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Over the weekend, I tackled a relatively small project that turned into an exhausting task. The copper pipe that comes up out of the slab foundation feeds the water heater, and it had to be relocated. To do so, I had to cut out the concrete around those pipes, which allows for the necessary alterations that get the water heater completely out of the way once and for all (I hope!).

I rented a concrete cutting saw, and walled off the fishroom from the living room.

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This message is directed at melev but if anyone else knows great.

I am building an over flow box from his design here http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/overflow.html

so the siphon hose from the top will go to my maxi jet 900 that will be in the tank, now from my understanding of how it works the maxi jet will pull the air out of the enclosed area to create a siphon and cause the water to flow into and through the over flow box.

My question is that once the ...

So I got the go ahead from the woman to sell the Fluval G6!
Was an awesome gift but just doesnt fit in with my design. So I listed it on ebay, will see how it goes!

On the list of things to buy with that cash.

t5 Lights, probably the oddyssea pro unit
pumps, probably a mag 9.5 or equivalent and something smaller for mixing saltwater and such.
power strips and timers
plumbing
test kit
more salt
and the stuff to build my ...

I have decided to abandon the Oceanic Salt that I have been using since my 150g tank has been set up. I have found that the calcium levels are just too high for my tastes. It is staying up at around 460-470ppm, even with my calcium reactor turned down to bare minimum drip and bubble count. Oceanic is known to have high calcium levels, so to bring it down I am switching to a new salt that has come onto the market in the last year. It is Seachems AquaVitro Salinity. The unique thing about their ...

So my efforts to clean reflectors are futile, there is tons of pitting and it aint worth it.

So looking at buying new reflectors is gonna cost me about $60+

I would much rather just buy a new set. The one I want is $460 and I dont have that cash.

So I was looking at http://cgi.ebay.com/48-4-ft-T5-Light...item45f536dbb6

Is this going to be enough light? I was thinking ...