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Nov 3 (Day 29) 0.8 mL Well, lost the frag today, and now the mother colony is showing signs of STN as well. This is Coral #5. I cleaned out the needle wheel of the skimmer, hope it will skim better tomorrow~ Fed fish the food samples from the swap... 0.8 mL vodka direct into the sump. On that...

It takes pics like normal, but it's a fixed lens. I use it to take food shots like this too- This is stepping above a stool about 5 feet away .....and this is about a foot away. sorry, didn't have a fish reference :) Ed, the Nikon 60mm is about 500 new

How long have you had these corals, Wendy?

"ULNS"- Ultra Low Nutrient System I haven't come across correlations between RTN and high alk in a ULNS, I do know of high alkalinity causing SPS tips to whiten or "burn" (parenthesis on burn since there are a few rebuttals to that theory) Sand- I would if it was a guarantee to buffer the pH...

Here's my Ouchie from Friday: Nov 1 (past midnight) (Day 27'ish) Got back from North Jersey around 1:30 am, but I had to take pics of the coral so I turned the lights on. Not looking good, and it's only a matter of time before its done. I'm not even gonna bother fragging it, and am...

Interesting notes guys. Now, my question about GFO (Granular Ferric Oxide): It's supposed to ADsorb the phosphates, ie. bind them to the GFO- So I'm wondering how that drives more phosphates into live rock only to leach it out later? Could it be that since that once molecular adsorption...

Can't have the "pop" without the flourescent color, use Actinic 03. May I add after doing tons of reading that Procolor from ATI has a violet-like hue, which accentuates reddish colors providing contrast to all the blues and greens that normal flourescence has. This contrast will increase your...

congrats pop-pop

Oct 29 (Day 23) 1.0 mL (2 day dose) added 1.0 mL to the kalk drip for a 2 day dose. Cleaned out kalk output so it won't clog again. Skimmer production is a little less than before (probably due to me forgetting and reducing the dosage) also noticed tank glass is hazier than normal. The one large...

Paint- water based enamel white gloss is what I used.

looks good steve. why dont you get the rocks kick started in a tub with water and grab some rubble from the fish store to get it seeded? ya gots to be skieving to get it runnin already.

I'm at work on a Mac.... dragged it and dragged it back- here you go bill, copy, save as, upload!

thanks bax! Steve, I started right after I left the liquor store, but had to go back out again since I bought a 24 inch drawer (dunno know why?!?) and I needed a 12 inch rail; it was like 5 when I got back. I didn't get done until 1 am, but it was worth it. What took the most time was the...

ouch you guys crack me up.

more flow more flow! that's not much! lol. sup paul!

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Bear with the pictures since I had a glitch on my hood. SO moving forward, the pics will be taken under Reeflux 12k's and T5's instead of 6500K's and VHO's from the previous pics. Just bear with me since UNTIL I get to finish this hood, there will be a transitional color shift between pics...

Oct 21 (Day 15) 0.8 mL Adjusted Tunze. Water waves splashed over the top of Eurobrace up front. Cleaned glass and skimmer, threw in half a cupful of MgCl2 mixed with water. Lettuce on clip. took a few topdown pics with no box :( Oct 22 (Day 16) 0.8 mL tests measured 0 for NO3 and PO4. Ca is...

NO T5's yet buddy, slight glitch. That pic is only of the 12K reefluxessessessss

Now, what I didn't know was that you couldn't fire 2 bulbs in series by themselves using the 4 lamp configuration, so after re-hooking back the VHO's temporarily, I did a test run. WOW. T5's ARE brighter than VHO's. AFTER A FEW MODIFICATIONS, THIS IS THE HOOD ALL THE WAY FORWARD: (where's...