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crap I dropped my pinpoint monitor in my tank about a week ago.

so are they open to the public

oh I've heard they are really good and I've been looking at the web site. I hear they have a real passion for the hobby and I admire that.

I work at oasis in redmond and I am planning a trip to portland, to do some fish store shopping. I hear soutas is awesome and I can't wait to get over to check it out.

I wish I had enough to pass around and hopefully someday I will. I called cuc vs. powerhead a draw because even though the cuc died, 100 percent of my fish went with it. Lucky enough I had about 55 gallons of warm water mixed.

I love asking as much as I like answering. Even being in the hobby for a few years, there's still so much to learn. I look forward to being a member here and playing on this forum.

WOW thank you guys for the warm welcome. That blue patch in the lower left corner is my blue sponge. I have had it for about a year now. I had a tank crash in my 55 gallon (cucumber vs. powerhead) and had to do emergency change. I exposed the sponge to air for about 10-15 minutes along with all of my other corals and it killed about 75 percent of that colony.

beautiful tank

hey everyone. I'm new to the pnwmas site but not to the hobby. I have lurked on your forums for some time now though. My name is daniel and I live in redmond. I started in the hobby 5 years ago with a saltwater kit from petco. I soon found that this equipment was sub par so I junked everything but the 55 gallon tank that the kit came with.(well I kept the thermometer too) I soon purchased a seaclone protein skimmer. (that was another booboo) I soon trashed that and bought a coralife super skimmer. (wanted the biggest I could find for a hang on app. I have since done a ton of research and really got into this great hobby and finally have what I consider my dream tank. This tank was a consolidation of my 55 gallon softie tank, 50 gallon sps tank and my 90 gallon FOWLR tank. tank: 150 gallon. 60 x 24 x 24 Lighting: 2 x 400 se mh and 2 x 96 watt actinic Filtration:2 25 gallon sumps tied together with 2 1inch pvc's skimmer: coralife SS125 and cusom skimmer from advance plastics heater: via aqua titanium LR 125lbs Corals:mixed reef quickly moving toward sps dominant. Lifereef Calcium Reactor Auto Top Off: electric float switch

I just got a pfo 400 watt x 2 pulse start ballast given to me and let me tell ya. BRIGHT. I upgraded from dual 175 watters

yep they are out of business due to their "solaris" lawsuit.

personally I just pulled my 175's out of my 150 gallon and added 400's. With that being said, the 400 watt ballast and sockets were given to me and I added them knowing the risk of bleaching and a hot tank. If it weren't for my tank being 25 inches deep, I would have never pulled the 175's. I like the iwasaki 15K bulb. From what I could find, there are only 12 or 13 250 watt bulbs on the market that throw out more par. They are pretty white though so actinic is a good thing.

Hey what size tank did you run this on.