Recent content by jrygel

Has Denny's completed the move yet?

Tank is gone.

I am looking for a new home for my recently emptied 30 gallon. I am keeping all of the equipment (filter, heater, light) for a possible future project, but the aquarium itself is up for grabs. It hasn't been completely emptied or cleaned out yet, still has about 2 1/2" of mixed fluorite and...

Not an armchair engineer - licensed structural engineer here . . . I didn't do any calcs, but while I suspect the wood would be able to take the load with the brace removed, I would be concerned about how far it might deflect and what that might do to the tank above - especially if you removed...

Is the Deep Blue Triton pretty quiet? I'm just working on setting a 20g sump up for my upcoming 50g and I am a bit concerned at how noisy the Mag Drive 7 that I got for it is. Do you feel like the Tritons are quieter? I would probably end up with a Triton 3 if I went that route.

The structural engineer (my day job) in me has to ask: Did you brace those stands Cory? stacked cinder blocks are really strong, but will tip right over in an earthquake - the Seattle area is due for another medium (6ish) quake in the next 20 years or so. -Justin

Clifford, couldn't you just shift the schedule of the 24/7? It's a fixed schedule, but you tell the light what time it is, so if you tell the light it is 9 am at when it is really noon, the whole schedule will be shifted 3 hours later into the day . . . Am I understanding It correctly? Thought...

Overall Experience 4 Cost 4 Quality of Fish 5 Variety 2 Service 5 New shop just a mile from my office in Federal Way - had to check it out. Nicely setup with pretty decent prices and healthy looking stock, if they have what you want - not much selection of fish. The shop's only been open for...

This is basically my plan - going to get an oversized (for my tank) dual inlet box and turn it into a herbie style system. The idea with a herbie style system is that most of your flow goes through a pipe that can form a full siphon - you achieve this by adjusting it with a valve, you then have...

Any camera, even a high-end DSLR, can only handle a certain range of different levels of light. Better cameras handle it more smoothly, but there's no getting away from it. Do the best you can to get any sources of light that are significantly brighter than the tank you are trying to photograph...

It depends on the width and height of the largest panel, as well as the bracing included. For example the front panel of a 55 gallon (48x12x21) carries roughly the same load as the front panel of a 120 gallon (48x24x25) - the 120 is slightly higher because it is taller, but its just an example...

Yep. Going to the Rainiers' opening day on Friday - we like the Mariners also, but the Rainiers are so much more affordable for a family of four.

That would definitely be easier if I could do it, but my tank is basically a divider between my living room and dining room. So both long sides are fully on display. It would look best if I could have NO covered sides, but I have to get the water in and out some how, so I am going to build a...

Thanks for the reply. I'm currently running from a 5 LB tank into a 30 gallon through a Grigg style reactor after my canister and I have no trouble getting to 30 ppm or so. I'll need to stick with the same setup when I upgrade due to space limitations and am a little concerned about CO2 use...

I'm a structural engineer, working mostly on waterfront facilities (piers), and my wife homeschools our two boys (10 and 5). I drive a 1997 Ford F150, and my wife drives a 2001 Honda CRV, although we are looking at trading that in for a newer Toyota Highlander soon. Other than work and kids...