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    Installing PV (solar panels) on my house.

    I had been considering it for years and my wife has been getting quotes. On the one hand it’s a 2 story house with tile roof 4.5:12 pitch which iw workable but not my happy place so having someone do it is appealing.... on the other hand I’m a licensed C-10 electrical contractor with over 30...
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    calcium reactor

    I just pulled it off the old tank because I'm putting a bigger one on the new tank. cleaned it up and added new ARM media, filled with RO water to keep the pH probe from drying out. Co2 bottle is full. pH probe has about 3 mos of use. Regulator is ugly, as all used ones tend to be but it...
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    I need help moving my tank Saturday 1/13/19

    I’m thinking 9:00AM. In Corona. The plan is to drain my 135 most of the way, move it over a few feet and refill it Then bring the 225 in from the garage. I’ll do the rest over the course of the next week Should be done in under 2 hrs, could be 1 hr if I have everythign set in advance...
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    5.56 225 gallon nanoreef

    Yes, it's a nanoreef. Anything under a million gallons is a nanoreef. I have been keeping fish since the late 70's. I remember taking my allowance and riding my bicycle miles each way to the fish store and back, carefully wrapping the top of the bag containing my new fish around the right...
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    Need help moving a tank this weekend Corona

    Not a full tank transfer, just moving my new (to me) 225 gal from one side of the garage onto the stand on the other side of the garage. I have very nice suction cups and a set of OK suction cups so it should be a really quick easy move for 4 guys. I would like to do it around 9:00A on...
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    WTS 5" 90 gal Advanced acrylics sump

    It's almost flawless in appearance It could be used as a very nice AIO 90 gal tank LOL Measures 60" long, 20" tall and 18 wide. All cleaned up and ready to go $500 OBO I can ship but give me $100 and a week to build the crate + whatever freight charges are.
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    Backyard frag swap IE

    My wife and I are thinking of hosting a backyard frag swap at our home in corona. The idea is to have a no cost party to trade/sell frags and BS about our tanks. I know it wil be a bunch of work and my yard will get trashed but it seems like a bunch of fun. Ill probably kick down a few bucks...
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    Random photos of my tank as I learn how to use my D300

    I dont even have photoshop or anything better than ViewNX 2 yet so none of these have any work in post. Hopefully they improve over time. https://www.nikonians.org/forums/user_files/379599.jpg https://imageshack.com/a/img923/3549/KAV3Cp.jpg...
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    WTS various reef keeping equiptment

    JBJ 36 watt actenic Blue CFL straight pin lamps $8.00 each, I have 8 of them. Hamilton 250 X 2 MH SE + 96 X 2 power compact hangable hood with fans $150 Any coral, regardles of light demand, will flourish under these lights. I run 2X250 on my 6' tank and my entire electric bill for the...
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    Site seems to have been hacked by russian colluders

    I keep getting a spam pop up on this site.
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    Looking for used 60" T5 blue bulbs.

    I have a few ballests and I want to get a feel for what a set of T5 suplamentals will look like with my halides before I spend the money for reflectors, new lamps and end caps. I think a pair of 8 month old lamps that still fire will give me a good idea.*
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    dinoflagellates Trap

    Im just here to share a really effective tool at least for my strain of Dinos. Give it a try This device once a week, overfeeding my tank and O3 2 hrs a night compleatly rid my tank of my strain in 2 weeks. https://youtu.be/qn-Ezincz3g qn-Ezincz3g
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    Breathing new life into an old Euroreef skimmer

    The impeller on my eheim pump for my euroreef skimmer is on its last legs. Ive known this for some time and its held together with superglue and jb weld A replacement impeller is $140.. for a 15 year old pump My next option was to buy a new skimmer pump, I like the Varios-6S for $350 Another...
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    Free chaeto corona

    Free cheato in corona. I have some now and it has pods. Fuge is packed tight with the stuff.
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    !!!!! I need help now !!!!!

    I pulled this out of a rock this morning, looking for. Positive ID of bobbit worm. If so, are they solitary or should I look for more before putting the rock back? I really dont want to go through the whole pulling rocks out of the tank thing again if I can avoid it.
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    WTS easy coral giant frags and colonies.

    Good sized Hollywood stunner Chablis about 6 by 5 $25 Green mouth purple polyps probably better than 50 on the big rock $50 Orange Digitata (there are 2, 1 is fully encrusted, the other is a fresh cut) 3 several branches $15 each Green cap purple rim on a plug encrusted $10 Purple...
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    WTS hardware and dry goods used

    200 micron socks 7 ring 17 long I have 25 of them new $5/each 200 micron socks 5 ring 12 long I have 2 of them new $5/each ASM G4 used $100 Icecap 4X t5 HO ballest with heat sinc and harness $35 TLF fluidized bed reactor $20 Aqua C large reactor $30 CPR backpack HOB skimmer with...
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    WTS 29 biocube turn key with all the right upgrades

    29 gallon corralife biocube $200 This tank is currently up and running but the wife says it has to go! All glass tank with curved corners, great AIO tank or QT tank Upgrades are less than 3 months old: * Quiet fan system, the original fans are included but these fans are much quieter and...
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    RAP before and after FTS/FTV

    Last FTS before reefapoloza First FTV after RAP https://youtu.be/Aqxm4LiwPCA
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    WTT my 1.1 ml/min BRS doser for your 50 ml/min BRS doser

    WTT my 1.1 ml/min BRS doser for your 50 ml/min BRS doser
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