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I would be interested to hear the answer to this.

That master is incredible! WOW!

I would try and go higher, personally. I'm running it on full and it is right by my return, just a thought.

You know, I'm thining about starting to sell some of my sketches to support the hobby. I'm glad you can recognize true talent. I ended up knocking out the middle no problem, couple of screws, and now I've got an open box that just sits on top.

Thanks for sharing. I've always thought it best to spread them out, glad to see some science behind it.

I will also heckle Wade until we get some photos.

Looks great man!

I think the mods do a great job on WAMAS. I was lucky enough to find WAMAS right after I signed up on RC, and I don't think I ever hit a high enough post count to buy/sell. I should post more, but I generally lurk in the shadows and follow things along.

I wouldn't even worry about soaking them, imo.

Looks great, congrats! I noticed a huge change in my corals growth and color once I went from metal halides to LEDs. Granted, the LED's didn't look as natural, it was worth it to keep from feeling like I was walking into the Sahara every time I came home!

You're in a 30 gallon right? I think everything ok in moderation, but I'm sure somebody else will be able to better give you an answer, mine is not factual.

Sometimes I wonder if it's really Paul B. behind your avitar, and not John Cleese.

If you move things about in your photobucket or hosting center, the links will all break. I have yet to figure out a way to fix it. That being said, what did you end up doing about the leak you couldn't track? What do you do when you find it? Re-plumb, tape, silicone?

Still would present the problem of taking the hood off, plus removes the center brace on the hood. Awesome idea Alan, but two things: 1.) So when are you avalible to help 2.) I'm renting, that sounds like quite the apperatus to strap to my ceiling. Good point, I'll have to take a better look at it tonight. About a foot, maybe more. Why does she like the hood? I think she likes that it closes it all up, but honestly, I can't figure out what she sees in me either, so I wont nit pick Cross bars are not a bad idea, but I think the ceiling will be the way I end up going. Essentially I will probalby end up gutting the entire inside, keeping the outside frame, and hanging the lights from the ceiling above.

See what I did there? So my next big step in getting this tank ready for life is lighting. I have two of the it2080's from reefbreeders, and I'm wondering what the best way is to make it happen. I'm a big advocate of hanging from the ceiling, but this new build poses some obstacles I have never dealt with before. The first obstacle being the hood. Here are what I think my options are, seeing as the hood is covered on the top. The back half of the hood is solid and completely attatched. Two hinges onto the front and top side of the hood latch to a piece of wood with two thumb sized holes in order to pick it up and fold back over the back half of the hood. I suppose this is for feeding, or any other maintenance, although, I can't imagine the open strip it creates (about 12") is good for much else other than feeding. Option one, forget the hood. Not ideal, the lady likes the hood, half the reason the sump is plumbed off the side of the tank is she wanted to keep the stand. Second, mount my lights right to the wood of the hood, about half of the it2080 would stick into that strip, cutting it down to about 8 realistic inches of work space in there, or really just feeding space (see awesome illustration.) But what a pain in the next if I ever want to take that hood off. Right now I can do it by myself, add cords, and lights, more weight, it's a disaster waiting to happen. My third option is (and I'm not sure now great this is, and if I want to do it,) cutting out the wood pieces on the top, and literally leaving a square box hood resting on the top. Then I would mount the lights from the ceiling "into" the box, which would make it inconvenient for hood removal should I want to do any heavy duty work inside. Fourth option. Cut out the top of the hood, actually hang the hood from the ceiling, mount lights from ceiling "inside" hood box, and leave a gap of about 1.5-2' from the top of the tank, allowing that space in between to work. Wanted to bounce some thoughts around off some hood experienced, and mechanically inclined WAMAS members and see what would be the best way to do this.

Thanks! Not exactly how I would have liked it to go, but the misses is happy, and I have a perfect area to work on my sump while I sit on the couch. The only real noise is the drains. I'm wondering if I should cut the pipes short so instead of gurgling into the water it has a .5" drop and deal with the splash instead? Or maybe if I drilled a hole in the top like my dursos? Well, it felt like forever. Big shout out to Richard for all his help. I took this video right after I had everything going, the heater is obviously going into the sump, can't get anything by you, Jack!

Just set up a DC 6000, I'm very pleased. It's only been 2 hours though. Quantum was out of stock in 2 days... So supply is limited, or demand is high, or both. Still need the test of time.

I'm doing x2 of the it2080's with the 90 degree optics. Should be like Christmas in the tank once I'm done. Or you could do x4 d120's. either way, brace isn't an issue with either two options IMO. I know about the loss of sleep btw, the build keeps me up many a night.

In living color!

This at quantum, long and skinny, plenty of other cool nanos to see as well, go check their new storefront out!

Roar? Oh my. It's a long story. I found this really catchy 16 year old pop singer from New Zeland yesterday named Lorde. Andrea was checking her out on YouTube while I was working on the tank, which led into the endless YouTube spiral of hours lost and no idea what you just did with your life. I think you tuned in right around the nicki minaj and mariah carey fiasco, which led to how to catch a predator, and now she's watching some special about nannies who abuse the children they watch. Seriously, cable is the last thing this place needs....

And now we're rocking and rolling, quick preview:

Will do, it's a lot easier than I thought. I'll post up tonight on my build, because I just got the parts I needed. Kevin, no jokes here. The guy who was helping in the plumbing section was absoluetly useless, and that was after I had to wait about 30 minutes for help. I ended up walking out. It's unfortunant that Lowes is out of my way, but I plan on going out of my way for all future needs I can't handle at my local hardware store. It's a little mom and pops by the place I grew up that I will continue to go out of my way to go, and spend a little more money if I have to, solely based on the reason that they are just so geniunily helpful, and love what they do! Same reason for supporting our local vendors Rookie of the year I got what I needed about 30 seconds into the door at Lowes. Just waiting till 5 so I can rush home and start getting water moving!

Sick!