"Elaine T" wrote in message
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Heck - why not get heating cables if you're going to rip the tank down?
Red Sea makes affordable ones now.

Another thing I haven't thought about. I might just do that.

If I decide to do the UGF with it to grow algae under the plates... I might
not need heating cables. The guy that wrote the article that I read about
the subject used a cheap desk lamp under his stand left on constantly to
grow the algae. Those might provide plenty of extra heat.

The possibility of the matting used to cover the plates rotting over time
worries me a little. I want this to be the last time I tear down the tank...
so I don't want to make any mistakes that will require another teardown.

Gary