Recent content by Colin

I found a nice option at Menards, they have smaller 4g square size buckets with matching lids. Drill a hole in the lid for the tubing and wires, worked like a charm for a small footprint

Awesome nano, looks great and happy

In Schaumburg there is a lot to do around Woodfield. Pacman arcade and Gamestop are close to each other. A few good restaurants (Big Bowl, Webber Grill, Wildfire). If you're up for a little drive I like the Arboretum area in South Bareington. Pinstripes is there as is an Ipic movie theater and...

Just got my IM 30L tank setup this weekend, moved over everything from my 16g Biocube. Here's the hardware: Innovative Marine 30L AIO with APS Aluminum Stand Lighting: AI Prime HD with 12” Flex Mounts (x2) Dmitry Tumanov setting Replacement Pump: Sicce 2.0 (568/gph) Additional In Tank...

Yeah, none of the rock is moving, I was more thinking of how to get the corals moved over. Frag, dip, put in new tank is my current thought.

So here is my dilemma. Current tank is a nano, Biocube 16g. Just got an IM 30L going this week and everything will be moved over there once it's ready. Have had some aptasia in the Biocube, it's annoying but I can usually nuke them easy enough. Got a monti frag a couple months ago and...

I have the 16g. It's a nice tank, the led lights are a huge upgrade over the old CF lights. I have Digi's and Birdsnest up high so it can handle some SPS. I would say go bigger. I was similar to you, had a 28g nanotube back in the day, got this tank when I got back in the hobby and already am...

Some of the ads placement is a bit much...

So I bought an Onyx Clown from a LFS. Smaller guy but I didn't think anything of it and fed him like crazy. His poop was always stringy which, I found out later, is a sign of parasites. Had him for over 3 weeks, outside of the poop and thin build no issues. One day he took a turn, kept...

Slick changes!

Just got my first Monti Cap. It's currently on a plug but once I pop it off is super glue gel or epoxy best to mount caps? Thanks

After getting out of the hobby 10 years ago the itch returned. Wanted to do an easy build and nano's are my thing (Used to have a 28g Nanocube Metal Halide tank) so I picked up a 16g Biocube. Luckily I live about 10 min from Seven Seas in Mt Prospect, I have been in there enough recently that...