Delphinus88

Right there is the motivation I need to finish this build!

Thanks for the input. Such tough decisions

How much water do you keep on hand, ready for water changes? What percentage of your total volume do you have mixed and ready to go?

Exceptional quarantine oncorals too.

Thanks for the input. My clean up crew enjoyed it whatever it was.

A starfish eating something?

This tank is one of the nicest I've seen. I wish I had taken pictures when I was there. Something to aspire to.

They are offering $10 certificate for every 50 spent. Ends tomorrow. I called and asked if there were any exclusions and they said no. So my brand new apex is on its way to me and I just got the certificate. The only catch is that it expires in 1 month.

My dt is starting to look like a frag tank and is only getting worse as I pick up stuff from erc Wednesday.

c22 inferno mushroom sold Added

A 48 Torch sold

enjoy. I will get one soon

grrrrr

sold niger trigger

waaaaayyyy tooooo slow

niger trigger sold

Captive bred mandarin goby

I just purchased an Oceanic 180g. This comes with 2 HUGE overflows and 4 holes on the bottom of the tank. My current plan is to remove the two 9x11x24 overflows, drill the back of the tank and install a coast to coast and use a Bean fail safe. 1. Do I need to set up 2 sets of bean meaning 6 holes plus the returns or will one set suffice? Right now my intent is to have a mixed reef but don't want to be limited later down the road by low flow rates. 2. The holes on the bottom scare me. On the forums I hear too much about cracked bulkheads. It seems that would be catastrophic with the bottom drilled as opposed to only losing a couple of inches of volume if repair was needed. What are the options? Can I just take a 9x11x ½” slab of glass and silicone it on top to close it off? 3. What are the advantages/disadvantages to internal/external overflows? Any other suggestions are also welcome. Thanks in advance Bevin

I dipped the hammer I just got from you and didnt see anything. What are the chances that they are in my tank now?

Ok sounds good. When will I know it is time to feed it? It has been in my tank for 2 weeks and had not had any food.

Well he has decided move, now what? When and what food should I offer?

i say we let him hide in my tank!

Amazing build. Great information too. And thanks for the advice on the BTA.

He has moved forward a bit today. I have not done anything to coerce him, but I did try and squirt a bit of food in his direction.

At the risk of alienating myself from a group that I just recently joined, I feel to offer criticism without any potential solution is not productive and not what I came here for. I realize I am going to make mistakes here as I'm sure many of you did when you first started and may still today. None of us are perfect. By advertising my issue I have opened myself up to this group. I came here to learn from the extensive knowledge base that many of you possess. I have also been reading books and have several friends that have been doing this very successfully for many years. Had my question been "is it too soon to get a nem...." then fine. Or even "it may have been too soon but now that you have it, here is what I would suggest" If your mission is to give a supportive place for us "newbies" to get advice, then maybe you could temper your criticism with something constructive. As for the ones who did offer suggestions, encouragement or comic relief (however true it may be) - Thank you. Bevin