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    Sunlight through a window

    Yeah, Calfo has successfully propagated many species of coral including some SPS species in PA. My main consern was the window since it is not greenhouse glazing I did not know how it would effect the spectrum of light from the sun. Thanks for all the links Jason I will be sure to take a look...
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    Sunlight through a window

    Yeah I have seen the solar tube. Hmm I wonder how work would feel about me cutting holes in the roof :D. I wonder if the plastic used in the solar tubes are anything special that allow increased UV transmission. I think that a lot of windows today have a special compound mixed in to cut back...
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    Sunlight through a window

    Why not in Indianapolis? If it is no in Indy I am pretty sure it is a no everywhere then because the window is removing the helpful light. Are you saying the windows remove the helpful light?
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    Sunlight through a window

    I was just wondering if sunlight through a normal window would be sufficient to gor and propagate anemones. I have about 6' of window that I could use to set up various frag tanks and wanted to see if anyone knew if the windows filter out desirable frequencies of light. Well if anyone knows or...
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    Heteractis Magnifica or Sebae for my percula clowns ?

    You should also know that the survival rate for Ritteri anemones is not that great and I would advise you to not to get one unless you have excelent water quality, very strong turbulent flow, and at very intense lighting (I have seen sucess with a 175W MH with 4 x 6' VHO's. This is what I think...
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    Anemone Propagation

    Good idea Brian. Also I know you had a huge rose at one time. Any chance it has cloned and I can get one from you :). If you do have one that you are willing to sell please let me know.
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    What and how many pumps for this massive sump

    For control of pathogens I would stay away from UV all together. The time and effort it takes to make it effective would be time consuming on a system that size. I would second what Don W said use ozone there is nothing better for pathogen control and it also has many other benifits.
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    Anemone Propagation

    I do not plan on having any rock in my culturing tank. I will line the tank with indoor/outdoor carpet (the green stuff). I will then use lift tubes for water movement, a sponge filter for biological filtration, and 2 x 55W 10,000K PC's for light. I will feed the anemones every other day and...
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    Anemone Propagation

    Ok I have chenged my lighting from 4 x 20W NO 5000K bulbs to 2 x 55W PC 10,000K since I already have them and they are brand new. Do you think I would get better growth from the 4 x 20W 5000K bulbs or the 10,000K bulbs.
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    Anemone Propagation

    Hi Nikki, I have read a lot of information on those forums but I could not find anything reguarding the heater issue and wait time. I just wanted to clarify those before I began my venture. Also do you know anywhere locally where I can get 3 - 4 BTA clones to use for propagation. It is very...
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    Anemone Propagation

    Hey Anthony, WEll I am taking your advice and am setting up a amenone prop tank. I have access to ~6 40 gallon breeder tanks and will be starting with one of the tanks to see how it goes. I have a few quiestions and then want to see if I have everything that I need. Questions: 1. For a 40...
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    DIY protein skimmer and Ca Reactor

    Actually I do make skimmers and other equipment for people that want them. :)
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    DIY protein skimmer and Ca Reactor

    o gosh, I have no idea it took my about 3 weeks of working between 1 and 4 hours a night to get it done so 30+ hours for the skimmer and reactor. Making a skimmer that large was new for me I can make small skimmers in a few days of only a few hours a night.
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    DIY protein skimmer and Ca Reactor

    Hey Nikki! The reactor has a reaction chamber of 18" tall and I diameter of 6" and is a fluidized media reactor meaning the water enters the reactor at the bottom. This allows for optimal CO2 usage. The recirculation pump is a MagDrive 500. If there is anything else you are interested in...
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    DIY protein skimmer and Ca Reactor

    That is a test with salt water. I just dumped in a couple cups of salt to see what the bubble production would be like and I think it works great. It looks like milk in the reaction chamber and it was starting to collect gunk from freshly made saltwater.
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    DIY protein skimmer and Ca Reactor

    Brad, The reaction chamber is 11" OD with a 1/8" wall and 20" tall the riser is ~9" tall and the skimmer has an overall height of 34". The pumps are Gen-X 4100's I am guessing that the tank will easily skim a 500g tank. and the reactor will do a 350g tank.
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    DIY protein skimmer and Ca Reactor

    I just thought I would post a few pictures of the protein skimmer and calcium reactor that I built. If you have any questions on how I made anything please feel free to ask.
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    skimmer

    never mind my post I just read the first part of the post and realized that you already had the skimmer modified. Great modification by the way :)
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    skimmer

    wow my first post :)
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    skimmer

    If you have a drill you could also do some modifications to that skimmer that would make it awsome. You could do a recirculating mod on it where you mount a pump specifically for mixing the air and the water. Then you could feed the skimmer by an feed pump and drill a hole and add a output for...
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