[thrillreefer]

mathias999us, thanks for the heads up on that tool. I haven't tried manhandling it with a pair of pliers yet, but if that doesn't do the job, I will definitely go grab one of these. Good find. I plan on putting in the sump tonight, after I finish filing the edges. No water test yet, but I'm pretty confident it will hold, since I can see that all of the seams are hole-free. Some air bubbles, but nothing I can't live with. That's why I love acrylic, no mysteries there. And since I went with the 3/8ths material, the sump feels pretty bombproof.

Chubs continues to improve. I finally got some brine shrimp hatched and enriched with selcon, so I fed with those yesterday. All of the fish went into a frenzy, as expected. I took some pics yesterday but forgot to upload them. should be up tonight.