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I have a 30 gallon, 30 inch tank. If you like the idea, PM me.

Whoo! You have such a beautiful fish.

I got one of those clams yesterday and it is very healthy. Opened up fully this morning and has some great colors. Thanks Jeff!

Gary!

What company are you talking about? I am was looking at local acrylic/plastic businesses. Is it this one? http://www.innovative-plastics.com/ They are based in New York, which makes me doubt it. This was my search... https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=innovative+plastics+oregon

http://www.pnwmas.org/topic/37510-diy-led-stuff/ That one has been around a while. Contact them and see what they say.

I imagine Robert and I will have the tank up at or before 1:30 pm. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. Can't wait to see those corals!

I already let you know, but just a heads up. It's nice to have it all in one place.

Oh Baby!

Just scrolling through this post, I didn't realize that you 3D-printed a face plate for the wall and had an arduino controller on your old tank. You did an amazing job on both. I love it.

THe TheClark, Commonly, what language do you use for your job?

Saying the alphabet backwards My teaching Brainstorming Looking at a periodic table.

Welcome! This forum is a great place to be. Have you already started building the tank?

That thing looks magnificent. Glad to hear the move went well.

I'd give you some LR, but you are a ways north. Maybe someone closer could help out or the LFS. With a 5" square, it can be pretty hard. I was just throwing out ideas. You know your tank better than me.

I think the Jebao's are reasonably priced for what they do and are a good choice. As for the submersible light, I have never heard of someone using them. I always see people going to Home Depot and buying these: https://www.google.com/#q=clamp+light+home+depot&safe=off&tbm=shopI imagine they both work.

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What a good father.

Hello everyone, I finally got around to acid washing the buckets and started the experiment. Six salt buckets were acid washed in 3.7% solution of HCl for 24 hours and washed out. While waiting, I heated up RODI from an Air, Water & Ice three stage unit with a TDS of 13 (not going to lie). Tested the TDS with a HM Digital DM-1 Dual In-Line TDS meter. Heated the water up to 76° and checked using a temp gun, then raised the salinity to 1.026 with Instant Ocean: Reef Crystals. The salinity was checked by a ATC refractometer, which was calibrated with a standard 35ppt solution. The water was tested using a Salifert Alkalinity kit and Red Sea Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphate, Nitrate and pH kit. Here are the results for an out-of-the-bucket mix of Reef Crystals: After testing the salt mix, I transferred all the water into six buckets, three of which had heaters that were calibrated to 76°± 1°. I went and saran wrapped the buckets, but I realized who keeps their saltwater in a sealed container? So, I am likely going to open the buckets once per week to move the heater and adjust accordingly. The buckets that have no heaters are at ambient temperature to the garage, which does not fluctuate more than 15°. I am actually excited to see what happens. Randy Holmes-Farley did a similar test on saltwater and concluded that alterations of water usually happen when organics are in the mix. He pointed out that he was unsure whether Reef Crystals had organics and if they are biologically active. I have a feeling that there is going to be a change for the heated buckets more than the ambient buckets. Now I just need to get around to testing my own aquarium.

I really enjoy seeing when a tank is well thought out. It seems that this commercial design really paves the way for all-in-one. I like it. Hopefully the price point isn't clinical.

Any administrators out there? This is obviously too much for this forum. Too many amazing colors and too many different corals. It just isn't right.

I wanted to say that I am excited to see where this tank goes. It is a good hobby with lots of good people. As for a power-head, I personally don't have a recommendation. From what I have noticed is it really depends on your price point. They all work.

Will any of these be brought to the May meeting? I bet there will be a bunch of people who would love to grab them.

Can I grab some of the rock on the 14th? Maybe even coral if there is some left.