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Grabbed my pair of 65 gallon containers from Tractor Supply world. You can actually call the local store and they will order whatever they can get you just have to pick it up.
If you can get the rock out easily hold it halfway in the water, if the fish can get out it will to survive. I have seen fish wedge them selves in all sorts of places, most of the times they can get out on their own.
Whatever you buy make sure to get a cover. RODI water can sit like that for a while. The cover will help with evaporation of the ATO water, which will keep you from having to make more.
UPS is the way to go regardless of generator. This way certain things will never be off, like a power head for circulation. My generator takes about 15 seconds to come on which turns pumps on/off/on really quick, which I don't like, so I use the UPS to avoid that. Additionally a UPS could run...
Boxfish release a toxin, not puffers, so don't let that stop you. I have a Blue Spotted puffer and while he does occasionally pick at the CUC, he is fine otherwise. I keep my tank well fed as well but I really enjoy the puffer, he is 1/8 the size of some of my tangs and he gets in there to eat...
Get there around 11ish today and you should still some great stuff. Ask about buying multiple from vendors they may give you an extra discount if you buy more than 1 or 2. Your other option is to get there after lunch, selection will be less but vendors really want to move stuff so they don't...
I would be way to nervous to have a float hooked up to a direct RODI feed. Forget the failure of the float itself. What if you skimmer goes nuts, too much RODI you wouldn't know. What if you have a leak, too much RODI you wouldn't know. Most of the modern ATOs have safeties in them to...
People make the ATO more complicated than it has to be. A 5 gallon bucket with the IceCap or the Tunze is all you need to cover a few days. Worth every dollar
Chris is the man. I have to say this publicly because people so rarely provide positive feedback.
I changed out my sump over a month ago and have been battling a very odd problem with one of my drain lines. I have tried all sorts of things with zero luck but today bounced my problem off of...
I don't do it, but that is because my Maroon clown stirs the sand up so much there would be nothing to clean, and then my Rabbitfish also cleans the sand regularly. Adding in snails takes care of the rest.
My Orange Spotted rabbitfish is the best sand sifter I have, not kidding, but otherwise is a great reef inhabitant. Blue throat trigger will be fine with coral and will ignore snails and hermits, that is until they are flipped over then they become lunch. When my Niger Trigger got big enough...