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I bought another skunk cleaner yesterday because my first one died after an hour in my tank (1.5 months ago). I started my drip acclimate and after 20min I dumped 1/2 of the water. I went in after an hour to check on the water level and the shrimp was on its side. I scooped him up and placed him...

Here is a link that someone posted on a board awhile back. Not sure whose site it is... http://crayfish.nu/gallery/view_album.p ... zoofraggen

Nice looking tank. I am looking at getting one of those HOT filters at the first of the year. Do you know what the gph is on it?

How would you acclimate any corals for a tank that small? Sorry for the noobish question but I am thinking about setting up a 5g reef only tank and have been trying to figure this out.

Does this count?

Thanks DJ... The big gun is fine as long as you can control it. I like the pencil style just because they are more accurate and I solder boards on occassion and need a nice tiny point. It's a matter of personal choice. I plan on eventually doing a DIY topoff but I haven't choosen a float...

One tip on soldering. Push the wire through the circuit board hole and fold it over making an "L" shape however far out you want the LED to be from the board. Then put some solder on the tip of the soldering gun and then with one hand pull the led a little so that the L is against where you...

Age: 26 Occupation: Mechanical Design Engineer/ Wedding & Family Photographer I will add more later when I am not so tired

Yeah those cameras are close to $1k. My wife and I both have 1 for our photography business.

I am using the Canon Digital Rebel. It also helps that I am a photographer as well, I know I cheat...lol I used my 75mm-300mm zoom lens and a tripod to keep it from blurring with a slow shutter speed. If anyone is interested... http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/contro ... delid=9430

My setup costed me less than $10. Here is a list of what I used. 4- 3mm blue LED's = $2.00 (lsdiodes.com) 2"x3" project box = $2.29 (RadioShack cat#270-1801) Powersupply = free (came with MS Sidewinder Forcefeedback Joystick, most 5vdc or 12vdc powersupplies can be found for ~$5)...

1. What is the major difference between a 3mm and 5mm (more light? Last longer??). The difference is just the size. Depending on your application you may need a smaller or larger light. 2. What made you chose 5900 mcd (and what is mdc?!) and not the smaller or bigger numbers? MCD is an...

I know many of these have been posted before but I wanted to get these into 1 thread and keep a log of the progress. Started tank in early Nov '04. So far I have: Fish & Inverts: 3 Astrea Snails 4 Nassarius Snails 2 Blue-Legged Hermit Crabs 1 Orange Diamond Goby 2 Perca Clowns...

Almost all LED's are 1w and they shouldn't cost you $10/ea. I got mine for $.45/ea at lsdiodes.com That's an interesting idea on a reflector.

Thanks...that bud wasn't the 'freebie'. I found about 3 on the underside of the rock that it came on along with 3 featherdusters...hehe Those 3 are mostly white right now and pretty small. I have found that my nass. snails are either reproducing or i picked up some baby hitchhikers. I found...

You have to watch which zip ties you use. Many of the larger ones have a very small piece of metal that catches the grooves and it will more than likely start to rust under saltwater conditions. This could theoretically cause some issues. Just my engineering side talking...carry on

I made one from 4 blue 3mm leds from LSDiodes.com They are 5900mcd brightness (won't find any at Radio Shack that bright). I mounted them on a printed circuit board and soldered them all in series and added a 150ohm resistor before the leds for protection. Leds won't burn out in 6 months...

Here are some new photos. I rearranged some of the rocks for the clowns to hid under.

I will have some pics up tomorrow night or Sunday as we have a wedding to photograph this weekend and batteries are charning and CF cards are formatted.

I received the lights today and boy do they make a difference. I spotted a few ricordia buds that I couldn't see with my other lights. The actinic lights are amazingly blue. I give the lights 2 thumbs up... :buttrock: :gunner: :thumb: :thumb: