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  1. Travis

    New here

    Your tank looks excellent clockwork!
  2. Travis

    Flow and coral formation

    Do you have a link to where Anthony is talking about this? I am curious to hear what he had to say on it. I've always thought alternating flow leads to the healthiest corals as it aids in gas exchange and waste removal.
  3. Travis

    A 750g SPS system is born

    HOLY MOLY! Now that is a skimmer. I wish I could be there when it starts foaming and taking all of the stuff out that your other skimmer is leaving behind. That will be a glorious sight. So what are the dimensions of the skimmer? What are you going to use to supply the wet neck... a tee off...
  4. Travis

    Pinched Mantle

    The clams did quit pinching after the crash and I thought they were cured and the tank water was cleaned but..... it eventually came back.:( I don't remember ever saying that the pinching was gone for good. If I did, it was only a guess and based on the short period right after the crash, and...
  5. Travis

    Pinched Mantle

    This is not true. In a healthy system, the clams can live inevitably with the disease. Well, I know they can live with it for 3 years + anyways as that is how long one of my clams had it. At the beginning of this thread I had posted that I had 3 clams. All 3 pinched at one point. I had done...
  6. Travis

    Pinched Mantle

    Couldn't have said it better myself. :) People that have clams and have never had PM are very likely reading these PM threads but most likely don't post because they have nothing to contribute to a solution.
  7. Travis

    More Jidz Babble

    I would get around $10-$20 store credit for 50 heads. Then they would turn around and sell them at $20 a head. :( I always have hated that LFS (mini critters). The other LFS (safari land) gave me $30 store credit for 4 heads. Problem is, the xenia established itself in their tanks and has...
  8. Travis

    More Jidz Babble

    Yup, IC ballasts are great and so is there customer service. No, you couldn't keep a fish that only eats xenia. As scooter said, it will probably wipe out the population. Another problem with xenia is that it will completely crash for no apparent reason and every stalk in the tank will melt...
  9. Travis

    Jiddy's 220g MASTERPIECE!

    Jiddy, listen to what the others are telling you about feeding time. You need to shut your return pump off during feedings so the food isn't going down the oveflow and being wasted. My aquacontroller turns my CL's and return off for 15 minutes every time I feed. Normally, you can shut some...
  10. Travis

    Jiddy's 220g MASTERPIECE!

    I have two rules of thumbs regarding snails. 1)Use "at least" one per gallon. 2)If at any time you look at your tank and it doesn't look like you have a LOT of snails, then you don't have enough. Seriously, snails are your best friend. Get enough of them, and you don't need any other algae...
  11. Travis

    A 750g SPS system is born

    That was a pretty funny story. I hear ya on the LM rollers. Those things need to be cleaned way more often than the instructions say. I don't remember how many hours it takes before the cleaning maintenance alert goes off but I always need to clean mine before that. The last time I cleaned...
  12. Travis

    Jiddy's 220g MASTERPIECE!

    RE: STRAINERS This would work well: http://www.marinedepot.com/IMD/ft_screen_big.jpg As would this: http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=FT8555
  13. Travis

    Jiddy's 220g MASTERPIECE!

    fleetbox, I would not trust poly tubing on my tank. I use it for my water change pump and it gets very brittle. It has literally cracked lengthwise along the pipe about 12" for not reason. I never overbend it or kink it. Also, due to the rigidity, I'm not sure how leak-proof the connections...
  14. Travis

    A 750g SPS system is born

    I just had to bring it up because I lost my 75 to a kalk disaster a couple years ago. That was my main reasoning behind purchasing an AC for this tank. My overflow drain got a blockage and water started to overflow the tank. The top-off all went through a kalk reactor on a float switch in the...
  15. Travis

    A 750g SPS system is born

    Alberto, you can do the whole web server thingie with the ACII as long as you have it connected to your PC with a serial cable. Then you just let your PC be the web server (can be done with windows xp pro). I don't use the internet access feature anyways for a couple reasons. First, the only...
  16. Travis

    A 750g SPS system is born

    Thanks for the update Alberto. The pics look fine but I know they do absolutely no justice as to the magnificent size of your tank. I take it you like your VHO's. :) We both started out our tanks thinking we would be fine with just Radiums and then ended up adding some VHO's and noticed a...
  17. Travis

    Jiddy's 220g MASTERPIECE!

    Jiddy, if you go with that stream kit I don't think you will be happy in the long run. 6000's don't move enough water for your tank. I would recommend 6200's or 6100's at the least. I have 1 6200 in my 280, in addition to my 2 CL's with Sequence 5800's and my return with an Iwaki 100. The...
  18. Travis

    South Dakota Reefers

    His website is still under construction. Dude, I can't keep up with your circus thread. That thing is moving way too fast.
  19. Travis

    More Jidz Babble

    LA3 reflectors. Ideally, you should match your ballast with what bulb you plan to use. However, if you are like me, you will be trying different bulbs out all the time anyways so go with a ballast that will fire every bulb. I would say go with IceCaps. PFO HQI's if you think you will be...
  20. Travis

    South Dakota Reefers

    Oops. http://www.oceansofthemidwest.com
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