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Wow, the coast to coast overflow looks very interesting and noninvasive. I was looking at reef savvy the other day. If I do go with a custom tank, what type of glass qualities do you recommend? Meaning thickness and blend of glass? I never really thought of those qualities before. Thanks...

Great feedback and information. I have the same impressions everyone has mentioned. Good idea with the center overflow, I will certainly do my research... as I do not plan on making a big tank purchase without my subrogation claim settled. That is why I wanted to hear your feedback :D My...

So before asking my questions, the following is my background. I had a Marineland tank (48x24x30) 150 gallons, they classified it as deep dimension. After owning the tank for roughly eight months I come home from work to a disaster. Roughly only 5 inches of water remained in the tank and rest...

After confirming the cycle with fish-less cycling it can convert 3ppm ammonia to nitrites then to nitrates in 24 hours. That entire process was done over roughly 5-6 weeks. If anything I have too much beneficial bacteria at this point and it will reduce to the current bio load of the current...

I'm not leaving... I was referring to this particular thread ending :D

Another Update... To keep this thread updated, today marks a new day for establishing life in the tank. Roughly three days ago my cycle completed, and two days ago I did a very large 90% water change because my nitrates from the cycle were very high ( > 100ppm). Water parameters at this time...

Here is an update: On January 8th I dosed the ammonia for the fishless cycle. On January 19th my ammonia levels were reading <0.25ppm, and since then I have been dosing just enough to keep the bacteria happy. Within 12 hours my ammonia is being processed and showing no traces. At this time the...

There is no direct sunlight against the tank, but my entire house has plenty of ambient light from the windows and design. Those reflections are at least 35 feet from the tank, and there is a back porch that has the roof overhanging, so even those windows do not direct sun from the sunrise or...

Thanks, I will turn off the lights.

I put all the rock in the tank before the sand, so the structure is secure on the glass (except maybe a few non-load bearing pieces). Yes, the piece on the top left is unstable and is going to be moved, I have left it there because of some reorganization I did. Thank you for the heads up :D

Thank you all for the information so far, I would like to post an update of the status. After of course having a proper funeral for the fish, I went through the following steps. Instead of the shrimp, I went with the ammonium chloride for the cycling. This was a preference choice because I...

I added my sand after the water was already in the tank as you did.. and yes it will become cloudy. I left my filter running, but in my tank filter at the start of the filtering process there is a pad that filters out particles (start of the sump). Needless to say I went through about two of...

Well unfortunately at this time I can report the other two clownfish have passed as well. I feel as though there must be something poisonous in the tank that I haven't measured. This is now a total of eight fish and none have survived... I've heard better chances with people who put a fish in...

I have not had any ammonia traces, so I wouldn't think that is stressing the fish.

I did occasionally add some flake food to the tank to give some ammonia source and for the algae growth. But like I said I have never seen a large spike of ammonia.... even right now as we speak it is <=.25.

Thanks for the information, I wish information like yours was given at the fish store, they always tend to forget those little bits of information when selling... The drip acclimation is great... I will certainly do that from now on...it is more simple then doing the transfers I was doing and...

Hello All- In the beginning of September 2012 I purchased a 150 gal tank with a 40 gal sump. When I was a teenager my dad and I did some freshwater and saltwater aquariums (only up to 55), but this is my first time doing the experience on my own. I decided I wanted to go with a larger tank...