EricBrian

Yes, this is my current design.

Thanks all for the input! That is a great resource. Thank you for it. ----- Something else that I am wondering, how big should my sump be? When I started the design, I just picked 30 gal tank but don't know for sure. Thanks Eric

Sunday July 16, 2006 from 2:00-6:00p.m. in Vienna, VA http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?show...t=0entry67126

After reading some of the posts above, I modified the design somewhat. I now have:

Thanks for your input Inna.

The extra water is the water volume that is in the overflow and return pipes at the time the electricity goes off? How do I know what the proper flow would be? Yes, I am thoroughly enjoying this as you can probably tell. Ahhh... didn't consider that. I probably won't have the funds right away to buy the topoff. By how much should I lower the baffle? Any suggestion? I am afraid that I don't quite understand. Can you explain? Thanks all!

Ok, Jean-Marie told me to make sure I run my designs by the group for input! Here is the sump I plan on making. Anybody see any problems? Concerns? Thanks. Jean-Marie, thanks also for offering your house as a place to make all of this stuff! Eric

Merci, Jean-Marie. Comment tu vas, mon ami? James, Thanks! Yes, there have been a number people who have sold off their tanks. Hopefully, you will find one for you. Eric

LOL.... Man, y'all need to stop with those titles.

Yanek, I'd love to come by and learn some. Maybe this coming weekend? Thanks Eric

Thanks guys! Hey, can somebody point me to an article on how to properly setup this tank with plumbing and anything else I might be forgetting. Thanks.

Yes, nice tank. I was going to ask Lee and Chip if I could take pics of their tanks for inspiration but didn't. I just got my car insurance bill which is due next month so the set up is going to be REAL slow. This is the one I bought: Since overflows are new to me, I'll have to learn how to set this up, too.

Cool. I'll call mine, too, and let them know.

Well, Condo... Nothing in the by-laws forbidden them. And, if they do, too late in my case since I have one now.

hehehehehe... I wish. But living in an apartment I am too nervous putting a tank that big on the 3rd floor.

Ok, on my way home from seeing Lee's and Chip's GREAT tanks, I bought a 75gal tank. It is going to take a bit to get started... you know, the whole $$$ thingie. LOL But once underway, let the photo postings begin. (I know, it isn't a big tank, but it is the biggest I've ever had.)

I do! Germany.

Got it on order. Will get it tomorrow. I'll give it a try then. Thanks for all the help. Eric

Thanks! I don't have any SPS in this tank... This is the one where I have LPS.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/27...e.ap/index.html Climate experts: Gore's movie gets the science right Tuesday, June 27, 2006; Posted: 3:44 p.m. EDT (19:44 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's top climate scientists are giving "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy. The former vice president's movie -- replete with the prospect of a flooded New York City, an inundated Florida, more and nastier hurricanes, worsening droughts, retreating glaciers and disappearing ice sheets -- mostly got the science right, said all 19 climate scientists who had seen the movie or read the book and answered questions from The Associated Press. The AP contacted more than 100 top climate researchers by e-mail and phone for their opinion. Among those contacted were vocal skeptics of climate change theory. Most scientists had not seen the movie, which is in limited release, or read the book. But those who have seen it had the same general impression: Gore conveyed the science correctly; the world is getting hotter and it is a manmade catastrophe-in-the-making caused by the burning of fossil fuels. "Excellent," said William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University. "He got all the important material and got it right." Robert Corell, chairman of the worldwide Arctic Climate Impact Assessment group of scientists, read the book and saw Gore give the slideshow presentation that is woven throughout the documentary. "I sat there and I'm amazed at how thorough and accurate," Corell said. "After the presentation I said, 'Al, I'm absolutely blown away. There's a lot of details you could get wrong.' ... I could find no error." Gore, in an interview with the AP, said he wasn't surprised "because I took a lot of care to try to make sure the science was right." The tiny errors scientists found weren't a big deal, "far, far fewer and less significant than the shortcoming in speeches by the typical politician explaining an issue," said Michael MacCracken, who used to be in charge of the nation's global warming effects program and is now chief scientist at the Climate Institute in Washington. One concern was about the connection between hurricanes and global warming. That is a subject of a heated debate in the science community. Gore cited five recent scientific studies to support his view. "I thought the use of imagery from Hurricane Katrina was inappropriate and unnecessary in this regard, as there are plenty of disturbing impacts associated with global warming for which there is much greater scientific consensus," said Brian Soden, a University of Miami professor of meteorology and oceanography. Some scientists said Gore confused his ice sheets when he said the effect of the Clean Air Act is noticeable in the Antarctic ice core; it is the Greenland ice core. Others thought Gore oversimplified the causal-link between the key greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and rising temperatures. While some nonscientists could be depressed by the dire disaster-laden warmer world scenario that Gore laid out, one top researcher thought it was too optimistic. Tom Wigley, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, thought the former vice president sugarcoated the problem by saying that with already-available technologies and changes in habit -- such as changing light bulbs -- the world could help slow or stop global warming. While more than 1 million people have seen the movie since it opened in May, that does not include Washington's top science decision makers. President Bush said he won't see it. The heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and NASA haven't seen it, and the president's science adviser said the movie is on his to-see list. "They are quite literally afraid to know the truth," Gore said. "Because if you accept the truth of what the scientific community is saying, it gives you a moral imperative to start to rein in the 70 million tons of global warming pollution that human civilization is putting into the atmosphere every day." As far as the movie's entertainment value, Scripps Institution geosciences professor Jeff Severinghaus summed it up: "My wife fell asleep. Of course, I was on the edge of my chair."

Ok, so I checked Phosphate tonight and it was ~1ppm! Might that have been the reason my yumas were doing so badly? And, how do I get that value down to 0? ... Besides less food and water changes? Anybody use phosban or like? I need to check that more often. Thanks for any suggestion. Eric

No photos?

WTG Portugal!

When I left at ca. 8:15, 66 was wide open. I was happy about that.