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    Octupus Xtreme skimmer

    Interesting. Looks bigger than I thought but looks like it makes a bunch of foam. The pump looks pretty different from anything I have seen before. I wonder if the pump could be located remotely and then plumbed a few feet... Mat
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    OOOOoooh the COLORS! I didn't even realize I was colorblind... until...

    Glad you like the look of the tank with the phoenix bulb. Give them some time and you will see that the colors of the corals will really start to shift. More blues and purples. The phoenix bulbs are really a great DE bulb. There was talk this last summer about putting together a collection...
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    Octupus Xtreme skimmer

    Anyone out there seen the SWC Xtreme line of skimmers in action? They are newly upgraded and released from Marine Solutions. For the price, they look to be pretty amazing. Anyone actually seen on in action? I have a few questions. Mat
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    Poll: Green Polyped Sarcophyton frags from Denver, CO

    Mine have grown enough that I could probably frag it at this point. They are a beautiful coral. PM if interested. Mat
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    DAS EX2 skimmer for sale $300.00 firm.

    If the deal falls through, I think I will take it. Let me know. I think it is perfect for my tank. Missed this post since it was in the PSAS section and not in the equipment for sale area. Been looking for a skimmer like this for about 2 months. Mat
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    Frag Plugs

    I ordered mine online. They are fantastic - cheap, durable, clip into eggcrate easily and versatile for mounting frags several different ways. I have tried others and would never go back. I got them from Uberfrags and I believe they are called "Coral cradles." http://www.coralcradle.com/...
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    treating red bug

    Treated once, red bugs completely gone. I had the interceptor to do another treatment if necessary, but I felt dosing a second time for no reason didn't make sense. I just held onto it, saw how things worked out, and if there had been redbugs that recovered, I would have treated again. One...
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    treating red bug

    Good job catching the cleaner. I did one treatment only, my cleaner was pretty good sized and survived about 5 days, but then died. I had had him for about 1 year. Bummer. I thought I was in the clear when I did all of the water changes, but the cummulative effect must have been too much for...
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    Help w/planning for a calcium reactor

    Before I had one, I could see how that is tempting. However, now that I have the calc reactor, it is seriously so damn easy. You have to fine tune the bubble count of CO2, and the flow through the reactor....but otherwise, it is truly set it and forget it until you need more Co2 or more media...
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    Help w/planning for a calcium reactor

    As stated above. The peristaltic pump eliminates the output valve and the input pump. The amount of water added by the pump does not matter, as the reactor is a closed circuit (it takes the same amount of water out of the tank, and then puts it back into the tank). This is unlike a Kalk...
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    Help w/planning for a calcium reactor

    I will take a stab: 1. They can be located remotely, but I would not put it super far away. You will need 1/4" tubing to and from the reactor. 2. a PH controller is nice, but certainly not required. If you already have a PH monitor, I would spend the money on a peristaltic pump. At this...
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    Obnoxious, loud gurgling/surging on overflow standpipe

    Jan, The reason it is "flushing" is because the airhole in the top has restricted some (maybe due to salt creep). you just need to open up the hole again. You can use the drill bit that originally was used to drill the hole to clean it up again - otherwise you could drill it one size bigger if...
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    Rose Milli keeps growing

    Love the Mille. Looks more purple than raspberry or pink. I have a green, light pink, dark pink and yellow mille. Still searching for that blue mille. Great coral. Mat
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    Pickling Lime

    The canning pantry is where I got mine last. I am on my last container and need to get a few more. 4 cans last me about a year. Cannot beat the price. Mat
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    Light acclimation

    bump. Mat
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    Light acclimation

    Looking for advice on how to best acclimate my tank to new lights. Same watts and kelvin rating, just replacing 9 mo old bulbs with fresh ones. Currently I cut my photo period down from 9hrs to 6hrs and added some eggcrate above the tank. I do not really have the capability to raise/lower my...
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    tank costs

    My acrylic tank is very similar to the dimensions you are looking for: 60Lx22Wx30T (around 170 gal) and it was around $640.
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    Poll: Green Polyped Sarcophyton frags from Denver, CO

    Both of mine are doing great. They started out about 1/4" each and now they are between 1-2" each now. They get medium, indirect flow, are about half way down under my 250w DE Phoenix 14ks. No direct feeding, every so often I give cyclopeeze. Mat
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    Par Thread With Meter

    great post. I am about to change out my Phoenix 250 DE bulbs on my system. Mat
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    How a pagoda should look...

    Looks great. I have one as well that is a little bit bigger. They do pretty well if you feed them (actively or passively) from time to time. Mat
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