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The 3M kind are great for use in restorations. I used some of them to polish up the engine cases on my old Triumph. The different colors are akin to grits on sandpaper. Some are very soft and some are very rough. I found that my local supermarkets didn't have the ultra fine polishing ones...

Can someone explain copepods to me. I know there little creatures but where do they come from? Do you add them or do they just grow like algae?

My wife kicked me out of the kitchen when I was making my own beer, wait till she sees this. I might be out of the house.

Hey Aquaknight you hit it on the head, the guy who recommended the canister is older and the guy who recommended the fuge is younger. The younger guy is right down the street, as opposed to 1 hr away and he has been doing saltwater and freshwater fish for over 20 years. I'm going to have him...

So I'm in my preliminary stages of setting up a 175 gal reef tank. I got "The Concientious Aquarist" and read the whole book, good book BTW, and I have gone to two different LFS's and asked, "how would you set up my tank?" Both stores said to take it slow, water live rock and sand first, then...

Triggers, sped bumps wouldn't help. There was a cinderblock wall about three feet high that had concrete poured into the speces and rebarred down into the foundation. The lady hit so hard, she knocked the whole wall off in one piece. She snapped all the rebar and pushed the wall into the...

I have been leaning toward the acrylic tanks myself, not to get into the whole glass vs acrylic argument but it's much harder to break acrylic. Incidentlly, Novahobbies........the reason for the new waiting room and the fish tank is in the past year, I've had two little old ladies drive thru the...

Thanks guys, you've pretty confirmed my thoughts. The bow looks real nice but when you walk by the tank you get that image shift that can make me feel dizzy. I'm an ophthalmologist, so most of my patients are old and have poor vision to start. Last thing I need is people getting dizzy and...

I'm new to all this stuff. I plan on putting a reef tank in my patient waiting room. I've done a lot of reading on this site and in some books recommended here. I went to a very reputable LFS this weekend and looked at a couple of Oceanic reef ready tanks. My question is should I use a flat...

Is ADS the same thing as ARS, just from the other side of the isle? We have been listening to that BS for 8 years now. Turnabout is fair play.

OK I hate the hijack a thread, but these pics are too good not to ask: can someone explain how all the piping works? I understand what the fuge does , but can someone describe all the water flow? I'd like to set somehting like this up with my tnak when I start. Thanks Peter

According to the guys on FOX last night, if the Tampa run hadn't scored and the tarp was pulled, the game was over. The tying run kept the game from ending. I think they realized that to end the world series on a called game would have been aweful, especially if your a Rays fan and have watched...

Noob question: what do the gobby and the shrimp do together?

It's easier to type than ophthalmoligist, my profession.

Thanks guys. Heading to the book store tomorrow. I saw that "The Conscientious Aquarist" had been updated, so I'll pick that up. Socal57che, yup, I'm an ophthalmologist. By the way, nice name, you into 57chevys? My Uncle has one from the mid 50's, don't know which year. Personally, I've been...

Thanks for the replies guys. I have read the "101 tips," lots of info there to digest. I'll be looking to start something in the spring, so I have some time for reading and planning. Incidently, I went to the local fish store this evening and it didn't look good. First off they weren't open...

Yeah, I'm not sure about the outfits. There is a local fish store in town. I'm going over there tonight or tomorrow and check them out. To me half the fun would be setting everything up myself and getting a nice ecosystem flourishing. On average how long does it take to get a tank set up and...

New guy to the hobby checking in. I've been pouring over the website over the past few days. Great stuff in here. Just ot fill you in, I'm a doctor in MA and will be doing some renovation in my waiting room in the next month and I got the idea of putting in a salt water fish tank. You know...