Tank Entry

Here's a picture from tonight's efforts.

The 215g reef's days are numbers now that the 400g is here. I took a couple of pictures to share.

Friday September 6 2013 at 10:00 a.m., I was ready and waiting by the door for a big truck bearing my 400g replacement reef aquarium. The tank was due to arrive within moments along with 10 guys hired to bring it inside and onto the stand, courtesy of Marineland. I took the front door off the hinges, removed the hardware that pulls the storm door shut, and moved the framed photographs off the wall that the tank would pass beneath.

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... a delivery truck with 10 guys is going to show up with the 400g, bring it inside and put it on the stand. Marineland's email today wanted to coordinate the delivery date, which will be Thursday the 5th or Friday the 6th. I have to say, not having to lift it up on the stand with a bunch of friends' help sounds fantastic.


Image swiped from Google Images

September will be a busy month moving all ...

For about a year, I've wanted a waste collector for the protein skimmer. You may recall a blog where I was testing a float valve in the skimmer's collection cup to disable one pump and stop it from overflowing. It was one of those projects that got tabled as more important things came up, but each time I had to wipe down everything to erase the mess, I'd remember why I wanted to do this conversion.

At the DFWMAS Frag Swap yesterday, I stumbled upon a brand new waste collector for ...