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I think you could probably add brine shrimp eggs on a SW tank, and I know copepods grow in sponge and such. I'd like to see if anyone can come up with anything for a freshwater tank.

Also don't quote me on that, it was what I was told.

The stand is sitting in our basement, The whole floor is thick concrete.

Did you build your house..... I know how thick concrete is poured, I do it for my dad...

nope, this house has been here for a while. are you going to come see the tank when its done?

Yeah I'll come check it out, ask your dad when the house was built that'll tell ya lots.

a long time ago... It can hold the tank no problem.

Code states that houses built in the 60's have cement at roughly 700 psi which was code. I'd put a piece of plywood under the feet if I were you.

The stand is sitting in our basement, The whole floor is thick concrete.

Did you build your house..... I know how thick concrete is poured, I do it for my dad...

nope, this house has been here for a while. are you going to come see the tank when its done?

Yeah I'll come check it out, ask your dad when the house was built that'll tell ya lots.

The stand is sitting in our basement, The whole floor is thick concrete.

Did you build your house..... I know how thick concrete is poured, I do it for my dad...

Boydo brings up a good thought about the concrete....where is the stand sitting? I've seen what a large tank can do to "minimum" grade concrete.

I've come over to the dark side

I've come from the other side of the globe (perchance, anyone from Kyrgyzstan? )

I've got 44 g tank, freshwater, never had saltwater, but admire those who can do it...

love convicts... going to have rams and severums

I'm from a little far north of you, Russia

I've ordered fish quite a few times with both UPS and Fed Ex and I didn't have that many DOAs.

Denitrifying bacteria colonize in the filter much like they do in ceramics in a canister or HOB filter. This helps dim the nitrogen cycle and make it safe for fish. I do more waterchanges on tanks with my bio sponges because the water can get a little murky with no power filter to help polish the water.

Nice fish Dustin

We don't use chlorine here....And I don't think it'll make any change to our water.

What type of pump are you using, and what made you go down a size in return size?

I just picked up a mag 12 for a sump of mine, and the pump says to use 1.25" ID tubing for both lines for maximum flow, even though the pump itself only has 3/4".

check out this site, http://www.flexpvc.com/ for adapters.

I know home depot has some adapters, but don't think that will make a difference if the pump is only 3/4".

Those are what I used, my pump is 1 1/4" and I reduced it to 3/4".

that dempsey looks like normal morph to me. the body on it looks out of shape and bent to me

Almost any fish will bite.

It has to do with the change in seasons! All the american cichlids are breeding

That looks unreal.

Guess you know now that they'll eat anything Charles

I personally think it would work.

Hey that looks pretty neat! Your drawer system looks tall, are you still doing 50% water changes every second day? So your tank has 2 overflows?

Well I haven't done one in a week lol....I should do one every 4 or 5 days now. And yes it does. Its a 0ceanic Reef Ready. The tower is pretty tall too, I've got 10 gallons of bioballs in the bottom drawer, 4 square feet of Japanese mat in the second, and in the top I have more mat, thick coarse foam and poly wool.

Since the photos are so small, here's my photobucket.

my photobucket

Did a little bit of work to my sump over the last little while. I was having problems with the tubing as well as waste building up in the overflows due to lack of waterflow through the bioballs in the overflows. I took all the biolballs out and put them in my bio tower. I also replumbed the whole setup. I used a a "T" and tee'd off my pump to both outputs, and now I also have no deadspots in my tank! It works like a charm. The bendable tubing I was using before was making me angry so I scrapped it and used 1" PVC for my drains. I also plumbed my pump and put a union valve on it incase I want to take it out to clean it. The return plumbing is 3/4"

And of course the tank

Next up is painting the back of this sucker.

do you have pictures of the trim? some older hagen tanks have floating glass bottoms

I wanna play in it.

Do 2 1" drains and 2 3/4" returns. Remember head height of pump is reduced by a foot for every 90 degree angle.

are you talking about a drain to the sump? bra id just stick with something simple. less complication equals less problems