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I know your post was sarcastic and meant in fun, but there is a good reason for the decision on the thread content. The "I'll bring these if anyone's interested or you could buy them outright" posts used to dominate these threads every month. It didn't serve a purpose as we have a for sale...

There are a couple of threads selling lava rock in the for sale forum, including mine :), if you want to go that way.

There's a place in Montgomery Co., MD that deals in acrylic. Not sure where or the name, but they are there. When I was doing a reef tank, I bought a skimmer that someone made for me and I'm sure he got his materials in MD. Sorry to not have more info, but keep looking...

Why do you glue it?

First check photos of Opthalmotilapia Boops Nkondwe/Kipili fry.

Thank you! Did some searches and couldn't find it.

That's pretty slick. I wonder with all the technology whether it creates more potential fail points. Nice to not have to do manual changes. I'd take the risk. :) Something to keep in mind with drip change systems is that it takes more water to effectively reduce the same percentage of...

To get the flow rate you only need a very small pump or powerhead. Most of those have an adjustment. As Reel said, you'd need a flow meter to be sure you were dialed in correctly. I had great success using a UV on a salt water tank. It would eradicate saltwater ich overnight or in really bad...

Try contacting Supreme. Their customer service was responsive when I was asking questions about using valves to cut back the output. Oh, and Tony, when you dial it back, you are using less electricity with the mag pumps. Maybe not as much savings as a smaller pump, but it is consuming less...

Thanks guys! Lots of ideas over the years, and like most DIY projects I can't take credit for thinking of them, just making them work in my space. I am very happy with how it turned out.

Thanks! Probably 35 minutes each week to change water in all but the big tank. I'll usually do that one on a weekday evening while watching tv next door. Feed the fish in the morning/evening and then maybe an hour or two each week just looking in the tanks. The good thing is that I'm only...

Thanks! The lights are all tank lights, well sort of. You can see that the ceiling light is off. I had several extra 48" twin flourescent fixtures after the basement remodel. I added 3 prong plugs to them and mounted one on the ceiling over the 125g and one inside the stand of the 125/75 to...

Thanks Jose! Thank you also for transporting that air pump from VA. Love it. Super quiet and strong.

I like the Dryloc. I used a long nap roller so it's got a rough texture. I used it in the fishroom, the storage room and under the carpet in the tv room we finished for the kids as a dust barrier. You could probably mix in some sand, but I didn't bother. I always get the open/closed loop...

Thanks guys! PS - I did remove all of the buckets, fish food, nets, supplements so the room wouldn't look cluttered in the photographs. ;) It all has a place, but in photos, not so cool. :lol:

Also, here's a link to a thread I put in the lounge showing the rest of the basement The Man Cave.

Thanks Bro! I'm not a good photographer and that foai is impossible to shoot. You should see him in person. The vents in the drain just allow air to get in there. I think it helps to keep the water moving and not clog, get stagnant, etc. There aren't any moving parts. Just a vent.

So that's about it. No great pics, but the 75g under the breeder has growout cyatho foai green marble, 12 growout enantiopus kilesa and paracyps. The 210g has cyp utinta, lamp ocelatus and opthalmotilapia boops nkondwe. The 15 has a trio of julie transcriptus kissi pemba and the 20 has some...

The 75 under the 125 has cyprichromis specklebacks, lamp stappersi and growing out cyathopharynx foai sibwesa.

The top 40br has my alto comp goldheads