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    Is this enough water circulation?

    for softies you really only need about 10X but more is always good, main thing is you want to keep the dead spots in your tank to a min.
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    dry base rock

    I bought some carbi sea rock, it's not bad but usually kinda dense so you don't get a whole lot for a pound
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    I quater found in LR bin...

    I would just cure the rock, it's nickel coated copper. I don't see it being any worse that dipping fish and then adding them to the tank, thats just me maybe someone else might know better
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    Flashlight fish

    http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/product_info.php?products_id=1112&parent_category=4&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4
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    lighting question

    what type?
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    bristle worms

    Theres only a couple of species that are bad and are rarely seen in peoples tanks.
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    RO/DI Water questions?

    Theirs alot of bad stuff in tap water. I would suggest buying a fairly good ro/di it is well worth the investment. check out bulkreefsupplies.com or the filter guys, try to get something with a vertical DI chamber and not the small horizontal ones
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    T5 Bulb Help!!!!

    Well the aqua sun should look slightly yellow, if it looks blue in any way then there is something is wrong
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    graf Aragocrete live rocks

    Just let it sit out and mist it once a day to keep it damp. The pool part I just have a couple of power heads to circulate the water and keep it aerated. You'll see tons of white stuff come from the rocks, after several water changes it should become less and less. once you start to not get the...
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    graf Aragocrete live rocks

    Heres what I made with $20 worth of supplies is a 6' wide kiddie pool to Kure.
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    graf Aragocrete live rocks

    Large thing of water change about every week until the PH is 8.2. The first cure is to let the cement set up. It's just a waiting game.
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    graf Aragocrete live rocks

    I just did about 90lb worth of DIY rock cost a little less than $20 for supplies. It was really easy and even got the wife to help also! Recipe was 3 Parts oyster shell, 1 part Portland and 1 part solar salt. Add enough water to stick together fill plastic tub with sand, sculpt mold from sand...
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    Bulkhead Question

    I just tightend mine by hand, if you over tighten them you crack the nut or crush the gasket causing a leak.
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    Bulkhead Question

    Just get a thread to slip adpter at HD to go on a thread slip Bulk head if thats all you can find. There like less than a dollar.
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    Bulkhead Question

    I belive the slip thread ones are the ones you need, one side will be for hard plumbing and the threaded for a strainer.
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    Just a little more help with my pluming please

    A clamp won't work for that fitting becase your is going into the bulkhead and not on the outside. You need this stuff http://flexpvc.com/ it's glued like regular pvc.
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    Plumbing question

    look for for a durso or stockman design that perty much what your talking about
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    Suggestion of coral for bottom side of ledge

    I plan on have the structure lifted off the bottom and currently the tank has 2 spray bars on the bottom(Got tank from a friend). I'm thinking if I keep the walls only 1 or 2 rocks thick I should be able to get some decent flow to go threw them so any detirus should fall to the bottom and be...
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    Suggestion of coral for bottom side of ledge

    Not sps :) Feeding a couple of times a week is not a problem. Here Is kinda what I'm looking at doing. Was thinking of maybe useing one of those fake liverocks made from plastic for the rock hanging down from the top...
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