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  1. freakin

    Hermit attacking Turbo

    Well he killed him overnight. Should I let the CUC deal with the remains or remove it? Nitrates were already 10-20ppm last time I checked. I know this is quite common in a mixed CUC but will it affect my tank negatively? The turbo was a decent size, about 1-1.5" in diameter. He's been...
  2. freakin

    Sustainable aquarium keeping?

    Avoiding the hobby entirely is probably the greenest way to go. That being said, there is a good amount of aquacultured livestock available. Many things in an aquarium can be propagated in captivity. These were however, all harvested to begin with. There was a tank on reefcentral from a guy...
  3. freakin

    Hermit attacking Turbo

    I have a red-legged hermit crab that has been attacking a turbo snail. I separated them once already and put them on opposite sides of my 29gal. 20 minutes later he's on top of him again. Does he want food or the shell?
  4. freakin

    Anyone try Reef Angel controller?

    Sick, package just shipped.
  5. freakin

    Anyone try Reef Angel controller?

    Todd- I don't expect to have it for another week and a half or so, assuming his 2-week backorder is accurate (which he confirmed). I don't expect the controller to have as much mass-appeal as some of the off the shelf products that are twice as expensive but for someone who likes to tinker and...
  6. freakin

    Review Tank

    Lol did you spray paint your rocks purple? That is awesome coralline growth! Tank looks good all around
  7. freakin

    Turbo's eating coralline

    They're only eating the thing stuff on the glass. I don't mind it, actually, I just didn't think turbos were known for that. I've got a lot of coralline so I'm not worried about them killing it all =) I have some green hair algae on some of the lower flow areas of the rocks. I think growth...
  8. freakin

    Turbo's eating coralline

    These bastards are going to town on my coralline and not eating their green veggies. One of the entire corners of the bowfront is clean of coralline and the turbo has been slowly making his way up it. Also, it's really disgusting to watch snails eat.
  9. freakin

    Anyone try Reef Angel controller?

    Just to confirm, you can definitely have it turn off whatever you like at certain temps. The code is quite simplistic. The group of people that have it are part of a google group and ask questions openly of the rest of the group. Roberto (the creator) usually responds within an hour. If...
  10. freakin

    750 gallons, the worst first year in history...

    How's your heart doing? Glad you made it through the surgeries ok. Tank looks great, obv
  11. freakin

    Anyone try StevesLEDs.com?

    The rated life of an LED running at full power is just insane though (like 11-13 years for a typical reef tank). People are running them at 30-40% power not because they are preserving lifespam. They run them at 30-40% because to have sufficient coverage you need a lot of LEDs, but that many...
  12. freakin

    Getting algae off acrylic

    lol no it's glass. don't worry.
  13. freakin

    Anyone try StevesLEDs.com?

    I'm almost set to build a retrofit for my BC29 using LEDs. I was originally going to use Cree because they are pretty much the standard, but with everyone running them at 30-40% power it just seems insane to spend so much without utilizing the full power they offer. So StevesLEDs basically...
  14. freakin

    LED lights:Ecoxotic PAR38 Aquarium LED Lights

    FWIW nanotuners.com offered the first reef-specialized PAR38 light. Ecoxotic basically copied exactly what they did, offered fewer options and the same price. They didn't even bother to give it a real product name to differentiate. You have more options over color temp (12k or 20k) and...
  15. freakin

    Anyone have a PAR meter?

    Im planning on doing some LED tests sussing both cree and stevesleds so i can see for myself how they stack up. They're a third of the price of the Cree so it can be a great way to save money assuming the performance reports are accurate. So if i get a couple of small arrays built can anyone...
  16. freakin

    Red Algae

    yeah blasting off your rocks with a baster seems like good practice all around assuming you have proper filtration set up
  17. freakin

    quick question on nitrates....

    http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php http://www.melevsreef.com/vodka_dosing.html
  18. freakin

    Anyone try Reef Angel controller?

    The list of features I posted was actually the list of software library functions rather than product features. I misspoke somewhat by calling it the list of features. PH Control or monitoring? It does PH monitoring. I'm like 99% sure it does temp control as well (turn thermo on/off, turn...
  19. freakin

    Anyone try Reef Angel controller?

    from a brief bit of research you'll need to wire your own cable to the RJ45 jack on the Apex. I just ordered the Reef Angel controller and the PWM booster circuit for the meanwells. The creator (Roberto aka newhobby on nano-reef.com) emailed me within 10 minutes to ask how I wanted the PWM...
  20. freakin

    Red Algae

    Seems like a lot of light to me but I'm still inexperienced. Moon LEDs shouldn't have any effect. Maybe try 8-9 hours for a little while and see how it does? On a related note, if there is sun in a room with the tank should you try to overlap your lighting schedule to include it or does it...
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