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    cool videos.

    Chris has done a great job on the www.reefvideos.com site. I have been watching those videos over and over as no one has tanks that beautiful close to me. However the people in those video's are in Toronto which is only 2 hrs from me. Thats where I end up driving to get most of my nice SPS...
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    Corals and lighting question

    Im fimilar with the gate valve mod. Try closing the valve a bit more then.......you should be producing skimmate even with only rock in the tank. I've never seen a tank with a decent skimmer that could not produce at least some skimmate.....get those bubbles up higher is my guess.
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    Corals and lighting question

    I have a G3 as well....my guess is you need to raise the riser. When I first set the riser the bubbles are about half way up the collection cup. Just play with it till you find the sweet spot. It took me multiply times of flooding the cup to get the hang of it.
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    T5 Wattage needed for 90 tall

    A bulb can not be judged on wattage alone.....and thus the whole thoery on how many watts per gallon is out the window. Lighting is a complex issue....but from my experience I can tell you that an 8 light 54watt system would be slightly better then your current system. Although at this point I...
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    T5 Wattage needed for 90 tall

    if your looking for an upgrade get the 8 light fixture.......6 wouldnt be much of an upgrade.
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    Zoo Glue?

    krazy glue will work...or any thing of the like really. I really like the gel type its easy to use underwater.
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    55G Show Fish????

    Foxface...good idea. Would it be to much to house the foxface with a pygmy angel and one false perc(he is over one years old and still pretty small) in my 55. I have excellent skimming and water quality.
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    55G Show Fish????

    Hey all, Just wanted some suggestions on show fish for my 55 gallon long tank. Right now it contains many LPS and soft corals and one false perc clown. Here are some of the fish I was thinking about Purple tang, blue regal tang, yellow tang, flame angel, coral beauty. Of course not all...
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    RO/DI auto topoff Questions

    sorry dont have any experience with float valve's.....like I mentioned earlier I use float switches and electrial solenoids. They work great. I have "heard" that the float valves can leak slowy....but i wouldnt know really. Here is the link for the solenoid that I use inline with a float...
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    RO/DI auto topoff Questions

    Ya..well you really dont need the bladder tank in my opinion. You could use it as well but it would increase the flow coming from the system because those tanks are like a reserve of water and under pressure.....
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    RO/DI auto topoff Questions

    Not quite sure how you've hooked everything up but....something is telling me it is necessarily complicated. I would suggest you need an auto-shutoff inbetween the pre-filters and the R.O membrane. With these there are highpressure inputs (afterprefilter) and low pressure ones (after...
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    Skimmer Mod?

    www.asmskimmer.com has all the info and parts you need to do a re-circ mod on an ASM skimmer.... How much do you think this would improve the skimmer MOJO?
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    I find this method pretty good.....wondering why more people arent using it. No need for a storage container.
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    How about this post from aquariumpros (canadian forum) The output of the RO unit goes through a solenoid valve and then to the tank. As soon as I build my Kalk reactor i will have the flow of the RO through the solenoid into the reactor and then into the tank. I ordered it from McMaster Carr...
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    I was planning on running the hose from the bottom of the RO storage tank up and over the RO storage tank (tash can) and on syhon have it flow down into the reactor. Inbetween the reactor and the storage tank I would have my medical wheel valve. What do you guys think of this. With the flow...
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    Plumbing of Kalk reactor

    Hey guys, Just wanna get some ideas on how different people have plumbed there kalk reactor. Do you hock it direct to your RO/DI with a valve, do you use a dosing pump (before or after the reactor), a powerhead and float switch, or do you use gravity to feed it?? plus other ways im sure...
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    ??top Off And Kalk Reactor??

    wow..could it really be that simple..haha. I was just thinking that with a kalk reactor all the water coming out is fully saturated kalk water. SO if I wanna use my doser to pump back all evaporated water through the reactor and my calcium demands are low I would risk over-dosing kalk in my...
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    ??top Off And Kalk Reactor??

    I get that part.....the part im concerned with is, if all my top of water is kalk saturated water I might over-dose my tank because my calicum demands are not all that high right now.
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    ??top Off And Kalk Reactor??

    Hey guys, Im thinking of making a kalk reactor to use with a my Flexiflo dosing pump for auto top-off 24/7. Im concerned that my tank's calcium needs are not that high and toping off strictly with kalk will over-dose my tank. Is there a way to dose R.O water and kalk through a reactor with...
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    Newbie Mistake.....HELP!!!

    well.... it's not spinning...just rocking (may be because the needle impeller is screwed) ...can you actually mess up the electric coil in the housing??
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