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    Calcium Reactor

    Your reactor looks very similar to a DIY reactor that I saw on Melevreef.com, check out the link below and see if it helps. http://www.melevsreef.com/dj88.html
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    Best item for a tank

    Put me in line, ready to part with my baster.
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    need help with float switchs

    If I had to do it again I would go with one of Don's setups. I had two short out (I had a second safety float both times so no real damage.). Finally figured out you needed to have a tube over the top of your float switch as they apparently are not water tight so if the tops are ever...
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    bubble and effluent rates

    I need to dial my bpm back as my alk is heading up. I do not know the ph of my effluent as my ph test kits don't measure below 7.6. I ordered a Pinpoint PH monitor but the probe arrived broken and the replacement is a week away. I have been measuring alkalinity to gauge reactor...
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    bubble and effluent rates

    Just setup a DIY calcium reactor and am now in the process of adjusting effluent and co2 bubble rate. Was curious to hear what others are using and their tank size. I dose kalk in my topoff which keeps my tank ph at 8.3. So far my effluent is about 100ml/minute and 50bpm, I believe I will...
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    Need help with a remote fuge design

    Yikes...I have a 30 gallon you are welcome to.
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    Need help with a remote fuge design

    Ben I am hoping you figure this one out, as you know I am plagued with the lighter colors as well. I have started feeding heavier and my frogspawn has started getting deeper colors so you are probably right thinking you need more nutrients. I don't think our 10K lighting helps with the lighter...
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    help with shrimp

    They are eggs. http://www.breedersregistry.org/Reprints/FAMA/v17_aug94/scarlet.htm During fertilization, two Scarlet Cleaner shrimp couple, joining at midsection with one shrimp assuming a position underneath the other, soon after one shrimp molts. Apparently, sperm is passed from the hard...
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    friend or foe

    I agree my description could be a lot of things. I read up on peanut worms but that is not it. My creatures are about the thickness of sewing thread and a inch or two long with a tuft at the end of it. I will try and get a picture but tough since they are so small and only active at night...
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    friend or foe

    At night I have worm/tentacle creatures that extend out of the rock. They do not have a shell/tube that I can see, they are a long thin string that will retract and extend. Does anyone know what these are? Will they bug my corals?
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    dowflake suppliers?

    Don suggested it to me earlier when I was looking for Dow flake and could not find any. Now I see dryzair every where I look, Home Depot, Lowes, Joe's ect.... It does not seem to take much to bump my calc up. It just seems that everyone talks about dow flake.
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    dowflake suppliers?

    Is dowflake better than other calcium chloride products, like dryzair? My primary calcium source is kalk but occassionally supplement with dryzair.
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    Reflector height

    Good poll, I would like to see more responses. I am running a 180 24 deep with 3 250 MH 10K reefflux SE on PFO parallel refector with 220 T5 actinics. My MH bulbs are 6 inches off the water(not by choice but because of hood height). I swapped from spider reflectors about six months ago and...
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    tap water for top off?

    Some folks do use tap water for topoff, I did it for a couple years with no problems. Different areas have different quality so really hit and miss. Even if you do have good quality tap water that could change without you knowing as a result of utility work or variation at water treatment...
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    New Hamilton MH Bulbs

    I am in the 9th month on my 14K hamiltons on icecap ballasts and everything blue is doing great including tenius, ora and oregon torts and a couple I am not sure of names, they are all positioned mid to upper level in a 24 inch deep tank. I have had a couple other corals fade on me badly and...
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    Gieseman T5 pure actinics w/ Ushio 10000K 400 Watt Halides

    I run both the actinic and aquablue, I think things may not be as blue as most would like without the aquablue. I would run 3 of each.
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    calcium question

    I will go by home depot and look for it. Thanks, I would rather avoid a science experiment with the kalk/vinegar.
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    calcium question

    My calc is 350. I recently raised my alk a bit too excessively as result of a cheap test kit, have since replaced with a salifert kit, the high alk really knocked down my calcium and I am trying to get it back up. I would not mind using CACL but I am not sure where to find it, tried Lowes with...
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    calcium question

    I wanted to raise my calcium levels. I have read how to do so with Dow flakes but wondered if I could not just mix Kalk and white vinegar to a pH of around 8.0 and dump strait in the tank. I dose kalk in my topoff but wanted to bump it up quickly. Has anyone done the strait kalk/vinegar mix...
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    I am finally going BIG!!

    I have a 180 acrylic 6x2x2 with a top bracing similar to yours. I use three 250watt mh evenly spaced on PFO perpindicular refelctors. The middle bulbs sits about 6 inches directly over the center bracing, I have a lot of airflow and have not had any problems with damage. I am now however...
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