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... a delivery truck with 10 guys is going to show up with the 400g, bring it inside and put it on the stand. Marineland's email today wanted to coordinate the delivery date, which will be Thursday the 5th or Friday the 6th. I have to say, not having to lift it up on the stand with a bunch of friends' help sounds fantastic.


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September will be a busy month moving all ...

For about a year, I've wanted a waste collector for the protein skimmer. You may recall a blog where I was testing a float valve in the skimmer's collection cup to disable one pump and stop it from overflowing. It was one of those projects that got tabled as more important things came up, but each time I had to wipe down everything to erase the mess, I'd remember why I wanted to do this conversion.

At the DFWMAS Frag Swap yesterday, I stumbled upon a brand new waste collector for ...

You think you like macro shots of acans? How about microscope pictures in full color AND in 3D of the actual living animal?? This is incredible technology, and this PBS special includes thoughts from a few scientists / marine biologists about how it has changed their world.

That famous line from the appropriately named "The Money Pit" movie comes to mind.

But after MACNA, I'll be getting my 400g back into the house at last. Here are some pictures from the water test that I received today.

This time the tank has Starphire glass on all three sides, the overflow box has the black trim wrapped around it completely, ...

About a year ago, Apex released their beta Dashboard firmware. A friend of mine installed it instantly and raved about it, but I held off. Beta means it was still in the testing phase, and I didn't know what may or may not happen with it installed. My tank already has a number of areas where things could potentially go wrong (power outage, tornado, house falling in) so why add computer error to the mix?

First of all, here's the old look I've been looking at for two years. ...