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Are these good lights? Seems rather cheap considering the other LED companies out there.

Apex is down the road for me. For now I would wire in the manual dimmer array that Rapid sells. My 28 is leaking so that tank will be repaired at some point but I am not looking to do anything with it.

I have been going back and forth on LED setup for my newly acquired 75g tank. I have read good things about the 75g Onyx setup from Rapid LED but not really sure if I need dimmable setup or not. My plan is to have mostly LPS coral. I might dip into SPS but would not make them a feature of the...

Howdy all. I came home to salt creep all over my tank/floor etc. There is a leak somewhere so I am looking for a replacement. Preferably a 30-40 gal with stand and sump. LED is a bonus but not a requirement. My budget is $350. I do not need any livestock or rock. Its kind of an emergency I find...

got it. SO .012ppm is bad considering i see that you should be under .003ppm. Now for the million dollar question...how does one control Phosphates? I am running Chemipure in my middle chamber.

So if my 736 is showing a reading of 4.....then.....?? Im freaking lost here...Is this 4 Parts Per Billion?

Hey everyone! Well I have finally had a chance to catch my breath and got a free hour to test my water and take some pics. Again thanks in advance for all your comments! Here are my test figures from today. PH: 8.2 Salinity 1.026 Calcium 460 (Don't know how it went up from 400 w/o a water...

Thanks! I will get this on order today.

Thanks! I will get this on order today.

So in researching Hanna checkers there are 2 for phosphates. The Low checker and the high checker? Which one would be best?

I should also mention I am running filter floss and Chemipure Elite in my InTank

Yes. I top off every 3 days or so. I don't get much evaporation since my wife is pregnant and we have the a/c running constantly.

Thanks everyone for your reply. I suppose its time to invest in the Hanna phosphate checker. I do like the RedSea test kits. Like i stated I was using API for Ammonia, PH, Nitrate and Nitrites. All were 0 for many weeks (except Ph). My tank is 28g. I am dosing snow once in the morning M-W-F and...

Yes, these are probably 2 that i need to test for more often. My Red Sea or API kit did not come with those. Yes 1.026. I corrected it above. The blue/gren algae outbreaks start in the front right and go back towards the middle. The brown looks like a diatom outbreak and it is all over.

Fellow Reefers, I have been at a crossroads for the last month trying to understand my water quality. Let me start with a brief history. My tank is now 4 months old. My current live stock includes: - Blue tang - Picasso Clown - Tail Spotted Blenny - YWM Goby -8 trochus snails -4 nassarius...