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Lol my math was off earlier, the title should read $25 for all. Well I perform 20% water changes weekly so most of these products are of little use to me. I have the following: Kent Turbo Calcium 800g >45% remaining Seachem Powder Strontium 300g >90% remaining Seachem Liquid Strontium 250mL >95% Kent Iodine 8oz >90% Kent Stontium & Molybdenum 8oz >95% Kent Essential Elements 16oz >40% Kent Liquid Calcium 8oz >90% Tho Little Fishies Phosnan 200g used Salifert Nitrite, Nitrate, and Phosphate test kits A really nice professional arcrylic scratch removal kit

ack! just noticed you are in Albany. Are you moving to Portlandland by any chance? I have to pick up my chiller in Woodburn Monday or Tuesday, so I would be closer then. On second thought it is pretty small, i didn't know they made them that small... I'll think about it. I might beinterested in the skimmer, I was thinking about a remora but the PM looks about the same effectiveness.

what are the dimensions of the refuge? if it fits on my 24in wide NC28 I would buy it. i think the medium size is too large, but if it is the small it should work...

anyone in the inner city area have any? ie. within 405/205?

hey frank, hope you got things sorted out. If you ae looking for a home for any of those peppermint shrimp I would take 1 or 2. Todd

i might be interested in some if you have enough for extra frags... looking for smaller $15-20 pieces though...

such as a ranco or similar as found here: https://diyreef.authsecure.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=68&products_id=212&osCsid=b55b9fc2ba4b8a681e88689bf7a9f40f

will this control a 6025 nano stream?

i'll swing by and grab them and the GFCI. what about that Ph meter I saw? i assume it works, but doesn't the tip need to be kept wet or something? does saturday morning around 11am work?

defigert, any word on the dimensions of the 37 or 40 tall you think you have?

The Hayden Meadows (N PDX) Petco has a decent stock of tanks for a small store. They have one 33gallon oceanic cube that they said would not be on sale.

yeah, it's too bad (sad) i had some on there, but to make a long story short, I would have to cut the opening wider on one side to center the door. then it wouldn't be symmetrical if you needed to switch the door from one side to the other, so you'd be stuck with a left or right swing door.

thanks for all the tips, here are the photos...

sounds like this is a 37 gallon? will you be in portland anytime soon? I would be intersted in the tank only.

I just called the N hayden meadows petco and they she had no idea about any such sale. JDV, I guess petco does not carry the 37g

37T is 30Lx12Dx24H I am interested in that or a 29. Heard the petco sale is this weekend though too EDIT: I just found out there are 30 talls, 24x12x24 that would be prefered

well, it arrived today and the wife says it was too big for our small living room. Really it is the cube shape that makes it seem larger than it is. I am looking to "downsize" to a 29 or 37. I built a stand for it and will post photos of both tommorow. Update:I can toss in a heater and some chemicals to make it more of a deal. I'll take a photo of the stand tonight. It cost me $60 to make and I'd include it for $50. So that's $530 for the system, stand, plus some small freebies. My guess is the price for one of these from a LFS is about that for the cube alone. typo in the heading, this is a 28g

what about a 37 xtra tall?

I'll take the salt and ms wages. Would be interested in one container of phosban and possibly the 18W PC setup (is it square pin?) do you have a hydrometer? you are about 8 blocks from me... sweet!

Thanks for offer spectra. at this point i think i have it under control. I had lowes cut the plywood on their saw. I even returned with simlar pieces screwed together so they would be identical size even if the cut wasn't perfect on. This resulted in a very square frame that I am pleased with. I'll have to use a little bondo over the exposed ends of the plywood to smooth it out. But so far I have assembled the frame and it is strong as an ox. Didn't use any glue but held together with 16gauge finish nails. I added extra bracing in the corners. I'll post a photo tonight. Tonight I fill holes and sand, this weekend I paint. Tank arrives today or monday.

not sure but could be a water quality problem? The xenia may be out competeing algae, which is good, but you have too much xenia . Iirc, you may haver higer nitrate or phosphate levels. Can anyone confirm or deny?

thanks for the tip johny. will have to check it out as I need some salt soon. i noticed on their website they have the 24g stand in natural cherry for $175... beautiful and priced right. i may have to buy one if I fail with the DIY one! spectra: wow, nice job. I almost bought birch cabinet grade last night but I decided I will be painting mine so I went with 3/4in A-C sanded. I'm not a great carpenter and i know building a stain-grade cabinet is challanging. Does you stand have any internal framing such as 2x3 or 2x4? what size tank is that? 20H? defigart: I agree, for larger tanks framing is a must. However plywood is very strong except torsionally and bending. when 4 sheets are arranged in a box, the torsional strengh greatly improves. jay: your design is the first instinct i had, and the extra stength should come in handy during the next earthquake. I just questions myself that it is too much... especially in a small stand where I need maximum space.

Earth to porkchop... Come in! I sent you a pm yesterday... :-)

I will be making a custom stand for my 28g nanocube only because I hate the particle board look of the factory stands. I was just going to build it out of four peices of 3/4in funiture grade (A-B) or (B-C) plywood with the two front corners mitered at a 45 angle. At the top and bottom I would reinforce with a 4" wide strip of leftover plywood around the inside of the stand to provide a larger footprint for the contact of the top (also 3/4in plywood) and where the stand contacts the floor. No other framing would be involved. I feel this is strong enough as plywood has a high shear and compression strength. any other tips or suggestions? no sump will be in the stand so it will be striaghtforward. I will have enough plywood to double up with top to 1.5in, but that is more for aestheics as the aqaurium foot print and the stand foot print is the same...