FearTheTerps

Local hardware store, maybe harder to find down near the city. I got 3 baffles cut and it cost me less then 10 bucks

Is that LFS store in Hancock still open, Neptunes (something or other) it was called? Been well over a year since I was in there. Sadly with my little tank theres not much to trade or sell from it. But Ive got plenty of chaeto or halimeda if you ever want some.

You can add any amount of whatever you wish. It really just depends on what you want your fish to have more of. If you had lots of tangs for instance I would add more nori and vegetable matter. For carnivorous fish, more meaty stuff like shrimp clam, squid.... Where in western MD are you from? Hagerstown here myself, not too many of us out this way.

You will be fine having the fixture that high, with a shallow frag tank theres not as much water for the light to penetrate, so you will get better PAR compared to a "normal tank". I keep my t5 fixture on my DT about 8 inches above the waterline with no problems.

I am always amused when someone askes if it is ok to keep newly mixed water in a container with a pump and or heater for a prolonged period of time. How is it any different then that big glass box with all your fishes in it? Does that water go bad? IMO as long as you have movement its ok to have it in an unsealed container.

Wait till you move here, the power outages arent any better

Or your 72 gallon display could do that at 4 in the morning lol

The easiest method is to place a piece of tile in the tank at the place where they place their eggs. Then before they hatch all you have to do is remove the tile. Since this is their first time they may not have eggs regularly yet, keep an eye on the spot and see if they do it again, it will typically be every 2-4 weeks.

how much is the phosban media tumbling? If it tumbles too vigorously it can produce very fine particles which will end up in the water column.

How are your 3 clowns behavior with one another? Generally speaking you should only keep 2, a female and a male, but its possible to keep more if they get along. 2 of your looks to be on the smaller side so they may still be juveniles which means they should be peaceful with one another.

It always great to see younger kids interested in the hobby, I wish I had started sooner. Good job with your tank so far, hope the upgrade to the 40 goes well and will be the first of many more upgrades to come. You should upgrade your membership to a student member, its free for students and it gives you access to alot more of the website. I cant remeber if BB members can send PMs or not, but if you can send a message to Tom, screenname Origami2547, he is the membership director and get you set up with the student membership.

I just noticed the pic of your sump with the heater. Looks like the heater is out of the water a good bit. I know those ehiem jager heaters can be fully submerged, but Im not sure about a minimum water water level. To me it looks like too much is out of the water.

Older thread but someone brought it up again a few months ago http://www.wamas.org/forums/topic/17242-coral-warwho-wins-list/

can you isolate the rock so that it cant grow onto other pieces? Acans may keep it in check

wow, 40 bucks for 1/2" red monti cap? I know Im cheap but dang

Do you already have your sump? How large is the space to place the sump and other components in? I have a plan in my head for a 60 gallon cube seahorse tank, just be thankful you dont have to hide a chiller somewhere too, I still havent figured that part out, at this point its just a pipe dream though.

Here's the link to the reefbuilders article from early in the year http://reefbuilders.com/2011/02/02/joyce-wilkersons-book-clownfishes-suddenly-highvalue-collectors-item/

Some may survive, but most likely not. I had dwarf cerith snails in my tank when it was fishless and they reproduced like rabbits. At one point I had over 500 or more, now that I have fish in the tank I dont see near that many baby snails. Occasionally I see a few tiny ones crawling on the front glass.

Yep, I got my book from Dr Tims back then, thats the first place I looked last night when I saw this thread. Crazy prices on amazon, but they are available, good luck.

They sent you another 60 pounds by mistake? You shouldn't have any trouble selling whatever you don't use.

Welcome to the club. Great build and and a very nice looking tank. I too would like to hear about how you built the tank itself. As far as your algae problem if you post a picture we should be able to help you figure out what exaclty it is and the best ways to treat it.

Congrats Jan, hopefully this means a little less stress for you

Thanks Bob, Im sure with your woodworking skills it came out amazing.

Do you have a hand held jig saw? You could make a simple trammel arm out of a piece of wood, attach it to the base plate of the jig saw so that you can pivot the saw in a consistent arc. Since you are not cutting a full circle you will have to attach your finished piece of a wood to another board that is at least as long as the radius of the circle. The red area is the finished cut out board, the green area is the board that runs out past the radius of the arc. Screw the pieces together along the center line of of both pieces. The blue line is trammel arm attached to the saw. Drill a hole in the trammel arm the length of the radius, measure from the edge of the saw blade out ( its ok if the trammel arm is longer, it should be). Drill a hole in the "green board" the length of the radius of the arc. Use a bolt as a pivot. Its pretty simple to find the radius of the arc, bow of the tank. Take the tank and put it on a piece of poster board, trace the bow and remove the tank. Now you have the arc, to find the center point you need to draw a chord( a line that connects any 2 points on a circle. Measure the length of the chord and find its center point. Now draw a perpendicular line to the chord at the center point of the chord. This perpendicular line will run through the center point of the circle. To find the center of the circle repeat the steps again at a different location along the arc. Where the 2 perpendicular lines of the chords meet will be the center of the arc. Always help to do a 3rd or 4 th chord as well, just in case you are a little off.

broken, or broken in?