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e. NOT a saw blade...). You want fast, straight, accurate cuts w/o burrs... look into the hand tools that have cammed engineering, use a "Sharpie" for marking your cuts, labeling cut parts... For folks doing whole stores or aquaculture facilities, look into "chop" or cut-off saws and specialized blades (lots of small teeth) for really ripping out multiple cuts.

About Solvents:

PVC is NOT glued together... but actually solvented, melded together by melting... To make a "good joint" between slip to slip fittings (dont solvent thread

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Aquarists for some time have also used external water pumps plumbed directly in and out of an aquarium (no open sump necessary) in a fashion that is called "closed loop". It lacks a manifold and actually, lacks any notable means of finesse its simply an external water pump sucking water out of a tank and blasting it right back in. It is crude, but serves a very important role in aquariums with high flow demands that exceed the desired (or able) abilities of a sump path return often hampered by inadequate overflows. [Please dont get me started on a discussion of the ill-conceived and so-calle

While the above-mentioned swiveling elbows have a very wide range of motion and coverage, there is an even better option: Flexible Ball-Socket Joint Tubing (wide industrial usage, but found in the aquarium trade at comprehensive LFS shops and online at MarineDepot.com, and elsewhere). This interlocking pipe is much more expensive per foot than standard DIY PVC parts, but very little of it is actually needed. The product line is complete with numerous adapters f

Gars are ambush predators, and as such they appreciate hiding places from where they can stalk their prey. This is however not essential. They are very friendly towards fish that are too big to be eaten. In the wild gars often live in loose schools and if you have the space you may successfully keep several gars together, in fact I would r

The microbes and foods in the used media will populate your new system by themselves, or for bonus points, you can use this method combined with the live rock and/or sand listed above.

Time Frame: Typically a few (3-4) weeks.

Bacteria and Not Cultures:

There are commercial preparations of bacteria, their adjuncts available that you can add from a bottle directly to your system Some work pretty w

Mini-Aquariums
College classes are beginning, but that doesn't mean you have to give up on pets just because you live in a dorm or small apartment. Mini-aquariums can be....

Common Cichlid Diseases
Like all fish kept in tanks, Cichlids are prone to disease. The artificial environment and closed system are the perfect breeding grounds for pathogens and parasites. Of course, wild fish get diseases, but these go unseen by everyone but fishermen and wildlife biologists. The be.

Aiptasia on my live rock
I was told by a neighbor that one of my live rocks had Aiptasia. I didnt know it was a bad thing. I actually thought it looked kinda cool. Do I need to get rid of it? If so how? Should I just get rid of that piece?.

Choosing a Filtration System for Your Saltwater Aquarium
With such a wide variety of filtration methods to choose from, filter selection can be mind boggling. Canister, Wet/Dry, Live Rock and Live Sand are just a few of the....