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Let there be light... Yesterday I painted the back of the display black, and also picked up a used AI prime light, and some plumbing bits. This morning I plumbed the supply and return, then I got the lights set up. For now I'm taking the 'easy setup' defaults for color mix, and only changed the dusk/dawn times. Next week I'll start mixing water.

Looks great - thanks Chief.

Howdy, My wife spotted a 20h on sale and surprised me with it (who hoo). I'm going to re-purpose the Brute can to water change duties. So far I have 10lbs of sand in there now, I'll probably add another 15. That plus the 50lbs of rock will be my primary filtration. I'll watch and add a skimmer down the road if needed. The tank is in the basement 10' from my water source and my drain so doing changes will be a snap. At this point regarding livestock I am all over the place, but want to keep it mellow. Either a pair of clowns or a single goby, or maybe a single royal gramma.

This is a bummer. My fear is that banning controlled/permitted collection in the US will only incentivize uncontrolled/unpermitted/destructive collections elsewhere in the PacRim. https://mauitime.com/news/science-and-environment/hawaii-supreme-court-slaps-dlnr-on-commercial-aquarium-fishing-permits/ Nate

pdxmonkeyboy - Congrats! Also really digging the color on that clown.

Thanks all! I'll give that circuit a try.

Sending our thoughts and prayers for his daughter, and son in law.

I'm in NE near Concordia U (real close to the Kennedy school for the next group meeting). I'm not too far from Woody's and not too far from the December meeting at Kennedy school. I don't mind driving to check out a shop. Thanks for considering the suggestion.

For a newb it isn't always clear within the sponsor section where the company or store is based. A flag or some marker that indicated which city the business is located in would be helpful.

Here's my initial attempt at aquascaping. 50 lbs dry rock from reeflcleaners, 10 lbs Aragonite sand.

I don't think anything on your list would catch/kill a live goby or mandarin... However, if either died via some other cause, the shrimp and crabs can clean up the evidence fairly quick. Only other thought is if you brought in a hitchhiker on a rock. I had a Mantis without knowing it for a few months. ETA - Tank looks good btw.

This gives me quite a few ideas for my 33.. Excellent looking tank thank you for sharing.

Add to "we'll go slow this time" the phrase "I'm going to buy as much stuff locally and/or used as I can " to get a real chuckle.

Thanks all. I'm going to keep the bio load quite low (1 to 2 small fish total) with an copious amounts of Rock and a shallow sand bed. I'll update this thread as parts show up.

Thanks Albertareef and Emerald525. I'm planning on the Kennedy school meeting.

My 33 gallon (24x18x18) Aquamaxx purchased locally / used. Stand was made from 'Hopkins workbench kit' which is probably overbuilt for what I'm doing. Next up - Dry rocks.

Howdy, Re-joining the forum (was last active in ~2005/2006). Took down my 90 gal setup when we moved to AK in 2006 - never got around to setting up another one. Back in Portland, and picked up a 33 gal tank from Woody's last weekend, and returning to the hobby. Told myself (and my spouse) that I was going to go "slow this time". Glad to see some several of the old shops are still doing business. Super cool to see the advances in lighting that has happened over the last 10 years. Will start a build thread in the other forum. - Nate