cunning as a fox...

[sly fox]

thanks...

fraid theres nothing new to see... except the hose attachment thingies i was given

[sly fox]

the guy who just got me my 72" t5s for my 175g couldnt find any 24" t5s for me... says as they are quite new people arent really selling them...

someone suggested getting a nice canopy and retrofitting them..

[sly fox]

if i used a 5 gallon bucket of sand with a couple of inches of water running over the top would that count towards my sump size?

[DarthOcellaris]

Originally Posted by sly fox

if i used a 5 gallon bucket of sand with a couple of inches of water running over the top would that count towards my sump size?

Are you asking for reasons to conform to the rules here or is it a technical question?

[sly fox]

to conform to the rules

[DarthOcellaris]

you should be fine IMO...a five gallon bucket with sand and other things won't make a dent in the overall water volume

[sly fox]

got a stand...was going to have 3 ten gal tanks in it... one as sump/ skimmer entry, one as fuge with partitions...and one 8" dsb...unf stand isnt wide enough maybe i should have actually found out how long a 10g was without guessing.... doh

[fish.freak]

2 should be enough 1 sump skimmer and 1 dsb fuge

[sly fox]

haha, i couldnt fit one in... i could fit a trash can sump, but thats not really what i want and the dimensions of it it would actually have to be one inside another to be strong enough...

i could put them alongside but the mrs is very particular about things looking tidy.... so i have to show her what i want to do and get an opinion before i do it.. will run it by her later and see what she says..

[sly fox]

ok, so have been looking at furniture... the mrs didnt want me to build my own stand....um anyone would think shes seen my diy before...

was going to have the stand and a pice next to it, but unfortunately too much changing rooms and extreme makeover has raised expectations of interior design....haha actually our place is pretty nice and im not respnsible for that so theres method to it...

sooooo we scoured various stores, with me becoming more and more disheartened... until the mrs suggested ikea... saw 2 potential tv stands ... stronger than a normal cabinet... one i liked more and 1 she liked more..

there were a few more places she suggested we look before we buy ( i buy immediately normally haha) as we were going out she suggested looking in the returns...and there low and behold was a returned one of what we had looked at.... so i snapped it up and nipped it off home

need to do some mods to it, but i think it'll do the job + i think i can fit the fuge i wasd given, a skimmer, and i will try and do and rsb in it as well

will post pics later

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by sly fox

ok, so have been looking at furniture... the mrs didnt want me to build my own stand....um anyone would think shes seen my diy before...

was going to have the stand and a pice next to it, but unfortunately too much changing rooms and extreme makeover has raised expectations of interior design....haha actually our place is pretty nice and im not respnsible for that so theres method to it...

sooooo we scoured various stores, with me becoming more and more disheartened... until the mrs suggested ikea... saw 2 potential tv stands ... stronger than a normal cabinet... one i liked more and 1 she liked more..

there were a few more places she suggested we look before we buy ( i buy immediately normally haha) as we were going out she suggested looking in the returns...and there low and behold was a returned one of what we had looked at.... so i snapped it up and nipped it off home

need to do some mods to it, but i think it'll do the job + i think i can fit the fuge i wasd given, a skimmer, and i will try and do and rsb in it as well

will post pics later

Sounds Cool! That's allot easer than building a stand as well

As far as 24" T5's go, they are really easy to get,.. go to reefgeek.com they sell them

Whiskey

[sly fox]

well my plan was to try and get everything 2nd hand...its slow going tho as the kind of equipment i want seems to be the stuff people hang onto... just occasionally selling when they upgrade... theres a fair bit of stuff ive seen that i dont want

the stand worked out well, because it was someones reject... so more inline with the design haha... so the prob with the 24" t5s is there arent any used ones around... i have a lead on a used 24" mh/t5 unit... waiting to hear on a price tho

[sly fox]

haha.. would have been so much easier to just buy the whole lot new

went to a frag swap on saturday but alas no equipment i wanted

[Wiskey]

Yeah, That's the problem with getting things second hand Allot of times what people are getting rid of is not the kind of stuff you need.

Whiskey

[DarthOcellaris]

I was going to build my own stand for my large tank but opted to buy an oak kitchen cabinet and some 2-by's instead...I figured it would look a LOT better LOL...and to think that I bought a table saw and some other tools to diy mine grrrrrrr

LOL