Recent content by agiversonjr

Thanks again for the help everyone, this has been enlightening. And poksal, wow that's a lot of plumbing lol. I think i'm going to go with and design a vertical setup so that i only have to use one pump and less plumbing (hopefully tho i doubt this will be the case) Well it's off to the LFS to...

i should also add, another reason for going smaller on the diplay is to make it easier on myself when i move next summer/fall and to reduce my stocking cost.

Nice! I don't think I'll be encountering too many garage sales, it's already starting to snow here hahaha. ya know i was thinking about just using standard glass for the sum/fuge but acrylic would be sooo much easier to drill thakns for the idea. plus i can then make the internal baffles and...

So biff, is that just the total water volume or should that be the size of the display tank, i ask because i want to have a display overflow into a refugium that voerflows into a sump and then back again. complicated i know, but i want to build this into an all inclusive stand that i will build...

Thank you everyone. I did some more research at work today and learned what a protein skimmer really is and how it works. I have also decided that I am going to to keep the freshwater how it is and just start fresh. I'm going to have a a lot of time just sitting at my house this winter. So I'm...

Thanks for your response amba, so would i need to get an actual protein skimmer or would a surface extractor attatchment for my eheim do the same job?

Hello everyone and thanks for reading my thread. Okay so right now I have a 46g bowfront freshwater setup. I have been contemplating converting this to a saltwater for some time now. I would like to start with a fowlr tank then add corals at a later date. Preferably after I've got the marine...