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I have a AC EV400 sitting above and to the left of my sump. A mag24 feeds it from the sump, and the skimmer overflow goes back into the sump past where the Mag24 is so I dont skim the same water over and over again.

ya I didnt read thoroughly when I replied... but ya, after the black union that came with it broke, I went to home depot and was able to use PVC fittings to replace it. I dont know the names of all the fittings, I just kind of stand there with a confused look on my face and try to fit pieces together until I get what I need. Just take the pump with you to HD. I think its a 1-1/2" female then an adapter that takes it down to 1" and then the 1" male. Something like that.

this is how I ended up plumbing mine. the fitting that came with it snapped when barely tightened. this imo is the most secure and easiest way of doing it.

hmm, what if he means is there such thing as a PH swing in the tank that is so massive it kills the fish? Isnt that what happens in a kalk overdose?

woo boy... get ready for a crazy couple of nights at the hospital. if you have any questions, feel free to PM me while its still fresh in my "tired as H-E-double hockey sticks" head.

it is framed with faux live rock made out of black pond foam. The inspiration of the tank design was sort of a "reef cave". there is a full shot in this build thread. http://wamas.org/forums/topic/53279-ohaverds-125-rebuild/page__st__50

Ya 21.5 inches long and we induced 2 weeks early because we new he was gonna be a nice size... For those of you that met me or saw me at the last meeting, I'm the really tall guy (6' 8") so he gets it from me!

after I got the evil Starry blenny out of the DT, the powder blue went in. He is SO awesome to watch... he is best buds with my foxface and kole eye. My daughter (yes BRK staff... the extremely LOUD little girl) has named him Little Boy Blue. thanks again.

Cole Alan, born on Monday night, 8lb 3oz. Mommy and baby are doing great!!!

Got the little booger! All I did was leave a huge net on the rock where it sleeps at night. After two days he finally trusted it and went to sleep in the middle of the net. I just had to yank the net up fast. Woot!

Thanks for the powder blue. He is awesome! He has aclimated well in my QT and is eating jans food like a pig. I will move him to my dt as soon as I get this a hole starry blenny out somehow.

So the inverted soda bottle fidnt work. I caught every darn fish but this butthead... any other ideas on getting him out... those of you that saw my build thread know that taking out rocks is not an option.

I just went back through and read through this thread again... You have pretty much built my dream tank there. Its awesome! The black foam must have hit you hard in the wallet, mine is only a 125 gal and I must have spent $100 bucks alone on it. I had to order the Pond foam from amazon, but when I needed more after the rebuild because of the bad silicone, I saw that they had some at BRK too. How stable are the parameters in your tank? I've noticed that mine are extremely stable, I have yet to get a nitrite or nitrate reading, Idk if its just the shear amount of live rock or what... but before I built the foam rock walls my nitrate was always up and down. It also might be the Ev400 skimmer though too, its a little overkill for a 125. Also, how is that dward lionfish you bought from Petco doing?

What kind of tangs do you guys have in stock?

I think its Michael Knights watch bro... "come in Kit... can you read me..."

thanks for the heads up all... looks like I've got a date with a inverted soda bottle, some food, some fishing string, a six pack of beer, a bag of doritos, and a roll of duct tape (just in case).

did not know that starr blennies were like that... hmm, will this eventually stop? Or shall I make him a refugium resident?

The faux rock walls are starting to "purple up" nicely, you can see this in the bottom right hand corner. Been five months and I've still yet to get a nitrite or nitrate reading above 0. not complaining about that though. I've been doing 20% water changes every two weeks anyways, just to replace trace elements.

This is what I did on my day off during last Wednesdays massive blizzard . Built a table for my frag tank and refugium and set up the gravity overflow to them.

This started about three days ago... first circle showed up on the foxface.... then the next day one showed up on the yellow eye. Then the next day another showed up on the other side of the foxface, and then another above the last one on the yellow eye. Any thoughts on this? FYI, all water parameters are GTG. The only thing that changed right before this started happening was that I added a 4 to 5 inch Starry Blenny... but I thought those guys are peaceful so I ruled him out. other livestock includes 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 black clowns, and one very small sixline wrasse. they all love to sleep in the cleaner shrimps area together at night, the foxface and yellow eye seem to get along. Their behavior has not changed since this happened either. Is this some sort of parasite, or is something beating these guys up? For size comparison, the yellow eye is only 3" but the foxface is huge... about 7" long.

Wow, thought there would be some black tang defenders coming out of the woodwork lol. guess not.

ya I was there on friday for their weekend sale. I saw the black tang and it is a neat fish... But 500-800 dollar fish? I dont now about that...

what exactly makes the Black Tang so pricey? Is it just rarity? Maybe its just me, but they are kinda boring.

Here is the way mine works... originally designed by Brian Ward. I've since made a couple of minor adjustments. keep in mind there is also the two return in the top corners of the tank that help complete the turbulant flow.

Wow if they look anything like the google images I just looked up, they are beautiful. I hope they go to a nice seasoned veterans tank soon.