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I have seen The Blob (the original one) at least a dozen times - I've never seen cyano that looks like it, but for sure runs over everything. (My family is from PA and that movie was on TV a lot there due to local stations wanting to show a movie that was filmed in PA).

It is an AIO, so the display and sump are the same tank. Right now I have a Maxijet sucking water out of the sump side to put into the display side, but why waste electricity if I can use a siphon to do the same thing (aside from aesthetics) ? Only the siphoning end of the pipe or hose would be under water (in the sump side), otherwise the siphon won't happen from sump to display. So - important in the event of a power outage - the outflow would add at least a tiny bit of oxygenation by breaking the water surface in the display, and the flow back over the wall into the sump will add another bit of oxygenation breaking the water surface. I don't know if that is adequate oxygenation for anything near the bottom of the tank if there is an outage for more than just a short unknown length of time (flow is another problem, but battery operated bubblers don't really add any flow either).

I was thinking of doing an infinite siphon for my 29g diy AIO, so I can take out the Maxijet I have pumping water from sump side to display side. I can't use macros with the pump in there, and am wondering if a siphon way to move water from side to side would be enough circulation in that size tank to get me through a power outage without needing battery things.

Those are nightmares! I had a dream that the fish were turning into monsters that were trying to get out of the tank. In another dream which I had a couple times, the fish were swimming through the air all around the room and I was trying to catch them to put them back in the tank (they seemed oblivious to the fact that they weren't in water).

For smaller volumes I use salt buckets that have holes in the lids for the hose.

Take the tank apart and hold onto the unbroken panes until you or someone has a use for them. I've always used glass from old tanks to make overflows and baffles. Oh, also someone could use it for drilling practice!

There is a really great article on this topic I read a while back, but unfortunately I didn't save the link. I can't help with the math, but I do know that in general, doing a 35g change once a week is a little bit more efficient at reducing waste than doing a 5g change 7 days a week. If I had an auto water changer though, I'd go for the continuous changes because you never know when something is going to die, or something in the atmosphere gets into the water, or pets stick their paws in the water.

The way I've dealt with removing precipitate from using clumped salt in the past is not the most efficient, so I'm hoping someone can give me some advice on another method (it will be in my mixing Brute, not in the tank). This was a full bag that had about a 1" hole in it, which is too much salt to waste. I'm just going to use it for the liverock holding tank (my disconnected 50g sump) so the chemistry change isn't going to be a problem.

I've had some rather crazy hobby-related dreams.

Don't pop them! Emerald crabs will eat Valonia, but there is a possibility that they will break them, causing a worse problem. Bigger crabs might do a better job, but of you have small fish, there may be a problem, and you will need to watch for the crabs picking the polyps from corals.

Thank you for the advice!

I was gonna replace my T5 bulbs for my 29g, but after a week of looking at prices, I decided to use this LED fixture which I had laying around. I burned some stuff using this fixture in the past, so if someone has some tips for intensity settings and distance from the surface, I'd really appreciate hearing them. There's no brand on it. It says 120 watts, has two knobs to adjust brightness, and has 3 fans. I still need to get something from which to hang it - sitting it low like this puts all the light in a central area, and there is a risk of a rambunctious, water-loving, high jumping kitten giving it a dunk. Thanks.

Then it's a good name!

If I did use a combo HOT filter- skimmer, do you think Icould use Biopellets in it, since the skimmer part will automatically skim the affluent? I have never used Biopellets, so maybe someone would knows more about them could respond? Just saw some bad reviews about the specific Skilter brand, but there is a CoraLife combo unit and probably some others I need to investigate.

I'm trying to find a decent skimmer to use on my undrilled 29 diy AIO. I have an old CPR which uses a MJ1200, but I wasn't really happy with it when I was using it (about a decade ago). Are there any mods to make the CPR better (more predictable, productive, with less micro bubbles) ? Or some affordable but better alternative that uses a similarly sized pump (I don't have space for a large submersible pump)? EDIT TO ADD: I had a Skilter on my first reef tank, a 45g. I just noticed such things still exist. Seems better than the CPR skimmer I have, so maybe I should just get something like that, just use better media in it. Any thoughts on this idea?