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  1. juke

    Free fish, and Manono/Marshall Island rock cheap.

    you have pm
  2. juke

    Lets talk about ~Lighting~

    in addition... What about the use of moonlights? There are a lot of DIY moonlights that employ a variety of LED configurations. Some appear to lean towards the LED's that are closest to the correct light spectrum produced by the moon. Others seem to use them merely to see there nocturnal...
  3. juke

    Lets talk about ~Lighting~

    in addition... What about the use of moonlights? There are a lot of DIY moonlights that employ a variety of LED configurations. Some appear to lean towards the LED's that are closest to the correct light spectrum produced by the moon. Others seem to use them merely to see there nocturnal...
  4. juke

    Lets talk about ~Lighting~

    Wow, that is a lot of great info to swallow. There has been alot of talk about MH lamps and there color ranges, but I currently run actinic PC's. I am rather new to the hobby, so I am not going to kill a bunch of SPS in my tank!!! But I am planning on staring with polyps, zo's, leathers...
  5. juke

    Lets talk about ~Lighting~

    Wow, that is a lot of great info to swallow. There has been alot of talk about MH lamps and there color ranges, but I currently run actinic PC's. I am rather new to the hobby, so I am not going to kill a bunch of SPS in my tank!!! But I am planning on staring with polyps, zo's, leathers...
  6. juke

    Beginner Corals

    Nikki, In answer to your question about what type of snails that I have. Right now I have 5 nerite and 5 astrae. I want to get about 5 nacissis (sp?) as well
  7. juke

    Beginner Corals

    I have a 50g 36X15X20. I am not planning on going to fish or corals until after we take a brief Disneyland trip at the end of this month. Yup! I am taking on a 2nd hobby with the reef. My true love is the 'ukulele! What could be better than sitting in a rocking chair playing a tune on my uke...
  8. juke

    Beginner Corals

    I have about 40# of LR and 40# of substrate, 20 crushed coral and 20 sugar fine. I am planning on getting more LR, in the near future and use some in my sump as well. I have been working to get a skimmer. That is my next purchase. I will definitely have one before I get any corals or other live...
  9. juke

    Beginner Corals

    Okay, so I am about 5 weeks into the cycle. My Nitrates are low, ammonia and nitrites are 0, alk = 10. I have been using Calxmax A&B twice a week to raise my Ca, it was 420mg/L yesterday, and also using Reef Buffer twice a week to improve the pH, it was 8.0 yesterday. I have a cleaning crew...
  10. juke

    Help... Designing Plumbing Plan

    Please share with me your expertice/advise on my thought's for how I would like to plumb my tank/sump. I call it a closed/open loop. Here is what I am thinking: I have a 25 gallon tank w/ an 18gal sump/refuge. I currently am running 2 MaxiJet 1200's in my tank with no sump hooked up yet. I was...
  11. juke

    Species Resources

    Aloha, I would like to build a mini-reef of species native to the south pacific islands. I have been looking for any resources on species, fish, invertarates, corals, etc., that would work well together from that region. I am cycling my 26Gal tank with 35# of live rock, Fiji and some tonga...
  12. juke

    How much flow? (gph)

    Great info, thanks! If I went with the 3/4" drain flow would a Mag drive pump with 700-800gph flow be a good return pump?
  13. juke

    How much flow? (gph)

    Well, I have a 26gal tank with 10lbs of base rock, 15# of live rock, mainly coral branch, and 20# of sand with about 20gals of water and a heater. I am in the process of buying a turbo skimmer and plan to build a sump (15gal) and over flow. My question is how much water flow would be good for a...
  14. juke

    Newbie setting up a new tank

    thanks for the responses! It's great to be here! I have the 1" sand bed now and a berlin turbo skimmer and 2 maxijet 1200 power heads. Would that be sufficient for the filtration? Is there something else that I can use that would help. I would like to get a 15gal sump and have some live rock in...
  15. juke

    Newbie setting up a new tank

    I am in need of advice to start my new tank. I have kept freshwater fish for a couple of years, but found that a Fowlr tank with the possibility of some low light corals/invertibrates is very attractive so I got a good deal on a tank and now am in need of some advice! To start with I have a...
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