Recent content by Jerib

The tank looks great. If its still available when you return I'd love to have it. Enjoy your vacation and lets talk when you return, you picked a great time to be out of the city.

Wow thats awesome. I just got a 55 from Max Reef Aquatics but it needs to be plugged since it was part of there setup at the store. Perhaps it would make more sense to simply move up in size to eliminate the need to patch it, given the chance I'd be taking with leaks over time. It's crazy right...

Hey Ritchie, I actually have no idea what type of lighting system I am going to use. The last full-blown reef tank I had setup was several years ago. For this 55Gal. system I used four 96 Watt 50/50 actinic fluorescents and one 36" metal halide. I'd be lucky if I could do something like that...

Hey Widdy I am truly in need of everything. I actually had my entire staff apply for the Pets in the Classroom Grant which we received so we'll be heading to PetSmart to get some basic hardware. I may use the grant monies, which isn't much, to get things like 55 Gal. tank stands, substrate and a...

Hey MeanGreenEyes and Widdy, thanks for the positive replies. MeanGreenEyes, I would be happy to come and pick up any frags for the reef tank, plants and tank substrate. If in fact you do want to get rid of the canister filter that would be awesome. As of last night I plan on setting up a 55 Gal...

Greetings, I am new to Manhattan Reefs and thought I'd introduce myself. I wish the circumstances and timing were better as I know many of your are dealing with post Sandy power outages in and around the NYC metro area. I am currently in the process of setting up a reef tank in my school...