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I think that all these people that complain about bowfronts distorting the view, have never even seen one. My 72 bow has no distortion at all.

Is the tank glass or acrylic?

If the brass screws don't contact the water, nothing can leach from them.

The sockets won't work either. HID sockets only accept HID lamps. They don't want you replacing the lamps with anything other than what they were intended for.

Halogen lights do not use a ballast. They are basically incandescent lights.

I can't imagine a 6" piece of wood around the bottom of the tank looking good either, even if you could get it to match the stand. I like tall tanks. I'm not going to waste 6" of height just for sand. Like I said, IMO, it's just not worth the trouble.

Without taking sides on which works better, deep or shallow sand beds, there's one other factor that must be considered. Deep sand beds look like crap when viewing the tank from the front or sides. Algae grows between the sand and glass. Filth collects in the viewing area, and greatly...

While everything you're saying about an RO releasing water with high tds levels is true, I find it hard to believe that this is the only reason for your algae problem. A lot of people have their top off system designed like yours, without any problems. You may want to rethink the over feeding...

What makes you think it was food poisoning?

Required glass thickness is a function of tank depth. Up to 14" deep use double thick window glass. From 14" to 18" use 1/4" (6 ml) plate glass. From 18" to 22" use 3/8" (10 ml) plate glass. From 22" to 30" use 1/2" (13 ml) plate glass. Bob

Just plumb in a bypass so some of the water from the output of the pump returns back to the intake side of the pump. Use a gate valve so you can adjust the flow.

Calcium will not dissolve in hot water. It must be relatively cold for best results.

Personally, I think they look horrible. I would never have one in my tank in the living room where all my guests can see it. Any benefits from a DSB are completely offset when they start growing algae between it and the glass, and destroy the looks of the tank. I do have a DSB in my tank in...

Can a 150 watt iwasaki be run on a 175 watt m57/h39 ballast?

I wasn't aware that Iwasaki made a 10,000K bulb...