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    Q about MH lights

    Exactly what I ended up trying to note...I actually re-read yours and my posts and just made some changes to try and make it fit vs. re-writing it all (I was feeling lazy). :) You might look at those Lumenmax pendants (check out the sunlight supply website here...
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    Q about MH lights

    You might want to re-think lighting altogether and look at going with a MH + VHO/T5/Power Compact to supplement (personally I use 100% MH with no supplement lighting)...this is the concept I think you are intending to go for eventually. In this case you can better position 2 or 3 MH pendants...
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    live rock die off

    What people are saying is that is will be OK to order the rock and that regardless of where you get it from you should expect it to have some die off. The question was raised about the quality of the rock as better rock will provide for better growth within the rock over time. The other point...
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    help -- zoo problems!

    Often when we bring home something new, especially when already on a piece of rock all the animals in the tank are extra interested in it. I have been told this can be because there are little hitch-hikers on the rock that are being eaten...of course I cannot verify this is your case. I would...
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    dKH and Alk are too high

    jteaster - I've been using Seachem products with good results: Reef Builder for Alk buffering and Reef Advantage Calcium for Ca (plus it includes Magnesium & Strontium). I have yet to get into anythink more complex such as a Kalk drip or Ca reactor to maintain Ca and Alk. To stablize our tank I...
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    Monti cap. question

    I found and SPS frag that was lost for months (maybe upwards of 6)...it was white as a ghost when I first recovered it but I slowly moved it up in the tank and it's come back well and even got it's color back.
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    A Few Questions - Feeding, Ozone, Mixed Reef

    I always like to precede these posts...after two years I find that there are so many more questions than answers...maybe if I stopped reading so much I would not be bothered with all these questions! Everything here is in a 180G tank under dual 400W MH lighting with ~40X flow rate. ===QUESTION...
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    Inheareted Tank

    I learned the hard way...RO/DI water is a MUST! We used to buy our RO/DI water from the local grocery store for about .40¢ per gallon...Safeway out here. I think most grocery stores sell filtered RO/DI water by the gallon in a machine...Ohio would be Meijers or Kroger (trying to remember here)...
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    What Are the Main Things to Remember When Going SPS?

    Update OK, it's been a while since I have updated this thread...as I have been working on some of the advice received so far. First and foremost I have added 2 Seio M2600 pumps to the tank and am now in the 40X turnover range. What a difference that extra flow makes! Everything does seem to be...
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    What Are the Main Things to Remember When Going SPS?

    Well, we just bit the bullet and bought a pair of the M2600's so I'll def. update the thread after we get them in and running. The worst part about buying new stuff for you tank over the internet/ebay...wiating for it to arrive. The second worst part? When the shipping company can't find your...
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    PC Goes Boom !!!

    Now here's a way off statement...waaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. So I digress... Glad to hear that Boomer...sounds like too many cooks in the kitchen. End of the day it does sound like it was a hardware problem and it's nice you're getting a new PC...though a free floppy is hardly worth your time and...
  12. K

    What Are the Main Things to Remember When Going SPS?

    Ouch, looks like I am going to need to increase that flow rate...maybe just a little!!! I was looking at a non-closed loop option as I would need to do some major maintenance to the tank and sump and with the tank already established and healthy I just don't want to risk such a major operation...
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    What Are the Main Things to Remember When Going SPS?

    Maybe I forgot to mention that this tank is about 1 year old now and had been doing well so far (much growth on everything)...whoops. We tried SPS a while back and had no luck (lost all the SPS) but that was at a time when we were less that diligent with monitoring the system, water changes...
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    What Are the Main Things to Remember When Going SPS?

    I always have a lot of questions...seems as the years go by the number of questions I have grows. So, we have a 180G tank and we are moving towards a mainly SPS tank and I was curious what kind of general things should one keep in mind when going SPS? To date we seem to be doing well (knock on...
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    What Does a Ca Reactor Really Do (In Terms of Reef Chemistry)?

    I think I have the basic concept down...media goes in, calcium comes out. But what more does it do that add calcium to the tank? More to the point, does it help maintain Alk, Ph and Ca levels in one shot or is it just one piece of the larger puzzle? I ask because a consistent piece of advice I...
  16. K

    PC Goes Boom !!!

    You should see if there is a BIOS update from Dell...if you're running ethernet you could try a cheap card from the local computer store...unfortunately if you are running wireless there are no real cheap wireless devices that are any good. May I ask a question, Intel or AMD chip?
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    Fish shop road trip, Wa to Ca. Which stores?

    As far as Oregon stores go, this is probably the best...it's what I measure all other stores to. If you're driving down and back definately stop there on the way back...we have family in PDX and always make Upscales our last stop before coming home...because we ALWAYS end up buying something...
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    Very Nice

    Two Thumbs up for Barrier Reef! I just wanted to offer my 2 cents here as well...we were in the store a little over a week ago, on a Sunday, and we also spent way too much but we happy to give Barrier Reef our business. The day before we actually did a huge circuit of stores in Western WA...it...
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