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  1. How Do Bio-Pellets Work?

    In my previous article I briefly went through my personal experience with bio-pellets over the last couple months. In that article I listed off the benefits to use said bio-pellets in our reef systems, and if I knew of any negative side effects at this point I would have listed those as well. Rather than talk about what bio-pellets can do for your tank, I would like to attempt to explain (from my layman's perspective, forgive me I'm not a scientist) how these pellets work and how they are able to ...

    Updated 08-18-2010 at 05:03 PM by melev

    Categories
    Water Chemistry , ‎ Random Thoughts
  2. my version of trido's aptasia burner

    After seeing trido's http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...Aptasia-Burner build i said i was going to make one and i did here is the build pic's
    i put mine in a box and added a gfci cause i fig people would want to borrow and dont want them shocking themselves
    i have only seen 4 aptasia in my tank but now i see none

    without further delay .........


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    Updated 08-18-2010 at 06:36 PM by melev

    Categories
    DIY projects
  3. Next on my To Do list

    Tomorrow I'm getting injections in my spine to hopefully help heal up the damage in my neck and upper back. It's been awful, and you'll hear a bit about that in the next podcast that is long overdue.

    On Thursday, we'll pull the sump out of the fishroom and into the living room. When that is done, it will be replumbed to the vats. The angled tank will be set up on a temporary bridge over the sump, and the LR barrel will be plumbed in as well. I want to get everything tied together. ...
    Categories
    Tank Entry
  4. 245 Gallon Display and Breeding Room Build Plans

    Now the my cousin and I got the 245 gallon reef down stairs. (see http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php/767-Moving-the-new-245-G-with-2-people for details). I can explain what prompted my to do this and some preliminary plans. About a month ago we had our second child and decided to finish the basement. One of the impediments to the project was my current 180G reef, which I planned to build into the wall. The more I thought about it the more I wanted to upgrade. The only rule that I had was ...
    Categories
    Tank Entry , ‎ DIY projects
  5. Why thinking thing through is a good thing!

    by , 08-17-2010 at 01:36 PM (T.I.B.E.T (The Incredibly Big Expensive Tank))
    Last night my other half, Kevin, and I are hanging out in our basement/demo central. We were trying to make a shopping list for the hardware store so that we can finish the fishroom after the delivery of our water change tank. So our shopping list starts piling up and Kevin turns to me and says "where do you want the hole for the fan exhaust?"

    Way back when we had a discussion about removing the window, and bulding a vent box to sit in the frame. I thought we were still ...
    Tags: humidity
    Categories
    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Tank Entry , ‎ DIY projects