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  1. ecobalance

    couple shots of my Chamber Nautles

    This helped me decide what to do with my new tank.Temperate,low light,kick butt skimmer,and my sump in a tote plumbed to my waste water from Ro\di,witch is hooked to a well and should keep my tank plenty cool.It's just running down the sink anyway,so why not set my sump in a tote,that has a...
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    Can't sell it? Fill it.

    Say hello to my little frend Decided to save money on lighting,and make it a deep water tank.And the star attraction is my cool new Nautilis.Lighting?2x65 50\50,Temp 75, 100 lbs. live sand,both from my other tanks [some up and running 12 years]and bagged,and about 80 lbs of rock i think.Also...
  3. ecobalance

    Can't sell it? Fill it.

    always wanted a ''less than reef safe'' type tank Thinking of makeing it a sort of aquarium where i can finally get all those fish that are less than reef safe like Triggers,big wrasses,[Harlinquin Tusk etc.Maybe even a lion,and a frog fish.Only time will tell.
  4. ecobalance

    Can't sell it? Fill it.

    30x24x48,oceanic,with home made sump/refugium,Precision Marine Skimmer,Mag 18 return pump.Not sure what i'ii use for lighting yet.
  5. ecobalance

    any eye candy

    Quick few Couple or so i took today,while i was borde
  6. ecobalance

    what are the least aggressive clown fish ?

    saddleback No i think the common name for that devil is saddle back,but here's a couple true perc's
  7. ecobalance

    is this apstsia, tube worm, yellow polyp?

    polyps Of the zoanthid variaty
  8. ecobalance

    what are the least aggressive clown fish ?

    perc's Tank raised,or true perc's are the least aggressive,in m opinion.With any fish there are always gonna be that bad egg or chance of. this one is that bad egg i'm speaking of.It has actually drawn blood on two occasion's,not to mention scares the you know what out of me regularly.
  9. ecobalance

    OM 2-way Squirt

    trade it first you get a 5 gallon bucket and hang it from the ceiling........no 4 buckets hanging from the ceiling on timers.....lol just joshen ya:rolleyes:
  10. ecobalance

    Filter sock micron rating question

    100 mic. in 5 mic. Guess the title says it all.I do this and it will usually take 2 days before it overflows,instead of 5 hours.BTW saltwater aquariums are best stired not filtered.
  11. ecobalance

    DIY Vacuum?

    outside the box [1]tie fine micron bag on output in tank.[2]put hand in sump and stir.[3]let all detritus,aka coral foodblow up into tank through micron media bag.[4]remove bag from out put.
  12. ecobalance

    not working like i planned

    Thanks Thanks for the site danno,or dumas lol
  13. ecobalance

    any eye candy

    No Herer they are
  14. ecobalance

    any eye candy

    and these Where'd i put those?
  15. ecobalance

    any eye candy

    alright now you have to Look at these
  16. ecobalance

    help me plumb my tank, and with some other ideas please

    fish only Is there really such a thing?You would have to be a pretty disaplined person to not add maybe just one shrimp,and well maybe just a couple gsp's,o and don't forget the mushrooms.
  17. ecobalance

    Member Showcase

    Ok heres a few randomthings:mad:Whats that a wet dry?Yea it's running my 8 ft quaranteen in my basement.Also a couple pics with my new lens,it seems to take attenic pics better than the one that came with it.And last but not least,an aquarium i've been battleing with that seems to be...
  18. ecobalance

    not working like i planned

    Best description i can come up with is a ''red neck wave maker''.The 6 gal bucketis equipted with a 2 inch bulk head,with a abs pipe and elbow that is suppose to create a surge of water when the pump in sump bellow slowly fills the bucket untill the water leval gets above the elbow,and starts a...
  19. ecobalance

    Help on placement of live rock

    here's some If you plan on fuseing them together[plastic coat hangers,pvc,etc]do it in 3's.This will make them easy to remove if needed and will alow you to create lots of spaces between the more difficult smaller one's
  20. ecobalance

    Water level in tank?

    in line ball valve All return lines should have a way to adjust flow,and useing a t instead of a elbow on the drain,where it curves into the sump will help flow.Make sure sump is only half or a little more full.How full is your over flow box,is it over flowing befor the tank?
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