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  1. Another testimonial for "pegging" method of mounting frags

    I just upgraded to a bigger tank over the summer, and when looking into building my new aquascape Marc had mentioned that I should look up "pegging" and sent me a link. In a nutshell, you drill small holes all over your rock and mount your frags on rigid airline tubing pieces about an inch long. Drop the frag in one of your rock holes, and you're done. You can easily move them around all you want until they encrust over the connection. I decided to give this a try and loved the flexibility ...
  2. Installing a window air vent

    I came across a Holmes Digital Twin Window Fan unit at the local Super Target in a clearance section. The sale price was less than $30 and I figured I could use it in my fish room. If it works then great, but if it didn't I didn't spend a ton of money and it claimed to save $$$ on my electric bill.

    The unit is programmable to turn on automatically when a certain temperature is desired, or you can program a timer to turn on. Both fans are independently controllable to either exhaust ...

    Updated 09-23-2010 at 11:36 AM by MarcG

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    DIY projects
  3. 75 Gal Aquarium & Water Flow

    Hat39406 has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space. So I am posting this message here in response to your question.

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    I am using two Tunze 6045 Nanostreams one mounted on each side of the aquarium. I am using these since the this tank contains contains LPS & Soft corals and they do not like a lot of flow. Hope this helps.

    David
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    Uncategorized
  4. Lesson in RO/DI

    Well basically this starts out with me being out of work and trying to keep a SW tank running, I think most of you can imaging how that goes. So what happened? Lets start with the things I knew. I knew that the RO cartridge was almost at the end of its useful life, I knew that I no longer trusted my TDS meter, I also know that I am silly broke right now but I also know that I go back to work shortly and that brings us to the "what happened". Well I thought that I might be able to stretch ...

    Updated 09-20-2010 at 11:49 PM by melev

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    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry
  5. New Fish Tank any advice

    just got 29 gallon saltwater aquarium

    Updated 09-20-2010 at 11:47 PM by melev

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    Questions - Need some input