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  1. plack

    brands of retuurn pumps

    2 to 3 Times the volume of your tank is one school of thought for a return gph . This way you can have the skimmer really process all the water from the tank being skimmed off the top.
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    Interesting thread on RC (reducing photoperiod)

    Great Barrier Reef,Australia - Tuesday 27-Oct-09 Sunrise 5:42am Sunset 6:20pm
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    equipment setup question

    Just be aware that the #1 failure IMO is a heater. They are the least reliable and the #1 reason to buy any controller. You can get timers for lights and a set of switches to turn things on and off. But you Cannot beat a good Controller for keeping the temperature stable. You don't need top...
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    My fun morning

    Yes it was a bad night for tank's. My auto top off decided it was going to pump extra water into my sump when I was feeding corals and the return was off (a Tunze and It has NEVER done this before it would default to turning off a pump when it got slightly calcified previously ???). I heard...
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    Calcuim, phosphate and nitrate reactors

    These are run seperately. None are needed for a brand new tank generally. A Calcium Reactor is used when the Corals Typically SPS and or Clam's Leach the alkalinity out of the water (and the calcium) and water change and kalkwasser is not enoughp. Pro's Cheap to Refill and use Once all the...
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    Me?? A Granpa??? VERY SOON!

    Praise God I am glad she is O.K. and Congrat's !!!
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    tank price good?

    That Tank is a fish only with live rock settup and allot of the equipment may not work well for a full mixed reef. you will need : a good skimmer $600 used to $3000 A halide canopy to fit (4) 400 watt metal halides with the larger luminarc reflectors made to fit on top and open up for access...
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    SPS Tank Equipment Ideas

    While I did not get to hear from him I did read up on others reviews and His published articles. Here's what I thought First I tried to find out what dissolved organic carbon is! It is as I understand thing's the thousands of dissolved compounds found in water derived from organic materials as...
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    SPS Tank Equipment Ideas

    " In his experimental studies, he found that dissolved organic carbon (DOC) affected coral health more than many other compounds in our tanks," " and it can be removed from reef tanks with granular activated carbon (GAC). In another experimental study, he showed that tanks without skimmers that...
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    SPS Tank Equipment Ideas

    A quick synopsis from someone and it's also in Advanced Aquarist Online Magazine : http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2009/aquarist/AdvancedAquarist-2009-01.pdf http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/reefs-magazine/52125-fish-tales-mr-swap-news.html
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    Co2 regulator died

    I don't see why it would matter either way. But I favor letting the water run through it, I guess from "if it ain't broke don't fix it" theory.
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    300G in-wall Build...still working on it!

    But Cat's Have no country Loyalty,And commonly little Humility-That dog's at least have at Times--They know when they have been bad--But a Cat -well they just don't seem to care. I have a dog. My wife and daughter have 2 cat's for the first time in 18 Years and all I can say is--If it wasn't...
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    Portland fish stores

    I'll 2nd upscales . Did not know about waves--sad-- oh well :-) Paul
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    Just venting - crashed tank

    Sin la fé, no tenemos nada So with it you have allot !!!! I don't know where bat county is--- But if you ever start up again and want to come over to my house I would give you a frag or 2 to help start over! :-) Paul Maybe next time in retrospect a llot of carbon wwould have been a good...
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    Sump - HELP!

    It might also need cleaning. Often Calcium builds up on the impeller and in the motor housing and need's to be removed by either a long time dipping in Vinegar or a short time dipping in a mixture of water and Muratic acid (bought at local hardware stores). This should solve the problem. :-)...
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    Mounting MH lighting to a canopy...

    I would shoot for the Light bulb to be 9" above the water line.Build your canopy to have at least that much room. For heat issues allot of people use fans and some Including me Leave the front open and blow a large fan across the top all the time instead of a chiller. I would look into any...
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    Portland fish stores

    Waves Marine and reef 15844 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd. Located in the Oregon Business Park II Lake Oswego, OR 97035 I went there years ago and they had/have a large cube I think it was 300+ gallons with like 3 corals tottaly consuming the tank--Beautiful---Huge---Colorfull. They also had back...
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    Violent six line

    Like Lee Eluded to It's Really hard to get 2 Wrasses to get along long term. I have 2 in a 180 and Someday I may have to get rid of one. A man I visited in spokane with a tank over 500 gallons had several wrasses in there for about 5 years. Then suddenly one turned territorial and he had to...
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    Salsakings new 700 gallon jaccuzi! lol 700 Gallon Reef system

    O.K. about a year--I'm Calling--what ya got :-) ??? :-) Paul
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    Lighting XM Bulbs

    Thouight I'd pass this along! GREAT SERVICE LOW PRICE FOR PHEONIX BULBS FAST REASONABLE SHIPPING: http://www.soslightbulbs.com/phoenix-14k-250w-aquarium-lamp.aspx
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