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thanks! I'm excited about the challenges that come with. This is one of my hesitations with anthias, as nice as they are they're difficult longterm alongside chromis (with the exception of the one or two "i've had 6 chromis for 5 years"). Two other options are firefish, and banghaii cardinals...

What if you just put the mesh under the lid? I had a midas blenny jump out of an opening similar to that and I found it dried between the mesh and the lid

The biggest cost is the valves but they're worth it in the end. If you're running a dc pump, which you are with the jebao, you can get away without using the gate valve on the return. If you're running a durso drain and not a bean animal or a herbie, you DO NOT want a gate valve on your drain...

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3d glasses are polarized

Easiest way to get polarized glasses is 3d ones from movie theaters or older 3d tvs

Build flat, then shim. That's a pretty wide gap though so you're going to want a lot of supports between front and back of tank in your frame

It's time to talk about the... stocking list So here's what I have in mind, I'll obviously add them in waves and qt everything for 6 weeks Must haves (per family requests): -Gem tang (fathers favorite) -Mystery wrasse (father's favorite) -Desjardini sailfin tang (mothers favorite fish) -One...

Good question! So my reason for going schedule 80 was that I liked the stability that the thicker pipes gave to my build. My previous tank ran schedule 40, and it felt a lot flimsier, it would shake more than the current build does, regardless of how i secured it. In addition to that, the...

I got all of my plumbing from Bulk Reef Supply, I liked the fact that they had absolutely everything I needed, and in schedule 80. It's impossible to find schedule 80, the local Home depot and Ace don't have it and menards only has the basic fittings like connectors and elbows. I drew up a plan...

In my previous tank I used painted and bent conduit to mount the radions. This build provided a different challenge, I wanted something that hit all of the following points Ease of Access into the tank I wanted a light setup that allowed me to be able to move around in the tank should I need...

You can always drill it, or ask around for an LFS to do it for you. But yes, it's usually worth it to have a sump and everything hidden

After aqua scaping, Plumbing has to be one of my favorite parts of a reef tank. It's like I used the reverse check valve in order to cut the siphon for the pump turning off and keep the sump from leaking I used this as an instruction, but modified it slightly in order to fit my design. I...

I gave all of the old equipment a citric acid bath, I love how clean everything came out! I also wanted to start clean. I took all of my rock an gave it double the acid baths. Following this they stayed in a Rubbermaid tub with circulation for a few weeks to let everything seed, I tested the...

when our house was first made, half of the houses outlets were added to the same circuit breaker. This includes the kitchen, living room, bedroom, and the family room where the tank is. this means that the circuit breaker would flip about once a week. If we used the microwave, toaster, or...

Day finally came to take down the tank. It's always a bit emotional to see a tank you've been running and caring for for the last 8 years empty, but it was exciting knowing what was coming! All of the fish went into a 100 gallon Rubbermaid trough, i made a small plywood mount for lighting and...

1. Visualize yourself taking apart the plumbing down the road. Wherever you feel like you'll have to cut, add a union. In addition to that before and after sensors or valves. Don't use the white PVC valves, use true union ball valves. The true union ball valves. The white pvc ball valves are...

legs and head make me think bobbit/eunice

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