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Well the tank is full with water and a 3" sandbed, now comes the painfull waiting period I will post a pic if you want to see a tank with just sand and water lol dont know why i had to post this, but the wife is not home and i had to tell someone okay first problem as well, i didnt have enough salt my SG is only 1.016 is this a mojor issue or do i have to run into the city tommorow and buy more salt? or can it wait till the weekend? when should i look at throwing ain a chunk of LR and some live sand to help cycle? sorry for all the questons, just learning alot more now that i have taken the plunge lol thx

Greets all, i resealed a leaky tank that i had, stripped all the silicone out and redid it all now i have water tested the tank and all is well, but still after 2 weeks it still stinks like silicone Is it safe to use yet or is there somthing that i missed? I have cleaned it angain and again, just at a loss now thanx

Congrats man As for your questons i have no idea, i'm just going throu it for the first time as well

As for what variant i have, i'm not to sure he is Blue with a red top and she is kinda brown with a orange top Should i move her to a different tank or just wait a couple weeks?

Well my Labeotropheus trewavasae finally did the nasty and i have one female holding after month and months of waiting it happened, some of the other fish really bugged them during the process but they got it done and she has a mouthfull I will keep you all posted, hopfully she holds them and dosent spit early :D

personally i think that the MSN idea is the best, that way you can edit and customize your interview better and more personal as for doing a group thing, i would think have 2-3 interviewers and 1 interviewiee (sp?) would get the best outta a interview I have done lots of interviews with my line of work, being on both ends of the fence and i would be more then happy to be part of a team on this Mark

What a cool idea, i would be up for it

Pics will be posted late tonight, gotta work a bingo, so i will upload and post tonight thx

Welcome to your new home on the web Jayaa you will find tonnes of information and members willing to help here, we are all one big family IMO oh and BTW where ya located in this lovely province? Mark

Welcome kellehar nice to see ya over here as well! enjoy!

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Well Welcome and enjoy the forum, and dont forget we love seeing pictures of tanks so please feel free to post some

Okay Bucky you got my attention! you did what with a LCD comming out of your desk? This i gotta hear about

ohhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh very nice

Whats your stock list in there Andy? oh and BTW 200th post

OMFG, this just wants me to rush on my cube, but it will get there, i am building my overflow this week, then i can start on the sump and plumbing Looks awsome Andy

LEDs cause little or no heat if your only putting 3volts to it, no if your thinking of pumping 12v though every light yea that will generate to much heat and probaly burn the epoxy around the diode itself they produce virtually no wasted energy in the form of heat. LED lights can be misleading in some ways . . . . As far as light output; they consume ( those presently widely available on the market ) about the same amount of energy to produce a given amount of light; as a high efficiency fluroescent. So, while you can hold one in your hand and feel "no" heat; they do indeed produce heat at about the same level as fluorescents do. We do not PERCEIVE the heat; simply because LED's tend to be very good at producing high intensity in a shaped beam . . . not light in all directions. This makes them very useful for small task lighting, or uses where the light is really only needed in a narrow beam. Large area illumination is NOT their forte; and while it can be done it DOES get expensive . . . and the energy consumed to do so will be on par with fluroescents doing the same task. As a perfect example of what I'm saying; consider traffic lights, or now the tail lights on vehicles . . . . tradtionally done with incandescents. The LED equivalents that can be had do NOT produce the same amount of light . . . . but they DO produce a high level in the specific direction / plane that it is needed in. Traffic lights need to be very visible directly head on . . . their illumination to the sides drops off rapidly . . . LED's can serve this function and other similar ones very well . . . Also know that LED's are for the most part quite tolerant of running them at higher currents / temps than they are spec'd at . . . while not a good long-term idea; it can produce amazing amounts of light . .. at the expense of LED lifetime. Heat is one of the major killers of LED's; over time their output will drop . . . and running them hot will accelerate WHEN that will happen. It may matter in your application; or it may not. Their lifetime is VERY long; so using one in a way that drops it's useable lifetime to half it's normal one; simply will not matter in some circumstances. If the LED in your flashlight lasts only 10 years instead of 20; it just may not really matter . . . .

Yea i got a good laugh about that, i saw that like right after i posted here lol but no i didnt steal it, but what can i say great minds think alike. I would think they would, my RC racer would prob break you ankle if i hit it LOL there are different motors avail, with different turn ratings, get your self a good low torque motor and i think you would be good to go Mark

okay this sound interesting, what about using a counter wieght or somthing instead of a motor? if not you best bet would be to find a varible speed electic hobby motor

Greets and enjoy, this forum has tonnes of knowledge just waiting to be sucked up :D :D Mark

Looks good, Man i cant wait till i get my cube up and going

Okay i am going to build a external overflow, out of glass this weekend, how big should this be on a 16" back i was thinking 8"X5"X10" (LxWXH) with 2 1" bulkheads as for the closed loop, i am still reading on what that is and how to build it, that way i know where to drill the returns as for notching the back, just use a glass cutter and go nuts or should i take it to my local glass shop and get them to cut it? Mark

already done -07- :shifty: