Recent content by dkedrowitsch

Actually just this weekend I plunked down $200 for about 40lbs of live rock. Beutiful looking rock, lots of coraline algae, fully cured under plenty of MH light. Got it from Todd at Something Fishy, about 40 minutes from me. He sells livestock and rock to Champion Lighting and some other big...

Never. Since I put it in this sump a few weeks ago, the water level remains constant and the skimmer _never_ needs tinkering. I have seen many skimmers and this one skims of the blackest crud I have ever seen. Not brown, black water/chunks/mud. I have the pump flow turned all the way up...

Point taken about the plumbing after the trap. I'd have to look to make sure but I'm pretty sure it's a seperate piece too. I do know the drain is all chrome pipe down there and I think I remember seeing it connect to a larger piece of PVC coming out of the wall. Cool, thanks for the...

Saddle Piercing valve! Yup, that's what it was called. I forgot the drain bracket but, yes, that is needed too. Do those connect before or after the trap? I'm guessing after incase the trap gets clogged I don't get sink gunk down into the RO membrane... Correct? EDIT: Any idea what the...

SnoopDog: You'd be suprised how easy acrylic is to work with! I know I was. But, if you saw it up close you'd see my joints are not as pretty as they look in the pictures. I should have sanded after cutting... Still, it holds water!

Ahh, great! Been watching my email for a reply... :) *Anxious* I will be tapping it into 1/2" rigid copper. So one of those clamp on doo-hickeys that pierce the copper pipe and become a valve will be my hookup of choice. Hey, how do these things mount? I will probably have to build a...

As suggested, I added a union to the plumbing where the pump connects and glued it all together...so no more possible geysers under my tank! I don't have any 1" hardware so it's going to stay 3/4 for now. The 3/4 union had a TINY hole for the flow but the O ring is about as big as the OD of...

I just called, friendly guy who knew what he was talking about. Same price in the store as on the web. AND, they have been fully cured and are ready to use. If I fill some buckets with saltwater and pop lids on them, I should be able to transport the rock safe and sound to my house and plop...

Here is the Reef place that is not too far from me. Champion Lighting reccomends them on their page, so they must be half decent. Anyone use them before? This is a link to their online store, directly to the live rock section. Does this pricing look fair...

Well, I'm a network administrator so I spend all day infront of a PC. Every spare minute I get I browse messages boards, skim through the marine/reef news groups, read up on personal web sites, etc...anything I can do to learn more. Plus I've had some really nice FW planted aquariums for the...

Did you follow the link in my previous responce to your post? IMO, its the best way to fit so much in a small space. Holding a skimmer, skimmer pump, mag 9.5, 802 powerhead, 10 gal fuge, bubble trap, 250w Ebo heater, and LOTS of room plenty of LR rubble, carbon, whatever....AND 45 gallons of...

Oh I'd never though any uncured rock in here! :) I will be curing it in a trash can in the living room next to the tank. I live in an apartment so space is limited. HEHE I only paid $8 because I was in a pinch and it was fully cured and growing polyps in the LFSs display reef. That Fish...

Pictures? Here you go! These were taken over a week ago after changing from 175W MH 5500K Venture bulbs to some "German" That Fish Place brand 10000K bulbs. They were very blue at first and have whitened up a bit since then and look better. I also had a cyano outbreak from adding my sump...

My tank has been setup for about 2.5 months now. It seems stable and my current residence seem to be happy. Here are the specs: 75 gallon AGA tank Matching AGA stand CPR 800 GPH overflow Home made acrylic sump/fuge approx 20-25 gal sump & 10 gal fuge operating volume. Holds about 45 gal when...

DaisyPolyp: Right! And, if you look at my origonal post that started this thread, that was the whole reason for me posting. :) I bought That Fish Place branded 10,000K bulbs expecting a bright white/slight blue bulb. Instead I got what looked to me like a 20,000K bulb that when added to my...