dhogan

No updates really, I've been extremely busy lately. I just bought some hermits and a emerald the other day, they are chomping away at my algae at the moment.

I think you could still use the method I have, the T part would be outside, and the downward elbow would be inside, don't know if that makes sense. I looked briefly, but did not see anyhting like what you are doing. All the internal overflows i saw were taking up top to bottom.

I cut out a piece of plywood to raise mine, you may want to try that.

That's a disadavantage to the internal overflow, but you could probably do something similar. Maybe have the t part (air tubing) on the outside of the tank. Not sure how this would work though, I'd do a search on RC.

Check out my build thread, I use a Durso standpipe in my overlow to keep noise down, there are many different variations of it, mine seems to work pretty good.

He could do that, but as you mentioned it will lead to microbubbles, and he will have to fill tank up with evaporation water more often (unless he plans to use ATO).

It really isn't that difficult to do, do you own a dremel?

Why not go with an external overflow? Not too difficult to build.

I don't know for sure, but I've read about the predatory asterinas, and I guess I'd rather be safe than sorry.

I think I had a predatory starfish (asterina), he was on one of the encrusted base part of an SPS. Where he was is now bleeched, how common are these guys? I hope I don't have more. :/

Check out the osmolator, comes with a pump. It uses a laser eye to check water level, and it has a mechanical valve for a backup.

I'm using the MJ-1200 on mine, seems to be working pretty well, but I don't have anything to compare it to.

Thanks!

I recently built a tank to hold my kalkwasser in it, just sheets of glass that I cut myself (can be seen in my build thread). I did not bother to tape the corners because it wasn't a show tank, but the seams still look very good. It's not very hard to reseal a tank, I would just follow Bob's instructions as that is the best way to do it.

Update Okay I added some more livestock. One is a fish, a Yellow Watchman Goby, that is not coming out, he's hiding in the back under a rock at the moment. And one frag... I'm by no means a good photographer.... My two clownies Some FTS with the doors on, I need to order the knobs for the doors/drawer... And a picture of the guts...

That's the osmolator pump. The white cord is the power, the black one is the hose to the sump. It's just a small dosing pump.

Update I've been busy busy busy busy!!! But I've been working on my tank still. I finished building a little custom made water storage out of some left over glass. I cut it and siliconed it up, meant to take pictures out of the stand, but its too late now. I will build a top, and put kalk in the storage container - there is a pump that will mix up the kalk to keep it stirred. The osmolator will dose the kalk water, and the storage tank holds about 3 gallons of water to the rim of it. And here is the most recent FTS, with 3 corals that were added, one seems to be badly bleached and probably won't make it. UPS lost the package, so it was lost for a day. I haven't put the doors on yet, but once i do I'll take some pictures of everything...just shows that what's in it is more important. So if anyone wants to give me a bunch of frags to fill up my tank let me know!

Personally, I'd only put DC inside my tank, that way I don't have to worry about dying. You can easily get the parts from radio shack, including the lights too I'm guessing (if not, then online).

I ordered from Mr. Coral, and well UPS messed up, the box was lost or something, not Mr. Coral's fault. One of my frags is very bleached at the base, but two of the tips are still colored. Should I just hope that it colors back? Or is it gone for good? Should I try to frag it? What do you recommend? Please advise.

Sorry, I'm just stuck behind the whole "exploiting foreign labor" idea...

exploit foreign labor?

I used marine varnish, stuff they use to coat boats, and I siliconed the seams. I didn't test it, but I'm sure my stand can hold a couple gallons.

Not really, I'm starting to get some green coraline algae, today I'm setting up my pH probe, and I'm going to build my homemade topoff container out of glass scraps. I want everything to fit underneath. Yes sir.

I'm kind of confused about the cracked pipe, but can you just put a reducer inside the cracked pipe with plenty of glue? I think that would restrengthen it, then "unreduce it"... I don't know if that makes sense. Either way, hurry up and get this one done, I wanna see some finished pics already.

I have some hair algae starting up, I can see some very small green starting to sprout. What is the best way to take care of this? And what eats it?