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last night i noticed the smaller clown was being much nicer to the new bigger blackie. the black one was actually doing the shake for the smaller one when he swam at him fast. maybe he doesnt realize hes the bigger of the two lol.

Three weeks ago, I had one of my orange ocellaris jump from the tank. It was the dominant of the two in the tank. Yesterday, I picked up a black and white ocellaris (thinking it looked slightly smaller than mine that is still alive) and it turned out to be slightly larger. My orange clown is...

i've had both xenia and Aiptasia go nuts in my tank. xenia is easy to keep in control even tho it grows like a weed. i put rocks on top of peices i want out and take the rocks out once they move onto the rock frags. then, i sell them back to fish stores. fish stores wont buy aiptasia. on top of...

anyone? any math/physics wiz kids out there?

ok, heres my logic. a 1 inch drain pipe can handle 600 gph. a 1" circle has an area of .78 square inches. my overflow is 12" long. so, if 600 gph were being pushed through the overflow, the water would only have to rise .065 inches before it were taking up the same amount of flow area as the...

gettin closer. sump is built, tank is drilled and plumbed. still haven't done much work to the stand. maybe later this week. i'm gonna get pictures of everything once the frame for the stand is done. still need to order lights too.

i'm hoping it doesn't rise more than 1/4" because that will put just barely below the rim. but there again, i would think my water level will only rise 1/8" because the water has no teeth to go through. without teeth, the whole edge of the overflow is passing water instead of just half or so. on...

Originally Posted by salty blues Yeh, I would guesstimate somewhere between 1/8" to 1/4" would be correct. I run a 500 gph setup on my 29g with a toothed o/f and that's about the rise I get. what are the dimensions of the overflow? i'm thinkin if it were the same size overflow, a toothed type...

whoops, might help if i told you that the top edge of my overflow box is 12"

i'm building a toothless internal overflow box for my 40 gallon breeder. my pump will be pushing just over 500 gph and i'm wondering how far above the overflow box the water level will sit. my calculations give me around 1/8". is this correct?

i've got most of my supplies in for the build. pictures will be coming soon. still waiting on my glass hole saw. started to build the frame for the stand today.

u should be circulating the volume of the tank about 30+ times per hour. so, with ur powerheads and filter pumps, you should be moving 600 gallons per hour. Sounds like maybe things are a little stagnant. also, what type of skimmer do you have on the tank? you shouldnt have any oils on your...

Kinda fitting that my new build starts on my 50th post. I didn't join the forum until i started thinkin about a new tank. I'm so good at talking myself into things hahaha.

I've been itchin and it's time for a new tank!!! I started my 28 bowfront with all hang on equipment in March '08. It was all purposely done cheap and ghetto because i wanted to make sure i was going to like the hobby before i went all out. Well... I'm now obsessed and it's time to go all out. I...

Well, if i do 2 39 watt actinics with 2 175 watt metal halides, that should be plenty for acros, wouldn't it? That would give me over 10 watts per gallon in a short tank. I just hate to think about the electric bill on 2 250s with couple t5s haha. Plus, with 15 watts per gallon, I'd be worried...

anyone?

I just picked up a 40 gallon breeder and got my sump and skimmer ready to go. I'm upgrading from a 28 gallon bowfront with no sump, so needless to say i'm pretty pumped. I'm looking into lighting and want to know if anyone lights a 36" tank with 1 250 watt hqi. I would think since the breeder is...

it's possible that the one on it's side was sleeping. i've heard people say theirs just lay on the bottom to sleep.

Originally Posted by VALgae i've read in a magazine that the rust/brown worms eat pods and that if you can get your pod pop. down they should decrease also. that's why some think mandarins eat flatworms. they dont, they decrease the pod pop. thus decreasing the worms. you just notice the...

btw, the flatworm exit didnt even get rid of all of the flatties. they came back and i have be dealng with them on and off ever since. they come and go in cycles. oh well, we all want a little part of the ocean in our homes and guess what? flatworms are part of it :)