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I came here to sell things...and get out for a while..... Always want a peninsula tank..... Looks amazing

Man that looks great, come a loong way

Still living woot, will try to log on more kids work racing....hope all are well Need to replace some lights, old black boxes from that first order are finally fire hazards...any suggestions on cheapos...4ft 80g, running 4 t5s as well

Its needle in a haystack, only have a few acros, that are starting to do well with just my kalk reactor...still have a fox flame and pink lemonade. Tank has been on autopilot, auto water changes and neglect.....lost my white led drivers on the really old black boxes.....running 2 t5s plus the blue. Dirty as ever but kids still love feeding the fish. Good to see all the OG still around. Hopefully ill make the next meeting.

Just wanted to drop in and say hello, life has been very busy, kids, racing, started a driver coaching and data sales business, and my day job. Still have an 80g and a 8g which will be taken down soon. So today noticed my clowns acting a little protective. For years i wanted this to happen. Gonna try ro log in a little more often but If anyone needs huge pieces of monti caps i have several overgrown and then some (starburst is just huge)

Garlic and selcon?

Maybe that magnet you found rusting away?

I meant glue plug to rock (not coral) in case is leaching something that's irritating them If you wanna borrow an all test let me know just got a new one and am working from home tomorrow. And yes, I want to still know I can eventually get my tank back to it's glory params

What did you glue them down with? Generally if the skin is peeling off I say alk. But pics d ont appear that way. Another thing to consider....was it a new bag of salt lately? I'd think of a polypad or run a little carbon or so a water change in case it has to do with the glue, or take a look after lights out...again the distance corals can battle from is crazy

When my alk was off the sps seemed to be very sensitive to any touching of the tank, once I left alone stayed fine. Ones I touched or cleaned the plugs off of sometimes even died....never got a handle on why but seemed to stop happening once I got my alk corrected... But I did have a while in the 90g where anything within 12 inches of an acan echinata would due randomly working a few weeks...ended up being warfare....moved to frag tank and that's when I noticed it eating a few close by corals at night.....warfare seems to go farther than I ever thought it could. Take it all with a grain, we are talking almost 7 years ago now....man I miss the sticks

Whats your alk, how old is the kit Is it closer to other corals that may be attacking at night, What was on your hands when they moved Usually when I had random confined to an area bleaching like that it was because of another coral close by or cause my alk test kit had been off usually high, and if I touched any they bleached Maybe I'm wrong, haven't had a good sps tank in too long Though I'm finally getting my frags to color up

Avast pumps have been best for me on both ago, and auto water change

Manifolds are easily expandable, run it along the back to a Tee with a threaded shut off valve. If you ever need to add a manifold can just add as much as you need to that Really you only need it for however many reactors you run.....biopellet, carbon, go, or if you feed your skimmer that way.... For 22gal, I doubt if run any of that but who knows you seem to have had good success with out em

If your gonna run a manifold you can always do the tried and true mag 9. T off where you need to and if still too mich flow have a last one just bleed off back into the sump to keep things moving I have my mag 9 on a gate valve turned down a bit with no issues (pump is about 8years old) I've been tempted by dc pumps but just haven't pulled the trigger Key for the overflow is havin it on a gate valve so you can tune full siphon

Appreciate all the great Info and time matt, was a great meeting

3 weeks too late ugh

Nice graham, very clean I think my wife might even allow that in the living room....one day I'll get my system back to respectable. Care to share you filtration, water change schedule (auto or no) and target params.... Been dealing with algae issues and plan to do a revamp over winter, figured you would have some good insight as you've been thru alot of trials and tribulations

But it says professional on the bag....hehe Got mine as well, thanks for sharing the link...hopefully you post the tests and it passes....otherwise it will just be a filler for the instant ocean

I used a manifold feed and a maxijet 1200 feed for many years, biggest issue was the micro ball valve that controls flow clogging from buildup, then having to reset the drip rate....wasnt that often but always just before a trip, used to put the drips in the sump easily visible to make it easier to notice, Was planning on doing a peristaltic but moved before I tried If also check out avast peristalics, they have been rock solid for my auto water changes

Wow man, hopefully they make it thru the cycle....for future it would be alot safer to have the tank set up and cycled before you get fish

Wait tank hasn't cycled or anything?

Any local stores having any sales on salt, just need instant ocean? Would rather keep it local before ordering from Amazon etc....closer to Arlington the better

Very cool

That's alot of real estate If you go glass, squares/rectangles are easiest, The reason Dave's internal plastic file hanger worked bonding to the side was the internal water pressure holds it up to the glass vs pulling it off like sump dividers.....so the bond on the internal doesnt need to be that strong....you could get away with an acrylic easily I think which would make an angled design easier. The external just needs to be deep enough to get full syphon which will depend on tubing size....ill try to find my measurements when using 1 inch tubing. Internal water level is determined by height of overflow plus water level it takes to Actually flow over....so add a cm or 3 depending on flow rate. Tank really only needs one hole..... Overflow needs the 3 (really only 2) but I live dangerously sometimes. Sent you some pics via email.

Smooth top works just fine (but get it level) But why are you doing full depth? Do an angled internal and take like 1 to 2 inches out from the side and just below the hole drilled for the external overflow portion......like the file hanger..... Personally I've always wanted a peninsula tank but .....its your tank