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    Bidding for Ocean in a box

    Marlin, What in the heck are you talking about? Fill me in dude :-) Are you holding out on me?
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    where can i find VHO lighting fixture

    Great dimensions on your tank! Does it have a hood? Either way you could get by with like 4 150watt metal hailde pendants. Or 2ea 4' 4 or 6 bulb T5's. I dont think they make a 8' vho tube.
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    Closed loop pump selection

    I don't know about your hammerhead, something may have been wrong with it. I've never heard a loud reeflo. Any external pump will be noisy=wrong. Do a search for reeflo pumps. Check out the reviews. Why not a mag? simple answer=heat. They do introduce a lot more heat than a traditonal pump...
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    Closed loop pump selection

    Look into reeflo pumps. They are super quiet and reliable. I use the dart and it is a great pump. Depending how you plumb it I expect you'll be losing more flow than you think. You are going to be branching 3 ways. There's a lot of resistance in those "Y's" and "T's" With a lot of the Reeflo...
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    where can i find VHO lighting fixture

    What are your plans for this tank? LPS, SPS, Fish only with liverock? How deep is your tank? VHO's probably are not the best choice. Let me know. Thanks, Darrell
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    My 234gal start

    Tom, Where do you get info on the frag swaps? It'll be a while before I accumulate enough to participate in a "swap" but I bet it's neat to see. Darrell
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    My 234gal start

    Thanks Marlin, I need to figure out how to take better pics of the tank. My cycle is over and the algae is 90% gone. I really scored on this Jakarta liverock. It is so porous and has so many caves. I have my fish and some frogspawn,hammer, and anenomes residing in it now. One of these...
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    My 234gal start

    Thank you. I scaped it to give tons of holes for the fish to swim through. That's proving to be a pain. I have an evil powder grey Tang I'm trying to catch and he is winning!! I have a trap in the tank now but it's not looking promising. Maybe one day you can come check it out.
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    Ich and Water Changes

    You really ought to read Leebecca's post in the fish section about Ich. It is an excellent read for Ich.
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    Setting up my 40b - substrate choice

    Like every one has said you don't need to waste your money on live sand. The sand in your link looks very fine. I would stay away form really fine sand. It sucks to vacuum out and water flow really blows it around.
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    Using old slatwater

    It all depends where you had the water kept. In the future I would not store the water without a lid or cover. If any cleaners or oils were used around the water it coud get contaminated.
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    Water change and skimmer

    Your skimmer could be starting in reverse. Also depending on how new the skimmer is it may not be "broke-in" yet.
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    Wanna have some fun thursday night?

    What skimmer came with that tank? I called the guy 3 times and e-mailed with no luck. If you're not interested in keeping it let me know.
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    water flow

    Depending on the size of your return pump you very well may have enough flow with what you have. Just move your powerheads around till your happy with the flow. If you just re-set up or moved this tank the dirty sand is just part of the tank getting re-adjusted.
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    Tank Question/Help

    How big of sump do you have? I would say be sure to have a good ro/di filter. Overkill on the skimmer wont hurt. A fuge wouldn't hurt and it's a great place for pods to breed. Do you plan to have any lps or sps? this will determine what your lighting needs will be. Your tang will quickly outgrow...
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    Maroon Clown

    If you really love your clown you'll get him a bubble tip anenome. You will then know what maroon clownfish extasy looks like :-)
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    water flow

    Are you running a sump/return pump? If not I don't think the powerheads you have are enough. How much liverock do you have in there? How long has the tank been set up?
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    LED Light Opinion

    I'd stay away from it if it's not controllable on color and intensity.
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    Yes or no on UV sterilizers?

    Marlin, What are you hoping to get out of using a UV? Do you have a chiller or forsee any isuues with heat? Answer these and I can give you an answer :-)
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    Cleaning Skimmer

    You Clean the entire cup, Actually you can leave the collection portion of it dirty and stinky but you really need to clean the area where the bubbles come into the collection cup. A smooth chamber helps the bubbles flow. I don't think you need to run RO water through the air inlet. Fresh water...
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