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I have two of the jaboa ones and like them pretty well. Don't have any negatives to say about them. You can certainly get away with just one.

I'm dosing the common stuff, two part, mag and diy nopox. I mix spirulina in my diy frozen food mix for the vitamin c and Amino's. Blended up sea food mix from uwajimaya with spirulina added. occasionally I throw some gut loaded frozen mysis in there to switch it up on them. Vary their diet some.

I have four of the 165w. There is a guy/company that mods them. I got his layout and soldered in the led changes and changed some of the optics like he suggested. Haven't had any complaints so far.

Once upon a time I crashed a tank by having a baffle next to my deep sand bed let go. It was a toxic time bomb. I didn't believe they could be toxic until I experienced it. Now I put support strips for the baffles on the bottom and sides of the sump. Think of them as gussets. Ill cut a few strips of glass or acrylic about 1" x 3". Then glue them on their faces to the sump and the edge supporting the baffle on both sides. It's over built, but [language filter] losing a baffle sucks to repair. New sump is acrylic. I solvent welded the baffles in and let it sit for a couple days. Then ran a bead of silicon on both sides and also did the gusset pieces in addition. I build stuff like my grandpa would, diy military grade.

Anthias have some great colors. There are some cool wrasse fish too. Fairy, leopard, mystery (expensive). A jaw fish is really fun to watch. I siliconed my rock to the bottom glass on my new tank to get a jaw fish. The blue dot jawfish is really cool, but also expensive. I think upscales had one for ~$80 within the last week. Maybe a flame angel. I have heard that they are usually clam safe if the clams were in the tank before the flame was added. male and female mandarin are supposed to be pretty cool to watch do matting dances. Queue the 80s slow jazz music and dim the lights for a live show. The males have the pointed dorsal fin.

Sold. Thanks for the interest everyone.

Pickup pending

Tank is drilled for two returns and a glass holes brand overflow. 50 Glass 36 3/8 18 3/8 19 AGA (Aqueon) -Stand is 38x62x19 plus plumbing in back

I use one and it has worked well for me. Someone will appreciate this. I agree, why didnt they make the alarm switchable.

50 gallon is the same dimensions as a 40 breeder just a couple inches taller. Was thinking of keeping as a frag tank, but could use the space. It's a full setup that's currently running, just needs your rock and fish. Tank is drilled for two returns and a glass holes brand overflow. -Bubble Magus curve 5 protein skimmer ($210 when new) -hydrofarm all in one 250w metal halide/hps. Bulb only has a couple months on it. ($190 when new) -Algae turf scrubber off drain with two 20w (if I remember right)led with the red 'grow' spectrum. -return pump (mag 3 I think), loc line, plumbing, single circulation pump. Does not come with livestock, or at least nothing major. MDF in hood could use repaired. Could help tear down, transport, and setup if in the area. I live near sasquatch brewery in Portland. Could trade for coral.

To each there own. Some people like Salisbury steak more than rib eye. I don't get it either. All fittings on my tank, manifold, and mixing station are true union. I wouldn't have it any other way.

From my experience, home dump does not carry some fish stuff you want. Like unions and valves that dont suck. I'd suggest waiting till you get those

Bristle worms are part of the clean up crew CUC in my experience. Also a food source for some fish, crabs, shrimp, and your drunk buddy. Tell him it's a tequila worm.

@vance. I agree a three baffle bubble trap is better, just like a 20 baffle is better. On a ten gallon sump there is simply not enough room for the superior performance of multiple baffles. With a fuge, there is already no additional bubbles being created. There is not going to be a protein skimmer that needs bubbles to be negated. I do not see the benefit of extra baffles. Extra baffles are taking up space for bubbles that don't exist. I would suggest comparing gfo and biopellets to a refugium from a performance and aesthetic reference point of view. I absolutely enjoyed a refugium on my past tanks, but it's not on my new tank for maintenance and performance reasons. If I ever do a refugium again, it will only be as an additional display tank. In my experience a small refugium is more hassle then benefit. Gfo and carbon dosing/biopellets is where it's at.

Definitely v2 for the refug water height from baffles. V1 would be funky. If space is REALLY that limited you may have better luck running gfo and biopellets. Seems like a bunch of work and equipment for a blob of algae on a small system. Display refug maybe? I want one again.

I have the 3000 bubble blaster on a nwb200 with a diy neck extension of ~6". It's like an sro3000 but extended neck. There is little to no adjustment available on mine. It's skims like hell but if I didn't have the mega neck extension I'd curse it every second.

Variety pack.... Or possible hording tendencies

I have a combination of plugs, golf tees, travertine tile I cut, rubble and such. You can find blemished tile for a $1. I like cut tile for zoa's and stuff like that. Rubble rock for encrusting. Plugs for larger frags and golf tees for small ones. You can get a couple hundred golf tees off ebay for cheap. Tees and cut tile are so cheap I try to use that the most.

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I run a couple heaters and a fan into a diy temp controller. Stc 1000 I think but the Fahrenheit version.

Ace hardware has prestige you can order online and pick up in store. Only place I found that had the best combination of overall price. I usually just buy calcium chloride off eBay. Small amount and cheap enough. I don't want to store too much crap.

What Chris said. The airline when covered in water turns it into a full siphon like the main drain.

I'm doing the gate valve on the vertical pipe to control the siphon to match the return rate. Once properly dialed in the stand pipe with the hole will only handle the infrequent surges. If bad things happen the air line coming from the hole will get covered with water and active a full siphon through that drain. If it gets even worse then water goes down the emergency drain. I set the emergency drain high in the sump to splash like hell so anyone will notice it. Low tech alarm system. Take that Neptune Apex. Hit me up if you have any more questions about it at all.

Yea, it's a synergy overflow. Haven't trimmed the pipes yet because of no water.

Pretty standard plumbing except for a siphon system through the manifold running to a sewer drain and then make up water being pumped back in. Ahhhhhhh so nice not to lug buckets anymore.