my 55g & I are newbies

kilhullen

kilhullen

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Originally Posted by Tarball
Drift fishing many years ago I snagged this lightening whelk with my fish net. I couldn’t believe how large this shell was! I tossed it into the back of my boat for a souvenir. When I got home from fishing I put the lightening whelk in a tree in the backyard to keep it away from my dog. LOL.
I’ll tell you, the snail that was in the shell sure made me pay for bring it home.
It stunk my backyard up “Bad” for over a month! My wife and the dog said!
“ Get that STINKING thing out of here!!.. I managed to fight them off & I got a very cool Lightening Whelk. To those that do not know, a Lightening Whelk is the official
Texas State Shell. This is why I wanted to keep it.

I have always heard not to put "found" shells/items in the tank because of the risk of putting decomposed/decomposing matter in the tank. If you have been a month without a problem you are probably fine, but in the future you might want to be especially careful not to do that because of the imbalance risk. Nevertheless it is is a gorgeous shell. I have a couple of them, and some other shells that I have to slap my hands not wanting to put them into an aquarium.
 
tarball

tarball

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Originally Posted by Kilhullen
I have always heard not to put "found" shells/items in the tank because of the risk of putting decomposed/decomposing matter in the tank. If you have been a month without a problem you are probably fine, but in the future you might want to be especially careful not to do that because of the imbalance risk. Nevertheless it is is a gorgeous shell. I have a couple of them, and some other shells that I have to slap my hands not wanting to put them into an aquarium.

Good advice Kilhullen, but its all good where I'm at.
No problems with decomposing matter in the shell, I've had the shell for quite a while now.
I've had the 3 for many moons...
 
tarball

tarball

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Originally Posted by peckhead
let me no if you have any question about building the sump or fuge, i can help if you need since i recently built 2 of them
Thanks peckhead
I'm expecting the skimmer today & I'm off work for the next 4 days.

I'm gonna pick up a sump pump today & get the glass baffles cut also. Its time to get the SUMP BUILT & plumbed into the tank.
I've also decided to replace the CC with live sand. I wasted some cash on the crushed coral, But I say live & learn

It's better to do it now then later!!
 
tarball

tarball

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OK finally had so time to post some pictures.
Pictures of the sump I put together for a 55g tank.
20 gallon sump tank....





 
tarball

tarball

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i scored large on my lights..
2 blue electonic metal halide ballast....
1 icecap ballast for florescent lights....
2 x 250 mh lights...
2 x 110 florescent blue spectrum lights..
all in a 48 x 13 light fixture.
which fits my tank perfectly


 
azaintcold

azaintcold

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Originally Posted by Tarball
OK finally had so time to post some pictures.
Pictures of the sump I put together for a 55g tank.
20 gallon sump tank....

Just be careful, you don't want the bulkheads to support any weight where you drilled the tank, other than this observation, it looks great!
 
tarball

tarball

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Originally Posted by azaintcold
Just be careful, you don't want the bulkheads to support any weight where you drilled the tank, other than this observation, it looks great!


Know worries, I took that thought into consideration. I've got good support on the ball valves by the hoses. No strain on the bulkhead fittings or glass....
 
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