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  1. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    Sorry I should have said I already have a sump. Thanks for the help though.
  2. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    This might be a dumb question but boil it like put it in a pot on the oven? I have a big tub could I put some tank water in after my next water change and put a piece of good rock in with the new stuff and leave it to cycle in there? would I need light for it?
  3. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    So now the tank has cycled, I have two Ocellaris clowns, an orange spotted goby and tiger pistol shirmp. I have a fighting conch, cleaner shrimp and a peppermint shrimp. I also just got my first coral: a candy cane coral. As a bonus I am having alot of fun in this hobby. I also just picked up...
  4. J

    Time to share my tank tragedy

    Careful. There are some NOLES here too.
  5. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    Just to give you guys an update. I've had it running now for about two weeks. (Big thanks to kevin and Barbie who both helped alot and saved me money.) Right now I've got about 40lbs of live rock and am planing on adding more soon. Starting to get some algae on the glass now. I know that's a...
  6. J

    Starting fish

    How about a Great White? :)
  7. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    Already got the RO/DI. It was the first thing I got. So I'm good there. What I am most worried about is the size of my sump. I can't find any reference to how large it should be. Here is all that I have found: Skimmer section: Just big enough for the skimmer Return: Bigger the better so you...
  8. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    Why would my return pump matter? As long as it pumps water back in my display tank I'm good to go right? I know I don't want most of my flow from the return pump right? Just enough to get a good turn over.
  9. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    So is there a good ratio for tank size to refugium size? How big should my return section be? I know the bigger the better as far as how much I will have to top off everyday. But what should be a good starting point? 5 gallons? 10? Is a 30 Long going to be big enough for everything?
  10. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    I did think alot about doing a closed loop. I would like to be able to get some cool corals when I'm more experenced. So I want to design it from the start to be able to do that. I do really like the look of closed loop without seeing the powerheads. It looks really clean and I am going with...
  11. J

    Just to make sure I'm doing this right

    So after reading up and studying for about a year, I have finally started to put together my tank. I just wanted to run it by everyone here to make sure my plan is a good one. So here it goes: Tank: 75 Gallon Lights: 48" Tek 5 6 bulb Skimmer: SWC Xtreme 160 Protein Skimmer Flow: Not decided...
  12. J

    Sump size for 75 gal

    No to tell you the truth I haven't thought about water above the intake. How far off the bottom is the intake normally? Where would I look to find that out?
  13. J

    Is there any way to encourage a symbiotic relationship between my shrimp and Goby?

    I've never heard of this. What kind of realtionship do they have? Anyone have a good link or two that I can read up on this?
  14. J

    Sump size for 75 gal

    I was planning on making my sump. I'm using google SketchUp (its free) to design it. It's a really nice program. If I can figure out how to post my design up here I'll try to do that. That way I can get some constructive criticism. My biggest problem so far is I want my return section to be as...
  15. J

    Sump size for 75 gal

    A few more sump design questions: (MrSculpin I hope you don't mind I am also setting up a 75gal) 1. Is there a basic rule of thumb for the ratio of the size of the Refugium to the DT? 2. The return section is were you will see the evaporation right? About how much water will I lose per day...
  16. J

    A Quarantine Process

    I thought I had read it somewhere. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
  17. J

    A Quarantine Process

    Lee, Just to clarify, you do recommed quarantining the first fish in your display right? I would assume you do but I wanted to make sure.
  18. J

    Help finding a Build Tread

    Yes! Thanks tike. NC2WA I'm sorry about the confusion. What I meant to say is 18 inches tall by 18 inches wide by 10 or so feet long. But thanks to tike who found the thread for me the actual dimensions the builder has is: 141.625x15.5x16.5 Thanks again guys and sorry about the confusion on...
  19. J

    Help finding a Build Tread

    NC2WA: I did thanks for the correction.
  20. J

    Help finding a Build Tread

    I did search, couldn't find anything. I know its not a nano. I said Nano-like :) . The builder said he loved nano's but wanted a bigger tank so he built an 18" x 18" tank on a half wall in his basement. When I found it I read it all the way through and it was one of those long threads. He was...
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