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  1. r00onmac

    DIY 20.8 gallon cube...

    yea, in the end of the sawing i got impatient and cracked some corners off... but ultimately i was able to arrange those towards the back of the tank and as you will see in later pictures its on the overhang area so it will never see water...
  2. r00onmac

    6 gallon Tru Vu evolution...

    anything new mike?
  3. r00onmac

    DIY 20.8 gallon cube...

    now for the continuation.... here is the pic of the bottom that i made last night it is the two regular bottoms from a 10, with two of the 10x16" sides siliconed across the seam... last night i also attached the black rim all the way around the top and siliconed it on,,, as well as...
  4. r00onmac

    DIY 20.8 gallon cube...

    decided i needed something bigger for my clowns, and i love the idea of having a cube shaped tank but didnt like any of the ones available and really didnt want to spend any money if i could... basically the design is a 20x20x12h which comes out to 20.8 gallons.. i have the whole idea and...
  5. r00onmac

    12g NANO LIGHT UPGRADE (70w vrs 150w this time) 05.04.06

    i have 150 watts over my 5 gallon and my previously brown/gray zoas have developed a blue and green center with green skirts... colors i NEVER saw when i had 36watts of pc...
  6. r00onmac

    Cycle question

    are u using a swing arm hydrometer? those things are very unreliable unless you clean them regularly... and even if you do they arent so great.... that could account for the difference..
  7. r00onmac

    hydrometers...

    now i have the same one and i clean it regularly to keep the build up minimal... but those swing arm hydrometers are notoriously inaccurate even if perfectly clean... apparently if you get like 6 of them fresh out of the box you will most likely get 3 different readings...refractometer coming...
  8. r00onmac

    Florida Keys Reef Tract

    the fourth pic is blue atlantic tang.... they look almost identicle to the yellow ones but they are a deep blue... definately something i will collect when i setup a bigger tank...
  9. r00onmac

    Photos you would have submitted to the current contest...

    Just want to see some photos you would have submitted if you had the guts, or a better camera, or the time... etc... ill start... just needs a little shrinking to reach the required 800x600 Who's next?
  10. r00onmac

    Florida Keys Reef Tract

    you know i was just east of that (maybe 500 yards) during my 1st qualification dive for my scuba.... 6 foot seas, and when i was down 35 feet doing skills i would shift almost 10 feet each way with the waves lol... glad to see things were clearer for you...
  11. r00onmac

    Upgrade for My 6g Nano?

    same length yes.. but 2x as wide... its 2 of the 1x18 bulbs that you are looking at... honestly, i would save myself the hassle and just get the 1x18 because we know it will fit... besides you wont feel as bad later ripping it out to put a MH in there when you get bit by the SPS bug...j/k
  12. r00onmac

    April Photo Contest - Vote for the winner

    we need to have more of these competitions... and i need to get a better camera so i can enter... good luck to all of you who entered
  13. r00onmac

    Skirtless Zoanthids

    ive just counted again and when i got my branch about 4 months ago there were 6 zoas... now over 24.... tripled in that time... that means in 4 months ill have close to 100 spreading all over that side of the tank...
  14. r00onmac

    suggestions for a new camera

    i have a canon sd100 and while that is ancient the digital elph line is still around... but now its up to like the 550 or something like that... takes some of the best pictures ive seen from any point and shoot and its nice and small... mine is actually huge compared to the newer ones im sure...
  15. r00onmac

    Cleaner Shrimp Behavior

    i lost two like that... my problem was SG... at the time i didnt have a test and it was over 1.030... changes in salinity can kill them quick, so maybe you should ask the store what they keep theirs at because if you keep yours at say the low end of 1.023 and they keep theres at the high end say...
  16. r00onmac

    April Contest - enter your best macro or close-up photo

    good to see a contest up... lets keep this up and make it into a trend... now to get a better macro camera...lol
  17. r00onmac

    Lighting Concerns

    i have a 150watt DE MH over my 5.5 gallon AGA.... no problems yet.. my mushrooms are more colorful and growing faster than ever... i see a new zoo head coming out weekly, and my torch has doubled in size...
  18. r00onmac

    72 Oceanic Reef Ready Bow Front Evolution...

    hows that blue carpet doing mike? i know they are notorious for making random fish disappear, just wondering how your luck has been...
  19. r00onmac

    cycling question

    never change the water during the cycle.. wait until amonia, nitrite, and nitrate are zero.. if amonia and nitrite reach zero and nitrates are not zero but low you can do a water change then (at the end of your cycle) to remove the nitrates...
  20. r00onmac

    My first tank

    ed, looks like a regular true perc to me... at the age where they have their third stripe that developed it would be much more black than that if it were onyx... the third stripe developes between 8-12 months and they are usually done with all their black by 16 months...
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