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Milk Crates Milk crates (sold at wal-mart for $1 or "found" behind grocery stores) make great bases for live rock. Flip them up side down and pile rock up and over them. It makes it look like you used 3 times the amount of rock in your aquarium, plus makes a safe area for critters and smaller...

Well, maybe not exactly trash but stuff that you normally wouldn't think of using in a reef tank. We all know that "egg crate" which is a lighting cover works in an aquarium as shelving. But I've made overflows using pvc electrical boxes (works great!) and split acrylic tanks in half to...

weird you are weird (in a good way!)... :lol:

posts someone please explain to me how to post pics?

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Nano tank rock wall

DIY LR your wish is my command!

moonlights Menards (home depot/lowes?) sells a 6 foot string of blue lights for $4. This is what I use for moonlights. If too bright (mine is above the reflector for the main lights so is only reflected light in tank) you could dim them.

MH Thanks for the input, I've designed my canopy to accomodate about 7 inches from top of tank. There are also two 65w PC 50/50 lights that will run 9 hours a day, the metal halide will only run 7 hours. The moonlights will run 24/7 just to save $10 on a timer!

DIY Live rock, currently my favorite thing to do. So for the first post I'm going to tell you how to make some rock for your tank. It can be used for aquascaping or as frag plugs. If you're really creative you can make your rocks to accept plugs so that those pesky turbos won't knock over...

How far from the water should I put my Metal Halide? I'm getting a 250w for my 24g. The tank measures 24"widex13"deepx18"high. Although I'd rather have a different wattage, the 250 is what I ordered.