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Thank you both for the suggestions, I appreciate it.

When I was a child my father had a large Tropical Freshwater/Marine fish book. There were 3 or 4 pictures for each entry and a little blurb about the fish. Does anyone know of anything similar now? My 4 year old boy has taken a large interest in fish and while we have several different books...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 Those valves do exist..... Honestly if the water pressure is enough to lift the lid on your tank...You have serious water issues and it's gushing by that time......Would have to be a pretty sensitive switch kept super clean as well..... We have some vessels...

One other redundant saftey you could use is similar to a float switch. Simply attach a magnetic switch to the lid of your tank that will break the circuit to your ato pump in the case that the water level in the tank is high enough to lift it. This would of course be the last line of defence...

Thanks for the response. I appreciate it.

If it's just blue LED's for moonlighting effects etc you can pick up some very inexpensive options at websites devoted to computer case modding like http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l1/g6/Lighting.html or http://www.xoxide.com/lighting.html some are even water/weather proof.

I am still very new to the hobby, but if the cost of led lighting is prohibitive I have seen several discussions on other sites talking about evergrow leds from a company out in china. You can find them on ebay. I don't know if they are any good because most negative reviews tend to consist of...

OK, 2nd post here. Still haven't even started to get close to putting water in my tank yet because I am still in the research phase of the hobby. I have been reading a lot on cynobacteria and how it is caused by a combination of overfeeding and dead spots which cause phosphate that the...

Thanks, I didn't even think about a local club. Thankfully these long trips are not common, and they come with a year or more warning for me, and when I mentioned it to my Niece that I was building a saltwater aquarium she became very excited in learning how to take care of them. Hopefully...

Hello all, I am new to both to marine aquariums and this site. I am in the process of setting up a 55gal fish with live rock display, well it will be once I've built the cabinet, sump, fuge QT tank, and lighting , so my tank is still about 6 months from getting wet. I've been researching a lot...