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  1. watchguy123

    FREE: Six foot Hamilton light fixture (3x250 MH and 2 x T5 80 watts)

    Had it for a couple of years so a little dusty and salted but works perfect. It all plugs into two ballasts which control it all, those are included as well. I had it upgraded about a year or two ago by Hamilton and the ballasts are new from that time. Not sure if they are the magnetic or...
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    FSM's, how do you frag a pectinia

    My pectinia is growing really well and stinging everything around it. I would like to frag some of it off the mother but I don't want 15 frags, just 2 or 3 small ones. I have read that you glue the "bony" part of the frag down so the wound is covered. I understand that but what about the...
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    How do you wash GFO?

    I hate changing out GFO. That stuff always makes a mess coming out of the reactor. Half of it makes it in the trash, the other half down the sink. And then when I add new, I run the reactor with old tank water for two or three gallons into the sink at low flow. Then I place the reactor into...
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    Overflow, to clean or not

    Anybody clean out their overflow. I never thought to do this as part of my maintenance. What is at the bottom of that thing, anyway? Also do you get algae to grow at the top? I took the glass top off my tank this year which meant my overflow now gets exposed to light and lots of it. It has...
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    Help with buble magus doser

    So I got the bubble magus doser with the cool cylindrical reservoirs for my experimental frag tank. Ran liquid through the hose lines by going to Manual Control and having each pump draw CA and Alk out of the reservoir until no air in the lines. Then, a few hours later, there are air bubbles...
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    Wow, my first carpet surfer!

    Just feeding the tank as usual, throwing in some Nutrapellets when my two big wrasses, banana wrasse and exquisite coris wrasse hit the surface and the exquisite came flying out of the tank. Through the air and down he hit the carpet and although I wanted to run and grab the camera to shoot a...
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    Which controller is the best, apex, nexptune or what

    Ok, so I am currently the controller (and not very good at it) and maybe I should get an electronic controller. Which one would you guys suggest. I only want to do this one time and not upgrade later to a newer or better system.
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    How to design reflector on canopy walls

    So I got a new light, mh and t5 combo with a great deal of light spread. So I thought if I lined the canopy with some reflector material that it would harness all that extra light spread back into the tank. So what can I use and I do not want to use mirrors because of weight
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    FS: 3 x brand new XM 20k 250 watt metal halide bulbs & used Hamilton halide/T5 setup

    FS: 3 x brand new XM 20k 250 watt metal halide bulbs & used Hamilton halide/T5 setup Three brand new unopened XM 250 watt metal halide single ended bulbs and a used 72 inch Hamilton 3 x 250 watt metal halide with 2 x 80 watt T5 fixture. I have two four month old T5 actinic bulbs in the...
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    Reefbreeder Value LED fixture--what settings are people using on the whites and blues

    I am trying an experimental frag tank, I have my whites at 30 % and my blues at 100%. I am getting some pastel coloring and not sure if my water is too clean or if my blues are set to high My value fixture is about 18 inches above water. This led experience is new to me so I could use some input
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    My newest fish

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    I like CHALICES, BIG and ROUND

    I am addicted to sps but can't resist chalices although most of mine are old school.
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    Through the Looking Glass, top down

    Sometimes you just discover new ways to explore your tank. These are top down photos of my tank and they give you an "Alice in Wonderland" view of my corals from the top down.
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    My new potter's wrasse

    Just got this guy and wanted to showoff
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    Frag tank experiment/build

    So the story starts, my display tank is in the playroom (an unused bedroom that has a tv, pool table , pinball machines, air hockey game, generally a very fun room) and I do not have room for a frag tank. And I really do not want any more aquarium equipment in the room anyway. But my corals...
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    Which heater to get

    I am starting a little project and I need a heater for like 10-15 gallon shallow tank. Which one do I get and why.
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    SPS--a bunch of pretty sticks-- red dragon, red convex, reeftek starburst, Rommel's

    I have been involved with saltwater tanks for about 15 years. I have recently (about 2 years or so) switched to a larger tank (180 Bowfront) and upgraded most of my equipment (skimmer, lights, ATO, pumps in and out of the tank) and as a result my sps are growing like crazy. I need to trim so...
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    Any know an acrylic fabricator-- frag tank wanted 21"x24"x10"

    I need a fabricator to make a 21" x 24"x 10" frag tank. I have an idea for a little experiment with frag growing and this is the size that will work for my counter. Anybody know who could do that for me.
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    Stag Party???

    Just a very cheap trick at using a little bit of humor to post some more of my wrasse pictures. I promise eventually to have one really cool wrasse pic. 50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 44. 43. 42. 41. 40.
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    a couple more wrasse shots

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