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How are you supplying water to your calcium reactor?

How much should I expect to pay to have an electrician add a new 50 or 100 amp circuit breaker? My current one is 100 amps and has no room for any more circuits. I would have them set up all of the circuits and wiring out of the breaker box. All of the circuits will go through the wall next...

Could anyone give any hints/advice with the framing of my new in wall tank? How should the tank be positioned relative to the wall? When I cut the hole in the wall and frame it, should I drywall the the horizontal segments that were once the "insides" of the wall and have the tank sit flush with...

I just purchased a 60x36x25 tank and now need to get started building the stand. I am a beginner with carpentry, more specifically with the structural engineering part of it but love diy projects and building things myself. I need suggestions for an ultra sturdy stand that doesn't need any...

Squidd or anyone - I am finalizing my tank specs and have decided on a GC 60"x36"x25". I am having 1 overflow made in the center of the back wall. My question is what dimension should I make the overflow to handle flow through one 2" bulkhead and one 1.5" bulkhead combined. I am really only...

I know it's probably annoying that everyone asks for you in the thread titles, but I was reading some info you posted in an old post about flow through bulkheads... Had a follow up (posted a similar thread in reef with no answer a while ago)...I'm planning a bigger tank right now and still not...

I tried searching the board, but didn't find the answer... I'm planning a new tank and need to figure out what size bulkheads to drill for. How many GPH is each pipe diameter capable of? Raalistically only 3/4", 1", 1.5", 2". I'm not looking at doing 1/2" or 4" overflows! Thanks

What is the best option for a 250 watt HQI MH ballast? Is it better to now go with electronic ballasts? Which one is the best choice? Also, I do not believe they make any electronic ballasts for capable of controlling 2 or 3 bulbs, is there? I may have to just buy 2 or 3. Thanks in advance...

I am looking into the possibility of making a DIY Nilsen reactor. Couple questions... 1. Where do you buy the acrylic to work with? 2. Do they make any pre-made tubes so you don't have to make that part yourself? That seems like it would be the hardest part. I guess that is all for now...

On advice in another thread, I got some Ball's pickling lime. Question is...ingredients say "hydrated lime"...how do I know that this is pure CaOH? For anyone who uses it, how do you know? (besides from the words of other members) Also, Kip, if you're reading, I know you said you prefer Mrs...

I'm perhaps going to give kalk dripping a try and wanted some opinions on brands of kalk. What brands are good (purity, etc)? Not necessarily what you use, but what is known to be of quality? Am I making a bigger deal out of it than it needs? I always like to research things to death before...

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this fish? I've had him for ~5 years. The tank lights are off, I turned on the room lights and he was twisting, turning, and tumbling upside down and in circles really fast. As I am typing now, he is calm and resting in a colt coral. I have noticed some...

I've always used Ushio 250 watt 10k bulbs (2) supplemented with two actinic 03 VHO's for my 90gal. One of my bulbs just burned out, so I am going to order replacements for both. Anyone have any experience with XM halide bulbs? A store online is selling them for $65 and the Ushio's are $87. Any...

Could anyone recommed any additions to a clean up crew for the sand bed in my more aggresive FOWLR plus shrooms? I've got a huma trigger, lemon peel angel, damsel, wrasse, and fridmani dottyback. The only cleaners I have now are some blue legged hermits and a couple of small nassarius that I...

I just added some nassarius snails to my sand bed and was wondering if they will reproduce in the tank and if so, how often?

I am using photoshop (finally got a full version) and need to get my pictures which are shot in 4mp to a 4x6. A few questions... 1. Photoshop is telling me that my image size is 31.556 inches (2272 pixels) width x 23.667 in (1704 pixels) height with a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. If I use...

I already had my question of how many nassarius snails for a 90 gallon reef w/sand bed, but how many total would you put in of: 1. Ceriths (already have 20) 2. Emeralds (already have 5) 3. Scarlet hermits (already have 50) I feel like I don't have enough of either.

I'm having an electricity crisis; not to sure on the electicity lingo, but here it goes... Last night I came home to my tank and the electricity had blew out to the outlets that my tank is plugged into. I went to the circuit breaker and found the switch for those outlets and turned it off and...

I am going to be adding "dead" sand, little by little to my tank which I just moved in order to a) avoid a cycle, and b) to hopefully limit the mess/cloudiness. I plan on adding it through a pvc tube. I remember a post a while back about possibly wetting the sand before pouring it down, but I...

It's been a while since I bought a heater...in fact, I don't think they even had metal ones back then. Anyway, I was wondering what peoples opinions are of the two. Any negatives to the metal ones?