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Thanks Francine. I had a lot of fun writing it. Next time, I'll try not to have so much fun and limit it to a few less pages! The most aggravating part was having to go back to the stores to confirm the prices for everything. Lesson learned for next time!

See, now that is a phrase that I just don't understand . . . . [/b] If you're real nice, maybe we'll let you in the club. I'm sorry that until this time, you haven't been up to snuff. Keep trying. :FIREdevil:

In fairness to those of us who keep tangs, because the presentation covers Malawis, Mr. Konings will be answering tang questions first. Thanks for your consideration. :character0272: :happy0158: :jumping0002: :party0003:

Got mine yesterday. My kids were thrilled to see my name in there.

Mike - if the gold head is fair game for free fish ... sign me up. I know you had a big one you were fond of, and I was hoping for a female, so a small one would be better.

I plan to keep posting until I own Mike's fishroom.

I'd do a tall cabinet on one end to conceal the down hoses and return for a sump in a cabinet underneath. You can plumb the return spray bar so that it sits near the water line to get circulation to the opposite end of the tank. Use 1/2" pvc, paint it black or blue with Krylon Fusion paint and...

Who is Francine? Just kidding. Don't want to start a Don't want Pat to think but it may be time to and then . Congrats Francine. . Nice to not use the jumpy girl for everything!

www.aquaticplantcentral.com has a great collection of smilies. I used to express my current state of mind with plants. As much as I like the jumpy girl :jumpy:, we need some smilies. And oh yeah, new members. Keep up the good work, Pat.

Was a great trip. Thanks Julie! And thanks Sarah for picking out my M/F gobies and bristlenoses. Nothing like having a room full of experts to advise on fish purchases! All home safe.

Love to help you out, but unfortunately I can't make the trip. Saturday is my annual rockfish charter on the Bay.

Yay! I am a winner! :jumpy: :jumpy: :jumpy: :jumpy: I keep tangs. One big community tank with not much room and one 40g breeder with juvies and a pair of shellies I got at the last club auction. If I can manage to put the cement on a rock background I am building, I should have another...

That's right. Relatively speaking, drilling the plastic is much easier, but from what I've researched, drilling glass isn't too bad with the proper tools and technique. I'm actually interested in giving it a shot. Now I just have to create a need to do it. :lol: Sounds like with the right...

The expertise is all in the drilling. For plastic or acrylic, it's easy. You can just use a standard holesaw. The difficulty is for people drilling tanks. Thanks to the internet, you can get diamond bits from Asia for less than $20, but how many people are willing to drill their own tanks or...

I was having some problems getting a good seal on my sump using DIY bulkheads. Most of the problem was that I was using storage containers as my sumps and the sides were not exactly vertical, leading to some downward pressure on the bulkhead which caused small gaps. I found a product called...

BTW, sorry for the thread hijack Li. To get back on track, where did you find the quick connects and once disconnected do they seal? Also, how are the bulkheads on the trash can and plastic container? It looks like you've had some water on the basement floor, but haven't we all. :D

Picked up my holesaw set last night from harborfreight. Went to the one in Glen Burnie since it is on my way home. I'll have to make it to exotic aquatics another time. The price on the set was $12.99, but they were running an internet price of $2.99 :o and when I called to see if they had...

Dang. Shows me what I get for surfing before my first cup of coffee. I was looking at a system that had uniseals plumbed into the pvc pipe itself as well as yours and I mistook the bulkheads in your can and plastic tub as uniseals, but I can see now that they are bulkheads. Well, guess I can...

So harborfreight has a set of 5 holesaws for 3 bucks including a 3" one. That's definitely easier than working carefully with my jigsaw. Thanks to Mike for reminding me of the right tool = right job rule. Thanks to Kevin for the suggestion of harborfreight. Thanks to Pat for finding the store...

I'm actually using storage containers (rubbermaid type, though not rubbermaid brand) as sumps. I cut them first with a hole saw, then needed to make the holes bigger with a jigsaw as I changed the size of PVC pipe I was using to connect them. No cracking as I have a high speed orbital jigsaw...