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So after taking a look at my aquarium and seeing how cramped the aquascaping looked. I decided that maybe I should go a little bit larger. So the local Pet Smart was having a sale on 20 gallon long aquariums so I decided that would do just nicely. I wanted to space our the rockwork and provide more swimming space for the fish and growth for the coral.


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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 ...

So I may just have been extremely tired but I have been looking for a vendor that sells Deltec Equipment here in the United States and I'm not having much luck. I have some expansion ideas for my aquarium but they are mostly dependent on finding the Deltec equipment. Any thoughts?

Well since I have no fish in my aquarium and won't have any for at least 2 months I decided that I should shift my attention to gathering the rest of the equipment for my aquarium. I don't feed my fish on a daily basis in order to prevent from fouling the water. But I did notice that my sand bed looked a little dirty and I could see areas our the lower perimeter of the live rock that was accumulating waste. One of the things I have learned from the many books that I have read is I need to focus ...