Recent content by theplummer

Update. Got the dresser painted black, didn't turn out as good as I had hoped for, but better than my actual ability (when it comes to painting). The inner bracing is complete, and I was able to salvage the one drawer by shortening it to a small 6" deep drawer, I'll figure out something to fit...

You know what, I just went through all my other fish (what I know now to be) Junk, and found a small coil denitrator. It is about 2 1/2 " in diameter and about 10" long. The one thing I've found through research is tha it should be filled with bioballs, mine is not, and there is no way to...

Ok, a little update. I have installed a infrastructure inside the dresser to beef up the load carrying capacity of since it'll be packing much more weight than I'm sure it was rated for. Neat thing is I only lost one drawer, I'll just disassemble the drawer front and make it a falsie...

Your stand looks really good, and good point on not skimping on stability, I'd hate to come home to ruined pergo floor, just because I'm too cheap to do it right. I do have to say, that I do like the look of the dresser more and more, purely for asthetics, I'm even beginning to not mind the...

Good point. What if the silicone is bad, is there a fix or is it cheaper to buy new. If I do that, it'll probably end the venture, or I'll look into a acryllic tank, may have to wait a while if that's the case.

Really? Wet/dry filters are not needed? I wasn't able to even keep damsels in the past until I added the hang on the back wet/dry biological filter. Has the technology changed? Also, it appears that quite a few are using deep sand bottoms. I had lots of problems with that also. My best...

Hello, I just found this forum and thought, WOW, maybe I can get help from wasting time, money, and Killing fish. I used to keep saltwater fish back in the 90's, where I had cut a hole in my staircase well, and mounted a 55gal 2x4 in the wall and framed around it with door casing. When I...