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    I-Tech Protein Skimmer

    OK I will chime in, I have the 100 model and has worked great for me it is easy to adust & clean. It replaced a Euro Reef skimmer and it pulls three times the skimmate that it would in a week. I have mine running with an aquabee pump, they are also testing it with tunze pumps as well. John is...
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    Lets see the history of your fish tank.

    Tony, I have a Hamilton hood with one 250W MH XM 10K bulb and two 65W Actinic Power Compacts. I also installed a polished aluminum reflector inside the hood which allows me to only use one Metal Halide...
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    Water changes

    I do a 20% water change bi-weekly, with six fish, 15 SPS corals, 3 softies, 2 LPS, and 2 clams. I also skim heavy and run a phosphate reactor to keep the parameters in check on my 58G...
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    Lets see the history of your fish tank.

    Here is mine started back in January of 2001, it has seen a lot of changes... January 2001 April 2003 January 2004 Today!
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    Lighting for best SPS growth

    Northwest, You are right the Iwasaki's do have the highest par value of the 6500 K's. The XM I believe have the highest PAR Value of the 10 K's. It all comes down to what look you like. IMO the Iwasaki's are way to yellow and are not appealing to me. Did Sanjay have a recent article come...
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    Lighting for best SPS growth

    In my experience for the best combination of growth and color I like the 250W XM 10K. (I also supplement with 65W actinic PC's) I have tried the following Iwasaki's 6500, Ushio 10K, Hamiltion 10K, and Aquaconnect 14K. The XM was by far brighter (and has a highest par value of the 10K's) than...
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    Clarkii clown babies - Clarkina x Mushboy

    Hey Elmo, Looks like they are growing up quickly! I had some quick question for you: 1) How do you move the eggs from the parents tank, or do you wait until they hatch to move them? 2) Where do you get your food to feed them? (Rotifiers?) I have a mated pair of false percs that have been...
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    Show me your full tank shots

    Nice tanks everyone, here is an old pic of my tank from last year:
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    The Use Of mirrors?

    Polished Aluminum would be much easier to work with and can be retrofitted to any hood. Just my 2 cents... http://lampsnow.com/reflectors.html
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    Sunroom Reef

    Wow, that is really nice. Someday I plan to do the same thing when I build our next house. What kind of lights do you plan on using?
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    transfer exsiting tank

    Hi Sushi, Well I kind of went through the same thing last year although I was removing a DSB from my existing tank. My recommendation would to put new (fresh) sand in your 125 tall and seed it with sand from the upper portion of your existing sand bed. You might consider going with a shallow...
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    yellow XM

    Hi Sue, I had brand new 10K 250W XM go out on me after 2 weeks, luckily Hello lights replaced it no cost. I have used the XM bulb's for the last two years without incident until last month. My new XM bulb that HL sent me has been working fine for the last three weeks and has a bright white...
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    Let's See Those Clams!

    Thanks guys, yeah I got the maxima from East Coast Clams who is no longer in business. He used to get some beautiful clams...
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    Let's See Those Clams!

    Hey all, this is my first post of on RF. I hope to post many more! :razz:
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