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just made this up for ya, if you have a sketchup account I will add you as a collaborator if you want to edit it. Mantis Tank by GreyMatter -...
Check out Google Sketchup, decent free CAD tool, with a bit of an awkward interface if you've used Maya, 3DS, or AutoCad, but it's usable and free....
2 ways to approach the "dead band" you can use a timer like I have on my ATO, so it's only on a total of about 30 minutes a day now, or you could do...
McMaster-Carr: Relay: McMaster-Carr McMaster-Carr transformer: McMaster-Carr
To be fair the price isn't outrageous, and not "over done" but I think you could do better with a little DIY effort for the same price. The main...
I'd go back and demand they do it right. If it was the owner you might be SOL, but if it was an employee, then they should have been corrected then...
I've read that many fish will do fine in hypersaline water (off the chart > 1.055) as long as it's a gradual change. I wouldn't panic and attempt to...
I think too many would be if they start clogging filters and blocking light....
p.s. "reagent" grade Calcium Hydride CaH2 (anhydrous) is $48 for 50g from Strem, and is listed as 95% pure, the remainder impurity as Ca(HO)2 so i...
BRS bulk kalk is listed as "high purity" which is 100% high purity MARKETING. There's no legal or standard definition of "high purity" "high...
china blocks YouTube - Google Search China has been blocking access to YouTube for years. There's always a trade off for $5 Koralia clones :P Back...
Thanks guys! I am going to see what I can do in the way of natural approaches first, but have my chemical just in case. one thing I'm still not...
ObTan - I would agree there are differences between industrial and nuclear grade chemicals, but by the time it's considered food grade it's going to...
Graingers
Lame seakitten page - no clowns :P
those little red things are probably foraminifera, they're a good thing. Filter feeders that like clean water.
that Marineland is probably a drilled tank. A drilled tank is one with at least 2 holes drilled in the bottom to allow for an internal overflow and...
Welcome! The bigger the tank you can accommodate (and afford) the better off you'll be as far as water quality is concerned. A generic rule of thumb...
I mixed them when I set up my tank, and now i am looking for safe ways to remove the CC. It's messy, and it's all sifted to the top, so I don't...
So in part to address my cyano issue I am looking at my CuC. if you can't bring yourself to read my sig ( hehe :P ) it's a 58g reef w/ a small fuge...
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