampire Triggers. Funny as I asked if they were Niger and the LFS sayed - No! They are a different species. Either way I took it home and he is awesome. Tank full of crabs and snails and he...

You may be pushing you limit of livestock on your 125g. What is your filtration?