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    Summer is here, lets talk heat control

    I put an AC unit upstairs and it has a downdraft cooling effect on my entryway which, just to the right, is the room with the tank hidden in the closet. I also reduced the photoperiod to about 6 hours. Corals and anemone seems plenty happy, no change and the temp seems to be staying 76.
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    Summer is here, lets talk heat control

    I use 6 54 W T5's which I thought were one of the cooler running options but these are kicking out some serious heat. The really high temps are gone and we honestly only have a month of it left before we start ramping down for fall. I'll definetly get a couple bottles frozen to help out and may...
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    Summer is here, lets talk heat control

    This weekend kicked my ass. Recently bought a new house without AC....so it holds the hot air in GREAT. Saturday I was in Seattle watching Dark Knight Rises at the Imax and got home around 6pm, to a tank at 86 degrees! I topped off the sump with about 3 gallons of cool (around 60-65) degree...
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    Hello!

    I dunno, he has been turned inside out for a full day now. I have kept a M.Doreensis before and had great success with them in the past but this is a different set up. The flow he is getting is mostly indirect above his tentacles. I'll move him one last time to a place with lower flow to try and...
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    August Tank of the Month

    Great looking tank! Inspiring to see what can be done.
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    Hello!

    Last Update for a bit. Promise Well everything is looking amazing except the LTA. I am reducing the photoperiod (2pm-10pm) to see the effect on the temperature of the fish tank and making sure the room gets some better ventilation. Has anyone used tinfoil as a makeshift reflector before? I...
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    Dwarf angels...are they compatible?

    2 in a 125 a no no? Have some issues I am trying to work through with the tank but doing some planning for the future.
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    Hello!

    More updating, this is becoming a blog rather than a post. So checked the temperature of the tank last night, it was all the way up to 82! =( Killed the lights, checked the heater and it was set to 75. Checked the temp this morning and it was at 79. The anemone has been back and forth between...
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    Hello!

    Update Picked up a 60 gallon reef off craigslist for 150, came with the additions to the tank http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/cruzanm423/IMAG0135.jpg http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/cruzanm423/IMAG0136.jpg had to move the LTA this morning so he wasn't too happy when I took...
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    Queen angel in QT

    Gorgeous fish. Looking forward to checking out the tank at some point today. 375? Holy cow.
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    Hello!

    Testing http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/cruzanm423/IMAG0131.jpg http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/cruzanm423/IMAG0130.jpg http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/cruzanm423/IMAG0129.jpg http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w338/cruzanm423/IMAG0128.jpg The pics are a little to...
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    Hello!

    Ok, Im guessing this picture things not as simple as attach, reply since my camera doesn't take pics that small. Will be uploading as soon as I can actually get these on a website I guess.
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    Hello!

    Lol fair enough pics coming tonight when I get home. I am really not digging the effect that having 4ft lights on a 6ft tank is having, I have 2 55 watt PC ballasts from back in the day I found and am half considering moving the 6 T5s to one side rather than in the middle and using the two PCs...
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    Hello!

    Thanks all, I will definetly be waiting on posting pics until its something that doesnt embarass the crap out of me, 20-30 lbs of rock and 5 small fish in a 125 definetly does that ;) I'm kinda gathering MH has gone out of style, is there any point source of lighting replacement that gives the...
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    Comment by 'cruzanm' in media 'Firefish'

    I picked up three of these (stupid stupid stupid) and so far there is no chasing going on in the 125 they are in. There are two that are pretty inseperable and one that joins them from time to time but likes to kind of skulk by himself. Hes not getting nipped at or chased yet. Maybe he's just...
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    Hello!

    Hey all, Just at a point in my life where I can get back in the hobby and am doing it slowly. Put a 125g in a wall (which inflated the cost about 800$ =( )with a closet access to it from a seperate room, using 6 4ft T5's for light (1ft unlit on either side, will expand at a later date with 6...
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