Recent content by CareyMarie

Wow! Thanks all for the input! Keep it coming at me!! So what is the very best skimmer I can get for my 135 that is not to terribly spendy? I love to design new systems, that is why I have so many tanks. So I was thinking that if I go the two step route, than to get from the first to the...

Yep, deep sand bed. Do you think my idea is over kill?

I thought you'd say the 75 should be the sump, but I will be sad taking it down, it has been up forever and has some really nice corals in it. My new tank will be a mixed reef, maybe a clam too, never tried them. I do have some small hitchers that have done well so maybe I'll get lucky with a...

Well, to start with my 75 gallon has a berlin system, my 55 has a plenum, the other has modified Berlin, and the 30's have a canister and a hang on filter. So, I wonder if I should make a 55 into a sump, or my 75 into a sump, or a 30 into a sump. That is the first of my questions. Next, I was...

Hey all. Last time I was on here, I talked my hubby into building me a 220 galllon. Well, he didn't and we settled on a 135 gallon all glass. So, now where is the forum on big tanks? Now that I have it, I am just staring at it and need some help getting started. Thanks!

Aquadude, To me it is relaxing messing with my tanks. I think of it as therapy, I am a nurse in a teaching facility. The kids and I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what we have in each tank, you know hitch hikers. I think I may go ahead and buy a bigger tank instead of building one...

Aquadude, Honestly I do need one that big. I have three 55 gallons, one 75 gallon, two 30 gallon reefs, plus my hospital tank and refugum. My kids have two fresh water tanks, too. I want to put all of my stuff in one big tank and sell the others. Well, I may keep just one and the kids can keep...

Fl seagull Thanks for the links. I got the idea for my big tank from GARF. Carey

Also, I love the rolling chair idea. Great idea!

Thank you Acrylics! I have found a glass man who said he will sell me laminated glass, for $425. Do you think that is a fair price? He also said it can't break. I know that things would get really really ugly if it broke!!! Scares me to death!! My LFS's can't get tanks bigger than 180...

Hello! I have finally talked my husband into making me a custom reef tank! It will be 10 feet long, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep. I am wondering about the glass. What type can I use? How about thickness? Anybody have suggestions on construction? Hmm, I wonder if this one will be the last...