Well with summer coming to an end, and fall is in the air, I decided to spend the afternoon cleaning out my skimmer, and refilling my calcium reactor. To do this I have to take them offline and remove them from the sump area. This makes it very easy to do some much needed cleaning, and vacuuming up all the dust,salt creep, and misc stuff when the equipment is out. The front of my cabinet comes off so it makes it very easy to remove the equipment. ...
Updated 09-15-2011 at 10:56 PM by melev
just a little walk though of the coral since I can seem to take very good pics
Updated 09-15-2011 at 09:22 PM by DJ in WV
This is what was shown Saturday night at the gala in Des Moines.
Updated 09-15-2011 at 04:04 PM by melev
My wife's cousin joined the military a few years ago and left his aquarium for his parents to care for. However, his parents wanted nothing to do with taking care of it. Soooo... when I heard that I could acquire a 125 gallon tank, stand, sump, skimmer, powerheads, and lighting for free; I jumped on the opportunity! All I had to do was rent a trailer, break it down, and transport 2 hours to my house. It was July and the hottest day of the year. Luckily, I didn't have to carry stuff ...
Updated 09-16-2011 at 09:45 AM by saxerphoner
Well I sat down with my receipts and came up with the cost so far for this build. I have spent more money then absolutely necessary, but I wanted to experiment with some things, I had to buy some tools, and I bought some items in bulk because I know I will be building more of these. So I am just basically going to give you the break down of all the things I have used on this project. Tools: Soldering Iron Adjustable from 20W to 50W $20.99 Radioshack Electrical Pliers ...