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    Live Rock Question

    Yes, I have made my own rock. I have been a fan of GARF for many years and I made a bunch of aragocrete. It is a labor of love and not particularly a cost saving method. You have to use Portland type cement #3 being the best, (can be hard to find) #2 works fine but takes longer to cure. Cure...
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    Fiberglass in tank - Question?

    As far as drilling live rock, Masonary bit it fine but regular drill bits work fine too. (Just don't plan on the bit being worth a crap when you're done! ) Acrylic Rod is also very light and strong. In small diameters it is also not very expensive. I don't know what plastic distribs are in...
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    Mangroves

    Mangroves like to grow up. If you put a lid over them when they hit it they will twist and make a lot of the cool shapes mangroves in the wild are known for. As far as trimming them, should be no prob and as Johnathan said, leave the bottom most leaves at the min. (other wise the mangrove...
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    Sump,Refugium Help

    Here is a link to a sump thread that may help you. http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22393
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    baffle sizing in the sump

    Anyone still looking for sump advise and baffle issues here is some more info in my forum http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22393
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    Aaahhhhhh!!!!!!

    Sort of what I was thinking. It didn't bubble on the way down so I am pretty sure no water entered the tube. I ran over and checked it this morning against Mario's and it seems to be fine. ( other than it is the cheapest chinese model available :lol: )
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    Manual for Coralife Aqua-Chill 1/10 hp

    sorry, couldn't find them either. Try calling ESU or e-mailing from their web site.
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    185g New tank build question

    Acrylic, Acrylic, Acrylic!!!!!!! :lol: I would go with acrylic. With a little care and planning scratching is a pretty minimal concern. The benefits of acrylic far outweigh glass IMO. Also, if you live in the WA area, do our economy a favor and buy local. I don't care if you buy from me...
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    Aaahhhhhh!!!!!!

    I just knocked my refractometer into the tank and watched it sink to the bottom. It didn't bubble on the way down, so I am hoping it didn't fill with salt water. I just checked it and it seems to still work fine (I rinsed it off in the sink.) My question is: has anyone else done this and had...
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    my sump/fuge

    I agree with Krish. Your sump looks fine and should work great (just too bad it's not acrylic :D ) As far as the gas exchange goes, the turbulance in the sump is all you need there, most of the nitrogen escape and oxygen introduction should take place at the surface of your display tank.
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    question about live rock

    I have an extremely large piece of very cool rock that I hauled around with me for years. I bought it when I was still in the Army in El Paso TX. I paid $175 (I think - been a long time now) in 1992 for the rock. When I moved from TX to WI, I took all my rock with me and so on and so forth...
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    Go Bears

    I don't really care about any of the four teams but I wish the Saints had put up a little more of a fight. I am just glad the Pats and Colts game was a really good game and fun to watch. I hope the Superbowl is as good of a game and not a one sided blow-out. (like da'Bears squishing Payton...
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    Mixing schedule 40 and schedule 80 okay?

    wow that stinks. I would say they are a bad batch. I have seen poor quality parts split along their seam but I would not expect that from Spears. They charge waaaaaaaay too much for their plumbing parts to put up with crap. Glad to hear the store is swapping them out for new ones.
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    Mixing schedule 40 and schedule 80 okay?

    Hard to say. I have mixed sch 80 & 40 parts for 15 yrs without a problem. I have even thrown electrical conduit parts in the mix just to keep all the plumbing grey colored. Overtightening can be a huge problem but cheap crappy parts are even worse. You may have also gotten ahold of a bad...
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    MH - single-ended or double-ended?

    I'm sure you will get plenty of advise on this one. HQI burn hotter and put out a little more light than mogul style. However, they are not UV shielded and must be run in a fixture with a UV glass lense, where as most mogul bulbs have the UV shield in the lamp glass.
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    Tank builders...HELP...acrylic vs plexiglass

    DaBrowns- it is sort of hard to tell the difference without prior knowledge of working with acrylic. It has a very different smell when cutting it. Cast Plexi has a slightly sweet smell vs. extruded has a more bitter smell. There are also faint extrusion "marks" in the acrylic. As the sheet...
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    500 gallon cube redone with pics

    Lookin good! Next time I'm up there I'll have to stop by. That was a brain storm of interesting engineering to say the least and I would like to see it in person. I'm glad it seems to be working out.
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    Custom aquarium design help

    The overflow box can be any size. It just depends on how much flow and things you want to include in the overflow box. If you want room for multiple drains, multiple returns and an electical race then you need more room and a larger foot print. If you only need room for a drain and a return...
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    Need help finding out volume

    http://animal-world.com/encyclo/information/calculate.htm That one is pretty cool but I like this one http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/volcalc.html
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    baffle sizing in the sump

    Bummer, I don't have CAD loaded back on this computer and RF doesn't like the format of my drawing program. Anyway, I would make the pump chamber 2.5 cm larger than the pump ( width ) and use the design posted in this forum.
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