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An open letter to the Michigan Wolverines: Dear Blue, Congratulations on your noble and honorable football squad making the Rose Bowl this year to square off against the t.u. As such, it is my request as a Fightin' Texas Aggie and Longhorn rival to ask you to please: Beat the hell outta...

I saw this on the local craigslist: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/ele/51572154.html Basically what he did was to take an APC computer battery backup system and to swap out the small internal batter with a car battery. He claims it'll keep a 50 watt pump operating for 10hrs. Now this is...

So this past weekend I went through the process of bottling my latest beer. Off a recomendation (for something akin to Guiness) I did an Imperial Stout. I have my doubts as to how it'll actually be like Guiness for several reasons. 1, the put skunked guiness in guiness when making it. I did...

Everyone, You may or may not have heard of the new web-browser that is hitting the market today. For those that remember, Netscape was the premier browswer back in '94 until Microsoft started supplying their Internet Explorer packaged with their OS. It was and always has been inferior but...

Nanotank Members and Visitors: Welcome to the second installment of the construction of my reef tank. In "Three Days to Start" ( http://www.nanotank.com/viewtopic.php?t=255 ) we saw the design and construction of my tank, the setbacks, the questions, and the lessons learned. Most noteibly...

Who here has built a top off system that is mechanical and doesn't rely on float switches etc? I'm noticing I'm losing a ton of water in my system and I'm goign to need to stablize my salinity before I start adding living things to my tank. Just looking for cheap solutions to help manage my...

What is ideal water flow in a 'fuge as a gph/volume? I'm thinking of turning my 15gal sump into a 'fuge/planted tank and I was curious as to how much water I should be flowing through it. I know it can't be too vigirous or the 'pods will get dizzy and unhappy. I don't need it to be Hurricane...

Got a question, what is ideal water temp? I live in San Diego and do not have AC, my place so far is varying and I've seen my watertemps vary from 75.6 to 80 within a day. Is this too much of a swing for a reef tank? I was thinking I could just set my heater to 80d and leave it constant for...

Anyone use them anymore?

Here's the deal: I'm going to install an inbox surface skimmer on my new yet to be delievered acrylic tank. I'll then drill the base of the tank so I"ll have out flow directly into my sump. Who's worked with acrylic? I'll have to get a flat piece, notch the top to skim and then heat up...

Conn, You should add some calculators, both to determine # lbs required of live sand @ a specified depth and footprint. Plus generic calculators to find volume of tanks etc... I was about to do some calculations and now I realize I have to go to another site to get those. One stop shopping!

Hey folks, got a question for you. I've got a 30-35gal tank (for more info check under Phischy's Project in the 20gal section) and the ballast I have is a sea clear power compact 2x 55watts. I plan on setting up a reef tank however I do not intend to house the harder to keep species. Both...

I'm thinking of doing a manifold for water movement in my tank, my one question is will the glue for either type of plastic posion the water? Obviously it'll be dry before I put it in and the tank is currently empty. I'm just toying with the idea of how to manage my water flow. I'll have a...

After waiting months and months and months and months and months it's finally going to start. Pop's Worthington of Wally's Workshop has completed my custom stand to my spec's and will be driving from Houston to San Diego starting tonight. He'll be delievering alot of other furniture but the...

It sure is quiet now that the Connman is out snorkeling in Central America. From his one post it sounds like he's having fun down there. I went snorkling in La Jolla Cove on Saturday, not a whole lot to see down there, too bad I don't live in Hawaii! Not enough variety here and it certainly...

Hey *itch* folks, I'm an avid mtn biker and on Monday morning I was up in San Juan Capistrano on a new trail. Short story is, I took *scratch itch* a sharp dogleg left turn too fast *scratch scratch* and my line was too wide, to avoid smacking headfirst into a tree I had to bail. I landed in...

Ok, I just spent the last 3 days moving and after 9 years of roommates, I"ve finally got myself a 1bdr apt. Hoo-yah, I can finally walk around in my boxers and not give a shit. Couple of problems with the place, I've got big furniture and so finding a place for the tank is an issue. The...

i don't know how many people use it but www.craigslist.org is a great place to sell stuff locally. It seems to be used more on the west coast (started in San Fransisco) and the east coast but you can find all sorts of crazy stuff for sale here. It just a list posting so it's low key but...

Anyone out there have a diagram for the proper structural support for a free standing stand? It'll be supporting my 35gal and I'm also looking for hood designs as well. I'm counting down to the establishment of my tank. Thanks e

I've bought several items from this webstore. My family has too and no-one has a problem with service. In fact, I recieved a few extra items at christmas time and they said they'd restock them months later, even though it's against their story policy. I have not bought live or perishable...