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Regarding @Galoot / @finalphaze987 type of suggestion, I have some of the extra flooring. My plan is to make a frame the same size as the stand out of the vinyl planks. What I can't decide is what direction to make the planks. Here's a picture of the subfloor layout and the floor itself. The...

I voted freshwater. I think the amano style (modernly I follow Oliver Knott on IG) are the peak of aquariums. I however will never even try to do one given how much of a hassle even basic freshwater planted aquariums are, nevertheless how much maintenance seems to be involved in one that's...

I have vermetids and for a bit thought I would defeat them. Pulled rocks and crunched them, used super glue over any I couldn't get at fully, and so on. They continued coming and IMO it's an impossible battle that way, especially if they haven't taken over. Then I for other reasons for a...

I like to imagine that avast is plugged in and slowly feeding the fireplace. For hanging stuff, I've been using IKEA Skadis boards and you can do some nice setups. I attached one big one to a swiveling mount so I can easily get behind it and run cables. The mount I did by attaching a foldable...

I wish I could get a perfect picture of this tank right now. My acros and other sps are growing into such large colonies that I'm starting to run out of space! At some point I'll start fragging these, and also at some point I'll start transferring them to my display (after I get it setup again)...

Updated thought if I do this, I'd probably instead either buy tiles, or just keep some offcuts of the planks we have. Tile would be hard and help spread load. LVP would help avoid there being indentations from the stand feet and to a very minor load spread. Both would be waterproof.

Red Sea Reefer 500. We just got new LVP flooring installed. The subfloor turned out to be wood planks (that part of the house is probably from 1950). Installer suggested before putting the stand back in place I put something under the feet to help with support, such as some plywood. The tank is...

I wouldn't consider this conclusive, but during the short stint I quarantined things myself I researched copper and surfaces. My findings were that copper permanently damning anything it ever touches in a tank to be a leaching source seemed like another reefing old wives tale. Didn't seem to...

100%. Feeding questions and data to ChatGPT or Llama (hosted via meta.ai or one of the self-hosted variations running the open source model) or DeepSeek does give useful answers to reefing questions, and almost certainly are what anything like this is actually built on. $60 a year for that is...

I want to quick share a positive story. I had a bunch of issues with aiptasia having made it into my frag tank. I think it came from a clam bought from a LFS and I didn't aggressively enough handle it. I saw them occasionally, but was mostly under control. I then had an issue where a pump went...

I wouldn't put something on the emergency, but putting a 45° or a 90° on the main doesn't seem completely crazy. However, sumps are so small that I would instead just buy a super cheap directional powerhead if you really needed additional flow. Those can be found for probably <= $20 used (or...

I advocate for HTA, but also acknowledge errors or issues can happen. However, I know in the past I've had instances where I've seen issues with fish that were probably be just thinking there's issues with fish. Clowns are weird, so there's always a chance that when you look with a concerned eye...

Would it overflow if the weir was completely plugged? I'm assuming that AIO has a specific return area with a smaller amount of water in it (that's how my AIOs have been). My logic being if you can prove to yourself it wouldn't overflow even if the weir was plugged, then you should feel safe to...

To confirm my understanding, is the firefish also still alive?

Plug your drain pipes. Let your pump run into the return section is totally empty and out is blowing bubbles. Does the tank overflow? If not, then you don't really have to worry about it overflowing, as long as your ATO auto deactivates if it runs too long or the display height gets too high.

I had Xenia in my sump. Main downside relative to macros is it's very easy to toss out macros. It's a pita to toss out Xenia off rocks. Looks cool though. I had no issue with it traveling into the tank.

Are they Wi-Fi devices that connect to your home network, or they connect to each other?

I currently have it in a bucket with some saltwater. I'll likely continue to procrastinate on it long enough that it all dies off, and I throw it in the garbage and start over. Barring that, I'll use that same type of mesh bag I'm using for the refugium and give it a long rinse with a hose...

On a completely AIO, no overflow section, aquarium, how do people handle ATO? I've realized I've never done a saltwater tank this setup. Even my first one back around 2005 had an overflow and sump. I have a giant 150 gallon trough my stuff is in right now. I'm planning on just putting the ATO...

IT HAPPENED! VINDICATION! Fellow keepers of stuff, you can use the following in discussions with your partners. I have some metal shelving in my garage, which is the exact same footprint as my aquarium. However, the top rung is approximately 2in too low and I also wanted a bit of buffer. I...