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Hi all. I will soon be getting an RODI unit, and need to start thinking about any issues. 1. I have Well water with High Iron and Manganese. (I think they make High Iron RODI units, any recommended brands?) 2. The Water is hard, I have a softener system that is too small for the house. I am...

I may do the 14, with the 2 actinics supplemented. Does anyone know how the addition of bulbs works? Do I run the HQI for 4 hours and put the actinics on at either ende (dawn/dusk) for 6 -7 hours of light. Or does the HQI and actinics run together? (seems like too much light, but let me know.)

Saw this: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=200335 with step-by-step instructions, parts list, and pictures. For those of you interested.

Here is a pic from the nano tank section. 28g nano with LEDs replacing the single HQI fixture. It's especially nice to go LED since the HQI in this fixture is 150w and heats up the tank due to its compact size.

I was doing 20% every two weeks, changing to a weekly schedule maybe at 15%. I couldn't get rics, zoos and paly's to grow well, but SPS were doing fine. I am looking for a happy medium.

Nanotuners.com has a retro kit, 400.00 though: http://www.nanotuners.com/product_info.php?cPath=73&products_id=619

I have to replace my HQI bulb, and I think the original one was 150W/14K, though I heard that the 20K bulb would make the corals pop due to the increase blue spectrum, but could potentially slow growth, possibly bleach corals. (Tank Depth is roughly 19") So the options are: 1. Get the 14K...

Thanks Mike. Not finding many used controllers. Am looking at the Aquacontroller Jr., and reefkeeper lite. Trying to decide what is the best bang for the buck. The reefkeeper elite looks good with all of its monitoring, but what a price tag! This chiller is on sale...

Great, I will look into that one. I have a big list of things to get before vacation. A chiller, and wavemaker are top on my list.

They are already aware of it, its a disclaimer in the owners manual. Not sure if they have any plans of fixing it, but I can't seem to find a work around using the same unit. I googled the issue, and apparently this is not uncommon to other wave makers either. What do you use? Have you...

I have a JBJ 28g Nano Cube. It has the 2 cycle JBJ Wavemaker. When ever we have any power loss, the system defaults to 0 seconds thus activating both pumps. The only way to change it back is to switch to zero, then back out to the 30 second position (the setting I run it at) The issue, the...

Any of you guys know how much money it would take to get that system up and running, and what an average monthly cost would be to run/maintain. Just wondering. I have a 28g nano, its my first tank, and it would be a hell of an upgrade :-)

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/for/1270596666.html Saw this on craigslist, thought I would mention it here. I know nothing about it, but it looked like a sweet tank.

Plenty of detail shots in the gallery. Hey Candi! I will definitely have to swing by, my daughter is thrilled with my tank, and I can imagine yours would be even more interesting.

My tank is ready for stocking some of you know the thread http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=14432.0. It has been a great experience and Thank You all for the advice. I will be at the group meeting Saturday, so if anyone has frags to sell, shoot me over...

As of January 20th 2009 Current stock: red lobo, orange ricordia, green star polyps(thanks dan) 2 clowns, 1 neon goby, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 serpent star, 1 emerald green crab, a host of hermits, 3 snail varieties. The strangest thing is watching the lobo feed, purchased at oceans gallery...

Red Lobo I put this Brain Coral in my tank, and the next day when I started feeding the fish, it really came to life. I took this with my cell phone, sorry for the quality.

The ALK kit I bought is in milli/eq so the DKH is around 7 according to a conversion chart. Hard to tell since the chart is just Low-High. I am going to get ALK Builder in the group buy, as well as a more precise test kit. Thanks for the heads up.

The clowns are in and my kids are thrilled. We sat on the knee wall after dinner, and watch them swim until it was time for bed. Now, I am going to focus on the group buy, and get settled in. Will take Dan's advise, wait a week or so, then focus on frags. Thanks for the advise and...