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Good evening all! I just made new light hangers so I no longer have them braced on the tank. Tank is a 3’x3’ cube. So now I need new tank lids (I want them split in half like they already are). My biggest problem is my return comes over the top of the back. Does anyone have any slick ideas for how to make a robust lid but still have a cut out for the return flow? I’d add pics but I’m having troubles at the moment.

I target fed my homemade frozen mix with a syringe next to their hideout - all three blue gudgeons are well. Woop woop!

I just ordered some live white worms on ebay to start my own culture.

That's a bit of a hike from me. I'll call around to some of the shops down here. I'll be in Herndon area on Wednesday, so maybe a shop up that way will have something if nothing down by me has any.

Hi all - I have some picky fish in QT (blue gudgeon). I heard love blood worms might be good to feed them, and I also want to get white worms culturing. Any idea where I can find there in NOVA? I’m in Bristow.

My Jabeo gyre is dead silent. So is my return, and small pump running my Jabeo UV, haha.

I know I've seen some purists really get down on the Jebao products, but I've been impressed. I have a DC return pump that cost less than $60, it's dead silent, tunable, and hasn't missed a beat in 4 years!

That's awfully frustrating. Looks like instead of the $60 they wanted for the repair (plus shipping both ways), I'll just spend $70 and get the Jabeo knockoff equivalent - delivered in 2 days thanks to Mr. Bezos.

I'm searching all over the place. A couple years ago I got a Nero 3 from someone on here in a trade. I didn't use it until about 6 months ago. It's not acting up and AI wants a proof of purchase to look at it. Does anyone here have a better memory (or records) than me and remember trading this to me?

I had no idea why I wasn’t “following” this post. Weird. Update: Humble fish has been helping a lot. One angel died the next day. Last night my tang died. Still treating the QT with furan 2, metroplex and kanaplex. I’m almost out of Furan 2 and can’t find any more. I also called around to LFS, and no formalin.

I have a new fish in QT with what I believe is uronema. I can’t find formalin anywhere besides ordering it. I don’t think I can wait that long. Does anyone have some near Bristow I can buy from them?

Fish selection opinions needed: I’m ordering a couple fish for my 130. I want a third to get over the free shipping hump. Currently I have a pair of clowns and a couple mollies. I’m ordering a pair of swallowtail angelfish. I’m considering either 1) longnose butterfly fish, or 2) lavender tang. Tank is about 4 months old. Which would you get?

I’m getting close to beginning aquascaping my 130 cube. Doing a NSA style. I’m nervous because I don’t want to put in a ton of work and end up hating it. I’ve never done it before. Does anyone want to help? I live in Bristow.

I'm in the planning phases of my living room tank, and I need help with sump fans. I need something in the sump, but I need this tank to be dead quiet. I was thinking of wiring up a couple 140mm computer fans because they can be around 15dB, but I'm worried they won't move enough air. What have other people done for extremely quiet air movement in their sump?

That’s an amazing idea! I was worried about having to use starboard or something similar that wouldn’t look as nice. The hard part for me figuring out the distance from the wall is I am building and attaching the stand to the wall, so I’ll need to know where the tank ends up before I begin. Maybe I’ll plan for 4”, tape it out, and see what it looks like. I’ll “hide” the gap with a removable board.