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Not a lot of animals can survive a salinity change like that, but there are macro algae and bacteria that can, and some can cause serious issues. If an animal has a piece of algae on it, you can cause all sorts of issues by flushing it.

It's been quite awhile since I've been on here, but I wanted to come back and update this thread. We didn't get bees the year we bought our equipment, but we did finally get them last spring. We started with two hives, and lost one over the summer, but the other one overwintered strong enough...

Here's some shots of the build: http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/nudibar/169125-i-dug-big-hole.html

Here's mine that I put in this year. I finally made progress on the waterfall and added a planter next to the waterfall. I'll see if I can take a more recent pic. I learned a lot building mine. Let me know if you have specific questions.

You use a small deicer or just an aerator pump to keep a hole open in the ice. Nothing too crazy.

Ebola in Texas and the Black Plague in Arizona! It's a good time to live in the NE. http://ktar.com/22/1769645/Arizona-health-officials-confirm-finding-fleas-carrying-plague

Tell her to move all her crap out of her closet, it's going in there. If she wants you to compromise be putting the tank in the closet, she can get rid of her shoes and clothes. Kids are more work than a tank... Just get a hard to keep fish and call it a day.

Bare bottom tanks can look like you want, but it takes time. Eventually your bottom glass will be covered in coraline algae and coral. I've seen BB tanks that I'd never know didn't have sand. An RO/DI is a must. If you're not using a sump, you're already behind the curve. I've run tanks on NYC...

More progress Here's a shot of the waterfall test. It's plumbed without glue in this shot, but now that I have it aligned, I can glue it up, build the rocks around it and I should have it looking good by the end of the weekend.

I personally wouldn't even consider a 75g reef tank without a sump. It can be done, but it's much more difficult and something I wouldn't advise for a beginner. If you go ahead with it, you may want to look into keeping a bare bottom tank to help keep cleanup easier and nutrient levels lower...

Hope you're not a big beer drinker... AB InBev owns a lot more beers than you'd think and every one you drink potentially helps support Sea World.

Update I got a pallet of PA fieldstone this past weekend and have gotten a lot of it laid down around the edges of the pond. I also started stocking some plants. It's starting to look like a pond! Still working on plumbing the waterfall and aquaponics bed. Haven't had as much time as I'd hoped...

I have an aquaponics system in my basement and beans grow like weeds in it, so I'm not too worried. :wink1:

I'm guessing you let them die and compost into the soil?

Pinging by name will help identify DNS issues. Try: ping google.com ping 74.125.224.72 If the IP address works and the name fails, you'll know that you have a DNS problem. If both work, you're online. If neither works... Tracerouting will tell you where the signal is dropping. From cmd...