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  1. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    The shop isn't all that far from my house, only about a 20 minute drive. I wanted to get there before The Swarm bought out all of the Reeflux bulbs I needed but I apparently wasn't early enough because I was only able to bring home half of what I went for :)
  2. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Just got back from the Barrier Reef mosh pit :) Got there at 9:30am, waited for 2.5 hours for my number to be reached, then found out that for halide lamps I just had to go to the register. D'oh!. Rugrat was whining so I ran him over to McDonalds for some french fried tranquilizers and came back...
  3. nsamouroux

    2009 3rd Anniversary Sale!

    Below manufacturer advertised price perhaps? Normally means they aren't allowed to disclose the price in the fliers / sale ads or the manufacturer gets a bit peeved :)
  4. nsamouroux

    2009 3rd Anniversary Sale!

    Works for me, after how quickly you were able to get those Koralias over to me I've got no problem with waiting on a raincheck. I'll be after two of the Reeflux 400w SE 20k and two of the Reeflux 250w SE 20k. Should be enough to cover an 8' x 3' x 2' tank with lumenarc reflectors. I like the 20k...
  5. nsamouroux

    2009 3rd Anniversary Sale!

    <Mr Burns> Excellent! </Mr Burns>. I'll be there! Need four new bulbs for the new tank :( It's not ready for swarms of new livestock yet unfortunately (water still too cloudy) but I can always pick that up later!
  6. nsamouroux

    2009 3rd Anniversary Sale!

    Based on the last two sales, "comfy" is a pretty good word for it. Sid seems to enjoy the cuddling necessary to get past the front register area :)
  7. nsamouroux

    2009 3rd Anniversary Sale!

    It's probably too late already to find out before having to just show up tomorrow, but are the Reeflux line of lamps included in the 30% off Coralvue brand halides? After taking a long look at the lighting on your main display and frag tank when I picked up those monster koralias I decided that...
  8. nsamouroux

    Quite a Lighting Pickle

    I never thought of using tinfoil on the aquarium. Usually I put it on my head to block the mind control rays from the Mothership. It'll be especially important to keep them out of my mind this weekend with all these eastern Worshingtonians infiltrating the LFS. They can smell fear :lol:
  9. nsamouroux

    Quite a Lighting Pickle

    With a decent fan / air flow or distance between the bulb and brace heat won't be an immediate concern, but as Scooter mentioned it will weaken over time and the tank will start to sag / bow until it eventually bursts a seam. The foil cover will probably save you from any potential degradation...
  10. nsamouroux

    Quite a Lighting Pickle

    True enough, but I doubt there would be any short term effect (a couple years? Should be long past upgrade time by then!). I took too long to post that however so I didn't see the other posts prior to mine, if she doesn't want to modify the tank (safety, resale value, etc) then the only real...
  11. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    I didn't think to ask them to hold stuff for me... I'll probably ask while I'm there though, thanks for the idea :) It'll probably end up being far too busy for me to want to unleash that sort of hell on them... Hey guys, can you hold these 20 fish and 10 coral frags? Oh, I don't know when the...
  12. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Thankfully I have a brain that operates flawlessly in the presence of caffeine. In fact, my memory and recall ability is so reliable that I can't even remember the last time I forgot something :lol:
  13. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Not much to update progress-wise, but the water is slowly clearing up. I can now see objects (sand, live rock chunks added to seed the tank, etc) about 6" in from any panel. Water polisher canister and the filter socks are helping, but it's a slow process with 600 gallons of water to process :)...
  14. nsamouroux

    Quite a Lighting Pickle

    It should be just as strong, I've seen a number of people replacing plastic cross-bracing with clear acrylic. To be safe, use cell-cast acrylic instead of extruded or the plexicrap from Home Depot / Lowes. In response to people's fears about UV degradation (most recently Trido), that shouldn't...
  15. nsamouroux

    2009 3rd Anniversary Sale!

    Yep! I've got the same model as that one (and paid quite a bit more for it unfortunately... including pressure tank, extra plumbing, etc), except I opted for a horizontal filter for drinking water instead of the second DI chamber (I wanted a reef filter and drinking water from it, dual purpose /...
  16. nsamouroux

    2009 3rd Anniversary Sale!

    Is it the Water General brand RO/DI they have in their store on the back wall? I bought one of them and it has worked flawlessly for me over the last two years. I haven't had to change out the membrane or resin yet (I mounted the resin container vertically to keep it from channeling) but I've...
  17. nsamouroux

    Bidding war

    I just can't believe the pics they show of that thing. Any time I see purple sand / egg crate I get suspicious. Still, even if it's close to the photo appearance it looks pretty nice. Still, like a gem tang, not something I'd spend thousands of dollars on :)
  18. nsamouroux

    OverFlow & Sump Return question

    You're looking at things completely backwards... What is the GPH / processing capacity of your skimmer? There's no reason to send more water through a small sump like that on a small tank if your skimmer isn't even going to be able to process it all. Don't use your sump return to make up for...
  19. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Just added a DIY filter sock (100% polyester felt) made from 3 layers of material to the output of my skimmer, and have the output of my water polishing canister filter dumping into the same bag. Hopefully it'll clear up soon! I want to go spend a buttload at the Barrier Reef sale, but can't get...
  20. nsamouroux

    360 gallon logistical nightmare and no spare time!

    Well crap, now someone tells me! Would it have been better to top off with skim instead of the 2% I used? Is Dairygold that much better than the bulk packages I get from Costco? :lol:
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