Recent content by Steve canada

I liked what you did Serega this was what I was thinking to do but your still stuck with piling rocks on top of it.It does leave a nice gap underneath for water to flow.The rods would be drilled into every rock.This would make one big solid reef structure.I wanted to do this but didn't have the...

You would be surprised as to how strong these rods are.Dam it I should have realized I use fiberglass rods for the base and not acrylic (stupid me)The white fiberglass rods is what I used for the heavy structure.They are safe to use and they won't break.I used the thinner acrylic rods for...

Yes those are the ones (I am a plumber) used to cut 1 1/2 abs and pvc pipe.The blade is pretty strong.I will buy one.I never use that particular tool for work but I will pick one up for the hobby.Thanks for the tip.

I never tried that I figured it would snap the rod.I have a pex tubing cutter but I don't think the blade would be strong enough.Do you mean the red handle ones with the thicker blade.

I used a grinder and or a hacksaw to cut the rods.Grinder makes more dust.Best tool would be a cut saw with fine teeth.

PVC pipe is good but you have to make sure no matter gets into it because it will just go stagnant.You can get the whits acrylic rods from mcmaster.They come in different thickness so you can use the thinner rods for the top of the structure and the thicker rod for the base.I thought of doing...

If you use acrylic rods and putty it will work well.The rods are pretty strong if you use 5/8 rod it would be strong enough for the base rocks at the bottom of the structure.I am thinking about removing half of the rocks in my tank and buying dry rock and forming a suspended rock structure.I...

The best way to do it is to drill holes in your rock work and use acrylic rods.You can use several rods to support the bottom (of the base rocks) and this way there will be no dead spots in your sand bed.When my buddy dismantled his 1000 gal tank there was a bunch of black looking gunk under...

Well lets see the last thing I wanted was to have a $1500 light fixture get knocked into the tank. I already had 1 ph monitor that was glued yet somehow fell into my sump (bad luck) 1 aquarium controller got knocked over hit the acrylic cover on my sump bounced over and fell into a small open...

I only ran the lights for a short time and took par readings.I bought 4 units but played around with one unit (on my tank) for the most part.I was going to get my welder to build me a light rack.It was more like an arm that would hold 2 fixtures.I wanted him to build me two of them.I would bolt...

I am not advertising for anyone.Just responding to Roobus since I have not been on for sometime.I have not had any problems with reeftech nor do I advertise for them.Maybe you had a problem with the company so take it up with them not me.

Don't get it? Warning about what?

I have not been on the forum for some time.I was going to start my filtration room but I never got around to it since I was waiting for a boost in salary (never got it) and then instead of a reward I got fired as a thank you for my hard work.Oh well that's life. Ok my tank currently has HA and...

My tank is still on stand still.It is starting to get cold here so once the weather turns crap I will spend some much needed time fixing my tank.

You where not happy with the reeftech?Was it your parameters or was it the lights?