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  1. Hey all. I haven't posted in some time but I have a question regarding Dimethyl Sulfoxide and it's potential interaction with my reef system. I am looking for a storage drum for mixing batches of salt water and I found a guy on CL with a couple for sale. Upon inquiry about what was stored in the drums, he informed me that the plastic is food-grade and that they were used to store DMSO, which I googled and determined to be the aforementioned dimethyl sulfoxide. I looked into it's potential interactions but only found an article regarding toxicity in a certain solution on males of a certain freshwater species. If DMSO remnants ARE harmful, I'm curious whether I can adequately clean the drums to dilute any existing chemical in them to within a safe range because, frankly, the price is right. If anyone has any insight into this matter, I would greatly appreciate it! -Johnny
  2. Okay, so I grabbed a 55 gallon aquarium to build my sump/refugium and I just want to verify something...On the tank, it reads "Do not drill." Is it tempered all the way around or is that just one of those "warranty violating" warnings? I certainly intend on drilling the tank. Thanks!
  3. So I have a question (as I'm planning my sump design): What is it with 40 gallons? I seem to hear about them relatively often and even Noobtosalt mentioned them being "hidden" from reefers during petco's sale...I'm debating a 40 vs 55 and I'm leaning toward the 55 for 1) increased effective volume and 2) only $15 more. Is this a sound line of reasoning?
  4. Well this is absolutely great news! I'll drive down to petco tomorrow :-) Go team.
  5. Hey, thanks for the update! I have been waiting for this special deal to replace my 40-gallon sump; however, upon review of petco.com, I do not see anything indicating the fabled "dollar per gallon" sale event I have heard so much about...
  6. Hello everyone and good morning! I would just like to let you all know that I did end up finding a skimmer. I really appreciate how many people came to the rescue yet again!
  7. Does anyone have a protein skimmer to sell? I have a 160 gallon with 40 gallon sump. I accidentally broke mine and now I'm looking at paying retail... So, if any of you have a quality skimmer you're looking to get rid of, I'm in the market as of 5 minutes ago. My number is 3605675299.
  8. Thank you very much for your offer but driving out to Salem would be a bit too much out of the way for this operation. It's already going to take all day and we just cannot afford to add 60 miles (round-trip) to the move. On the brighter side, with Matty0206's support and a motley of friends I dragged out of the wood work for the price of beer and pizza, we're nearing the necessary number of laborers to successfully complete the process tomorrow!
  9. Great idea. I've read up and that detritus sounds like pretty bad news once it's stirred up in solution. What exactly does it look like?
  10. That's for sure. Haha, thanks for the reply, NoobtoSalt.
  11. Hello, everyone! My name is Johnny if you don't already know (and you probably don't lol) and I have a bit of an emergency that I now ask for assistance. I am set to pick up reefsickness' 160-gallon, acrylic reef setup tomorrow morning at 8AM but my hired help has had to cancel for personal reasons. Reefsickness needs to do it tomorrow and I'm a bit stressed at this point. I know I am very new to the forum and this is very short notice, but I am asking for any volunteers to help in the move tomorrow morning. I have prepared food and beer for the after/setup party, but I am prepared to offer adequate provisions as required as per individual request due to nature of this request. I can provide transportation if necessary. We are picking up the aquarium in Sherwood, Oregon and setting up in Orchards, Vancouver. I'm aiming to leave Vancouver by 7:30AM to be in Sherwood by 8:00AM. I will be renting a U-Haul van to move everything; I just need laborers for the 200 gallons of water and all the equipment. It's about 60 miles round-trip and I plan on this taking basically forever to accomplish (lol, but seriously, from what I've read, it will not be a quick task). Also, anyone who has embarked on an endeavor of this proportion and thus has insight/expertise in this kind of matter is vital as this is not only my first reef tank move, it is my first reef tank owned. Please PM me or call (or text) 3605675299 if you can assist. V/r -Johnny
  12. Hey, I checked out alibaba.com the other day and contacted a supplier. He responded with a pricing list of their LED products and whereas I am generally inclined to go for the more expensive items (having been conditioned to believe they are superior), I am curious how much of a difference there could possibly be. I personally cannot discern any useful data from this list beyond the lumen rating--which I've been reading isn't actually a very useful figure at all--but maybe someone with some insight can...[ATTACH]12653[/ATTACH]
  13. Well, there is a canopy now that reefsickness setup. I have no preference.
  14. No...Center overflow dead center in the aquarium.
  15. No...Center overflow dead center in the aquarium.
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