Setting Up The 29g. Totally Psyched I Have Saltwater In My Living Room

[Truck]

i would unscrew the end caps and move them back about 1cm each maybe 1.5-2cm

 

[BigC]

OK. Forget about the clips as they look like they are riveted and cant be moved. (you may need to clip them off) the Endcaps look like they are screwed down so working on the assumption that they are screwed you will need to off set the two endcaps, moving one closer to the front of the canopy and the other closer to the back.
It will involve a little hole drilling for the screws/bolts.
This will let the two tubes sit happily in the canopy albeit not in line but a little offset. This will have no effect whatsoever on the lighting produced for your tank.
Then you can buy some replacement clips for the other end of the tubes to hold them in situe, using small self tapping screws
Like the image below

Regards
BigC

 

[kj23502]

WOW. Thanks all. I've showed my hubby and we may try moving them.

Thanks, again

 

[BigC]

No Problem KJ anytime.
Regards
BigC

 

[kj23502]

I found some good stuff so I'm just noting here for quick reference and for anyone else that wants to peek.

http/reefkeeping.com/issues/subject/invertebrates.php

http/reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.php

http/reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-06/rs/index.php

http/reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-07/rs/index.php

 

[Truck]

good links especially the one on the mantis which im not so worried about now thanks

 

[kj23502]

Thanks. Right now Reefkeeping Magazine is one of my most favorite websites for researching....as well as TFF wub: ) of course.

 

[TigerIssey]

This Site and Articles

I have found useful aswell. The articles on that page have been published in Marine World Magazine I believe. They are in PDF format aswell and can be saved easily to the hard drive.

 

[kj23502]

Well, thanks to BigC/Truck's advice we decided to take apart the light and move the plug in's for the light bulb. We came up with this:

I think it looks a lot better with the lights over it, don't you think? These are the 50/50's that are on.

I have a lot of protein sh*t built up :shock:

I figure I'll add another 200 or 300 gph pump to aim at the surface?? The output on the skimmer is right below the surface of the water, but when the skimmer was running it didn't break it up a whole lot either. I figure another pump to circulate it around the water and let the skimmer pull some junk out??

Thanks TiggerIssey. That's a good one also

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, definitely ened a PH up there near the surface. Gotta break that up a little more for gas exchange

 

[Truck]

what im doing to combat surface proteins is a partition with an over flow so all the protein on the surface is skimmed off the surface and goes through some floss. ive not tried it yet i just hope it works

nice colours from those tubes

what colour temp are they?

 

[kj23502]

thanks for the input. The bulbs are 10000k and Actinic 03 blue.

 

[ben1987]

i think that looks pretty good, like the old sps skeletons

 

[kj23502]

i think that looks pretty good, like the old sps skeletons

lol thanks. The skeletons are the closest I'm getting to coral for a little while anyway

 

[BigC]

Get Skimming and direct that Koralia towards the surface
Regards
BigC
Goog job with the lighting BTW.