Neilan

The second large frag tank is up and running again as of last weekend too.

Agreed, my favorite store. I think I was in there 3 times last week. haha

You don't have your 2 lights on the same duration. This will cause 1 bulb to wear out/shift faster than the other. I think If Time > 22:30 Then LT2 OFF should be 23:30

I was just thinking that. Here's yesterday's pickups: The Burning Smurf Acro Colony: Green People Eaters Not yesterday, but I've picked up a lot of good stuff from F&F over the months. Here's some random shots Both the Hawkins and the Pagoda came from F&F Thanks F&F!

Good info, thanks!

How do you guys find these codes?

how much extra?

Whats your flow like? My SPS that are in direct line with my CL output have much better PE than ones that are elsewhere in the tank.

Awesome pics!

Details on how I built it are on AA in this thread, starting with post #13 http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/1...log-100579.html

Heres what I made from electrical conduit.

I moved him up higher on the rocks - more lights and flow, based on the first recommendation I ws given. That was yesterday, no change in it today. Since I'm leaving tonight for a week, should I put it back where it was on the sandbed?

So on 1/22 I picked up this ric yuma. You can see it was a frag and it's been healing up. This is what it looked like when I got it on 1/22 However, the past 72 hours or so, it's getting smaller (for lack of a better term). It's been inflated less and less, and now today, it looks like this I've been told to put it higher in the tank - more light and flow - and I've been told to shade it. What do I do? I'm worried because I'm going out of town at 4am and will be gone for a week and can't monitor it. Help?

Definately F&F in Ashburn. They always remind me I get it, because I always forget to ask. Love them there.

Sweet!

Does he have a store here in Sterling?

He means "when", not "if"

I'm going

You can have it - it has 2 hole cuts on it already, should be good for 1 or 2 more, especially thin glass like a 10g, and I have no more need for it. I work on Rt. 28 just south of the Dulles Town Center, or in the evenings I'm usually home by 7.

I'm in sterling. I shattered my first 10g (2 panes on 2 attempts) attempt, but was successful on the 2d one. 10g tanks are hard because the glass is so thin. I used a pair of clamps and a piece of wood behind where I was drilling to help keep the glass from flexing - this is how I was successful. I have hole saw for 3/4" bulkheads if you want.

I love my TEKs. But Catalinaaquariums.com has a system that is very good quality, very simliar, and much cheaper than TEKs.

Appreciiate the advice, but what exactly would I be waiting for? A tank that's 3 months old isn't just magically going to not have algae vs a tank that's a month old.

Thanks for all the tips. Jason, if you weren't so far away I'd bite on that offer in a heartbeat. I agree that eventually the rock structure probably will be irrelevant, but I imagine that that is much more than a year away before I have a tank covered in corals, so for a while it does matter aesthetically.

So, Ive been a WAMAS member for well over a year, with intent to setup a reef tank. Well, I've finally done it, with much help from Ziggy953 and lots of others over on AA. My complete build thread is over on AA, here's the link with all the picky details. Tanks been up and running for less than a week so far, cycle underway. 72g bowfront tank, Drilled for a closed loop 29g sump 10g fuge with 2x13W PC light 2x175W Icecap MHs with Reeflux 12000K bulbs 2x54W T5HO retro with 1-geissman Super Actinic and 1-geissman Actinic+ Octopus NW-150 Skimmer 2x Koralia 2 Powerheads Sump return is on a Mag7 Closed Loop is on a Mag12 with SCWD Eshopps PF-1200 overflow DIY Stand and Canopy 100 pounds Pohnpei Live Rock Aragamax Sugar Oolite for sand - ~90 pounds in the DT and 30 in the fuge Few bugs/issues to work out which I may be asking for help with, but overall things are going pretty well. I'm not 100% happy with my rock structure, but I disassembled and reassembled it 3 times already - lol. We'll see what happens with this in the future.

My kids love this. They asked me when I first got up this morning if we could go look yet.