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    DIY Recirculating MOD on Skimmer Question

    I had my skimmer break about 6 months ago and I bought a cheapo ebay skimmer. I really liked the large body volume and collection cup. My thought was upgrade the pump to a modded needle wheel (like a sedra 5000) in the near future. Well the injection venturi is a bit wierd on this, so I was...
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    Skimmerless

    Have you seen the cheato tank at barrier reef? It looks like close to a 90 gallon tank stuffed full of cheato. They also have some pretty cool looking skimmers too though. -chris
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    Skimmerless

    I ended up building my refugium much like your design. The overflow goes to a refugium with cheato and then overflows to a chamber that contains the skimmer and then to the return pump. Before the refugium my skimmer pulled out lots of muck, after the sump modifications it barely pulls...
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    My Dream Tank, is it possible?

    Thanks Jobiwan. Maybe a trigger SPS tank would be the way to go.... Trying to figure out how to combine everything I like with only one tank. Now I can see how people end up with a ton of tanks. Katchupoy, my gbta has only split once in over a year and a half. He has since turned dark green...
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    whats Randy talking about?

    Sorry sent this too early. There are several ways to look at data statistically. One very good test is how similar to things are to each other such as a correlation. The t test shows the probability that there is a correlation. -chris http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stbasic.html
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    My Dream Tank, is it possible?

    I have been running a 60 gallon tank for coming up on two years. I got into this not really knowing anything so my tank is a mish mash of stuff I thought was cool. I am probably going to be moving in about a year and have started thinking about my next tank. I have an idea and I am not sure...
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    Shinmao Nano

    I really like the look of the finnex nanos. They have a built in refugium and skimmer in the back, plus a really clean open top look. The fixture is HO T5 and can upgrade to 150 HQI. Not sure how they run, but they look pretty nice. -chris
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    Venturi Availability

    I am looking for a venturi for a skimmer modification. What is the best stand alone venturi? Do any Seattle local LFS or other stores carry venturi's? I bought a cheap skimmer and like the body, but it needs a good pump and venturi to make it work well. Also what pump would you recommend...
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    Leaking Eheim Pro II 2128

    The plastic clips have probably relaxed. You can probably get a thicker gasket to take up the slack in the opening, if you know or measure the dimensions. You will have to probably go through grainger or some online place, but it would most likely work. You could also try putting both o-rings...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    It looks like you are using the giesmann bulbs. Is that true? Is this one of the sunlight supply tek fixtures? Thanks for all the information, plus the pictures. There is a fish store up here that uses a lot of T5s and I love the look, but do like the shimmer of MH. -chris
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    Anemone color

    The goal should be getting nitrates down to zero. I don't think a skimmer alone will accomplish that. To do this you need to remove the nitrates (by water changes or cheato) and limit what you are adding. Feed your fish less food more often so they eat every crumb. Any feeding of the anenome...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    I am helping someone set up a tank that is 21" deep and am contemplating T5 lighting. Is there any update on this topic? I currently run metal halides, but have always liked the T5 set-up. Plus I think it would be a good option for my friend due to the easy scaleability with retro systems...
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    koralia powerheads

    I currently run the #3 on that same controller. I was running the seio's on it, but decided to try the korallia. I had one of the seio's break after 14 months on this wavemaker. It chatters a lot and is pretty annoying, so I am going to go back to seio's and just replace them when they break...
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    Aiptasia on SPS Rock

    Try not to get any Joe's juic on the coral. It can bleach out the coral if left on it. I killed off some sections of some of mine by leaving the joe's juice on it too long. -chris
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    What To Do With A Sweeper Tentacle

    My LPS always sends out these sweepers when I feed and occasionally at night. My frogspawn once sent out a huge sweeper, over 6 inches, and it got stuck on a ricordia. They tugged back and forth for a day. The amazing thing is the heads didn't pull back in on the frogspawn. I would say just...
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    Alternate Calcium Reactor Help

    That was the thought. I have an ex-coworker who uses ultrasonics in a lot of industrial applications. I was looking at the calcium reactor and it occured to me that the ultrasonic unit in the cheap humidifiers could be moded to fit in the pH probe opening on calcium reactors. At this point it...
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    Alternate Calcium Reactor Help

    So, I have a million dollar idea and not sure if it will work or not. A standard calcium reactor uses a CO2 setup to lower the pH enough to increase the dissolution of CaCO3 into Calcium and carbonate. I had an alternate idea that I was going to try for an inexpensive calcium reactor. I would...
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    Hey Kevin I finaly got some better pics for you

    I got some colorful corals and starting in january they started browning. I messed with the lights and feeding forever. I started to get algae growth. I finally replaced the RODI I had with new parts from Spectrapure. The color is coming back and the algae is dieing off. The only time I...
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    Sump Tell me if it crazy or good

    Put the skimmer in the first compartment. The theory being get as much out of the water and then let the refugium deal with what the skimmer can't remove. Your skimmer will work better and the refugium (cheato and mangrove) will put a final polish on the water. I would just leave the top...
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    New Red Bug Treatment?

    What if the coral became addicted?
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