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Even if his color is off...he's a very cool looking guy...Dance

Happy Birthday, one of these days I'll make a meeting and see some of the faces behind the names.

Do you flush the membrane before and after each use? They say it really extends the life of the membrane and removes crap before you start making water.

Are you able to get the TDS reading after the filters but before the DI, you might get away with just new DI for a while...

Some scape changes...better or worse?

Thanks! But I wasn't 100% happy with it and changed it up a bit...:) Cycle day 4: Temp 77.7 Salanity 1.024 Ammonia 0.8 Nitrites 0.1

You are going to love the Herbie. Mine is dead silent. Such a great concept...

He mentioned being careful drilling...lol

Current picture, gets clearer...

Thanks for all the fish feedback...looks like I'm leaning towards the hippo...keep them coming! As I hit the 48 hour mark of the cycle, I ran the obligatory tests: All Red Sea test kits, but Hanna for the Phosphate... On many of these, the colors were extremely close. I even borrowed my sons...

A friend on RC keeps his top off water in a small refrigerator and drilled it to send cool water to his sump. He gets about a 1 to 1.5 degree drop.

As my cycle starts I thought I start throwing out some possible residents for the new tank. I have a green chromis who has been hanging out in my frag tank with his yellow fin damsel friend. He gets first shot of the new tank, the damsel goes in the sump. After that, it will be QT time for...

Not to hijack the thread, but will a Melanarus wrasse work with a yellow head jaw fish. This wrasse is a beauty...

Nice! The sand is supposedly live sand, but I have my doubts about its use-fullness.

Its the bio magnet stuff that came with the Carbsea pink Fiji sand. Its mostly a slight cloudness to the water and dust that sticks to the tank and sump. Each day I wipe the tank down and the filter sock is gradually picking it up.

Thanks for the replies. Would you us it? I have 9 small packs of the stuff.

Question: My sand came with small bags of "bio clarifer" Any reason I shouldn't use them? My tank is clearing up, but still have dust settling.

The picture really doesn't do justice to the tank. It's really exceptionally beautiful.

Wow...thanks so much! I think as we get older we learn to appreciate the journey as much as the end result. Plus being a little OCD helps. :) I started viewing each task as a separate project and it helped me from being overwhelmed. And by taking my time I could break up the expense over my...

It cycle day!