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    How'd you find us?

    A friend from Washington mentioned the site, so I checked it out. I found it to be a lot friendlier site than some of the other sites although its a bit slow here from time to time. But I am willing to give a little inorder to take a little. There seems to be almost no flaming here (at...
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    New Ricordia and Mushroom (questions)

    Cant say too much about Ricordia as I have just recently added two of them to my collection, so I am still behind on the "learning curve" with them. The mushrooms on the other hand, I have several rocks of these and they seem in my experience to do best in a more modestly lit aquarium. I have...
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    Rio vs Mag

    The new Seio by Rio may be a better pump and maybe, just maybe Rio has gotten it together finally and quit putting out junk, but in my opinion given the track record of Rios I have owned, I sitting the sidelines on this one for a while until they have a proven track record. Untill then...MAG...
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    What do you do for ....

    Contracted by the US military as a Hazardous Material Transportion Manager for a Explosive Weapons Depot here.
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    Switching from PCs to MH HELP!

    Another thing that has also worked well (although the method above is optimal) for me is to start out with just a couple of hours of halides a day and slowly extend the time the halides are on over a period of 2-3 weeks until your light schedule gets to where you want it. Just a second option...
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    Favorite place for mail order corals?

    Aqua-Con The name says it all! Do a vendor search at Reef Central or The Reef Tank then ask yourself just how lucky you feel? There prices are very cheap to be sure but they have had a number of shipping issues, warenty issues, and very poor customer service when you do have a problem with a...
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    APC Battery Backups

    Guess I am a tightwad! I am using a 200 amp hour 8D marine battery, a cheap two plug converter. Total cost...about 250.00. This has has worked for me on several occasions for periods of several hours. It fits quiet well under my 135 gallon tank so it stays hidden from view. The battery is...
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    How Long Have You Been Reefing?

    Set up my first Reef tank 2 years ago with a 55 gallon as the first victim, now I also have a 24 gallon Nano-Reef with mainly softies, a 65 with SPS, a 75 with LPS, 135 with SPS/Clams, a 240 with SPS, and a 300 gallon frag tank with SPS/LPS and some softies. Its addicting to say the...
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    Algae I've had Enough

    With the discription you just gave...tear it down, and start again. Not what you wanted to hear I am sure. I am assuming that you had macro-algae in your display, that its hold fast are entrenched in your live rock and sand and that you now cant beat it back into submission. Would this be...
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    Back to Basics ~Live Rock~

    Nice write up NaH2O! Should help a lot of newbies out and refresh us more experienced reefers too. Its good to see this kinda thing here as you dont see much of this on other forums! Hopefully some of the more talanted and inspired members here will follow your lead and do some more articles...
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    My ritteri Under Atinics

    Wow! That is too cool looking!!!
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    Live Rock

    I originally started with a 45 lbs box of Kaelini. It came with all of about 5 peices 3 of which weighed more than 10 lbs each including one that was obviously a table top acropora at one time(barely fits through the opening on one end of a 75 gallon AGA aquarium its so big). The other two...
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    Live Rock

    Obviously my attention to detail is lacking as I didnt note the last two questions... iamjosh summed it up pretty well...what do you like the look of regarding live rock? I suggest looking at several types at LFS's and seeing what it is that you like or dont like then go get some! The...
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    Live Rock

    For Florida rock about 1 1/2 lbs per a gallon For Fiji, about a 1 1/4 lbs per a gallon Kaelini or lighter less dense rock about a pound per a gallon Thats what I would suggest...
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    Crappy Rios

    I had several 400's, 600's and 800's die on me but none never nuked my tank. The one that zapped me was a Rio 1100. Sure wished I would have known about these forums when I first got started...The things I would do over again............
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    Prime Pump?

    What kinda pump was it? How much "head" (be nice now...) if any is it pushing?
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    Crappy Rios

    Actually, I think Rio has introduced a completely new line of pumps. I cant remember the "series name" and I havent seen many of them for sale, and I am not talking about the "Hyper-Flow" series... Still doesnt change the fact that I dont trust them further than I can throw them! You right...
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    Compatibility Question

    Yeah that would be a good idea iyaoyas, since I know you have soime corals and are planning more. They are usually "reef safe" but should be added with caution and watched closely. The one I had really liked Xenia! Thank God I had several tanks going....Just something to consider
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    New Tank Frustrations!

    Sorry to hear of the misfortunes. Prehaps a break is much needed anyways. We will all be here and "standing by to stand by" when it does get finished! (That brings up a good question...are our reef tanks ever really finished? :lol: ) Life will always throw wrenches into the game plan, in our...
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    stacking metal halide ballasts

    No, no picks or write up yet. My camera really sucks! I am getting to it soon though. I got a few decent close ups that arent too blurry fo a few things, no "real" eye candy yet... :(
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