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My mistake but you figured it out, glass top on the aquarium is what I meant. What would be the benefit of egg crate? Is it to keep some of the moisture out of the canopy? Better question with your level of experience is, have you seen damage to a wooden canopy without some sort of barrier?

Awesome feedback thanks. I have been looking at some pictures over the last half hour and it appears a lot of people have left the back of their custom canopy open. Seems like a good way to keep hot air out. One other question. Any thoughts on going without the glass top? I am worried it will...

I am having a custom canopy built for my 215 gallon reef tank. I have a metal halide lighting fixture that will be placed inside with 3 bulbs. Can anyone advise what the optimal distance from the water would be for the lights? I was thinking about having the canopy made either 12" or 18" tall.

Luckily my present home is industrial design so all the floors are concrete slab. Weight won't be an issue. That being said when I first bought the tank I never considered your point until someone approached me in the parking lot while loading the tank and made that exact comment. I proceeded...

I have been out of the hobby since roughly 2007-2008 but never had the heart to get rid of my tank. Last night after quite a bit of effort we managed to get the 600lb monster up the steps and to the living room. I plan on starting to set it back up again but am curious if anything has changed...

Thanks guys! As always, thats why I post here

Ill do some checking but a lot of the LFS I have dealt with are kind of "pricks" with the we dont wanna help attitude. I do have some buddies that fish all the time, Ill ask them too.

Damn now I am all confused. I searched some posts and it appears a lot of people have done it but now you guys say it is a bad idea. Just trying to not have to go through the whole process of cycling all over again.

I have a 215 gallon tank that has been sitting for about a year. I have left it running but with nothing in it in order to preserve the live rock and sand. I luckily live in Ft. Lauderdale Florida so instead of moving the water as I have done in the past I dumped most of it out last night when...

I FOUND HIM!!! YOU ARE A GENIOUS zephyrlily!!!!!!

Hmmmm? That is exactly what it looked like but I still kind find him. I thought you were crazy until I saw the picture. I am going to keep checking and looking for him. Maybe he is in the crab relocation program.

Sorry but I can't help much on the corals. Remember this though. You can keep anything in that 50 gallon as long as you need. Also remember that water weighs 8 lbs a gallon so it is hard to move. I had a truck with the bed full of the rubbermaids covered with plastic then with the lids and still...

No this was a hermit of some type, he was in an old turbo snails shell, just seemed weird that he was ok for a year until the Goby arrived?

yellow tang, lopezi tang, clown, damsels, psuedo, all docile stuff that has been in there with him for a long time.

I moved from Maryland to Florida with little trouble. Put all the fish in one 22 gallon rubbermaid with a battery operated air pump. I kept the temp controlled in the cab of the moving truck and actually kept the fish in the rubbermaid for two weeks or more while setting up the tank again. I...

I have had a thread about a new Diamond Goby I bought running for a few days now, which is a whole long story all together. BUT! I have (had is a better way of putting it) this crab and although I don't know what type I was rather fond of him. He was in a very large turbo snail shell and has...

SEE... that is what you get for being a cowgirls fan

Thanks for all the feedback, I never thought it would go as well as it did. In fact, everything is doing far better now than ever before and I have no idea why (knock on wood). As for good LFS the most amazing one was in PA and was called that fish place. They actually have a website...

I went to Home Depot and purchased rubbermaid containers, I believe they were 25 gallon or 30 gallon. They are about $4.50 each. I filled them all with water and let them soak, then I rinsed them. Despite what Rubbermaid had told me this is very important as I have had problem in the past with...