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Reefboy,

This guy? http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=331

or this?

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/emeraldgreencoriswrasse/

Great idea! It has my wheels turnin'. Let me know if you need any help moving the beast.

Shannon,

That is going to be AWESOME! I like the ingenuity! Who needs a window annyway(laugh)

I have had a few that came with the burnt mirror ring around the glass above the threads. They worked fine, but I always wondered why they were that way.

It was with 250w BLV's

Whatever you have left after the vultures, let me know.

dsoz

rofl (laugh)

give me a few days Jim. I will do the run of the mill tests soon.

Very cool Scott!

I bet you're happier with the 24" height. Your plumbing looks pretty slick. I like the CA reactor feed line, that's the way I do it.

Nice crawler too!(rock2)

I use a float valve in the sump as well. It is hooked up to a 6 gal salt bucket. I used a drill bit and a tap to make the threads at the bottom of the bucket, and it uses John Guest fittings. You can build one for about $25(float valve is around $15). You can do it with the cheaper Jayco fittings but it's much easier with the JG speedfits.

Looks like a nice A. Tenuis I got a frag from another reefer, and it is in the top 3 favorites of the limited SPS frags I have now.

great shot! that don't look good.

Hey James and Jon.

 

 

James, I'll have to stop by and see what's going on with you... or just meet at Hooters.

I heard they have good wings there. (whistle)

I hear you. The one I want is $130.

Looks like an encrusting sponge. It shuldn't grow faster than your zoas, but if you want to get rid of it, pick it off with a tooth pick, or tweezers.

I thinks it's pretty cool, and I would frag off the zoas before the sponge, but that's me.

Eheim!

DEAD silent.

Looks nice scott!

How is the overflow doing? Is the surface area enough to skim the film off the top?

That's LIMITED EDITION!(laugh)

Oh, I see now. This thread is LOADED with flames(nutty) (scratch)

You guys should have seen the posts at R.D.O. or RC in the religion/politics arena. THAT was flaming(flame)

CCR,

Simma down big fella. I'd hate to see people leave because of something as goofy as this.

Steveweast said it best. It's CYA!

LOL!(threaten)

tube worm.

The smaller purple/maroon ones are Vermetid snails.

JIM!!!

Glad to see you back around!

You got a PM!

I've been working hard lately to increase my calcium using my calcium reactor.

That is the problem.

Do as impur says and buff it up with an alkalinity supplement.

The reactor is better at maintaining CA/Alk, rather that raising it.

Have you done a water change lately? It sounds like your doing everything else right.

Where did you get the tank made?

intermatic analog timers.

I have been using them for years without a single issue.

You can find them at HD, Lowes ect.

10-15 bucks

The digital ones are junk.

The measurements are 24" Long, 8" front to back, and 13.75" tall.

Actinics are up to you. You won't NEED them, but you may want them. If you use a good reflector (lumenarc III) you can cover the whole spread with just the 1 bulb.

As for the HQI vs. regular ballast, You will get a little better growth running the 20k's off of the HQI but you will be replacing the bulb more often. I've ran radiums, ushio, PFO, and XM off of the HQI and I was changing bulbs around the 8-9 month mark.

Look into the M135 pulse start ballast if you're worried about changing out your bulb too often. I run a 400w ushio 10k off of a PFO pulse start and the color/intensity is great.

The 20k/HQI combo is hard to beat for color though.

Whatever you do, don't skimp on the reflector.