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Basically if you buy some decent rock I would be willing to exchange it for you for established rock to get you going. I also just recently purchased some rock from the club that I've been cleaning (looking pretty good) and have QTed that I would use to replace any rock with. Depending on the...

Absinthe, you could add a bottle of Fritz-Zyme Turbo Start 900 or BIO Spira Marine to get a good collection of bacteria in the tank which would help speed things up as fast as possible. As long as there is die-off on the rock there will be ammonia produced which will convert to nitrites and...

Got ya, that's a good plan you have in place.

Sorry to hear this! Billy, what did you mean by: "I also went there and the tank had two pieces of glass for the front show tank, very tacky.. and never told to me!" I checked out the pics of the tank again and didn't see what you were referring to. I originally thought you meant "side by...

Maybe I'm a little confused so let me ask you? Is the 29g just a temp housing for the fish after you get them out of QT? Is the idea to let the 55g go fallow (without fish) for 6-8 weeks to let the parasites die off? If the above is true, is the intention to get rock/sand for the 29g to make...

That sounds pretty neat RichT. Keep us posted when you build it. Carlo

Phyl, got what you meant on the main tank water. That makes more sense now and I do agree. Subliminal, If you want to take a drive to Bordentown (not to far from ya) you could bring your rock with ya and I'll exchange it for good rock that is parasite free. It'll come right out of my system so...

Just a comment on what Phyl mentioned about taking water from the main system. If you do intend to do the T2T method don't use system water at all unless you have a UV that has a low flow and will kill off any parasites. The reason being is that you can transfer parasites with the water into the...

dkop0978, From your description it sounds like your fish have it pretty bad. Just going by your description it sounds like the fish have what is probably a very, very bad gill infection. The "vertical" swimming is a good sign of serious gill infection. They are having a hard time respirating...

This is a 6 stage RO/DI unit. The 32 gallon is fresh topoff water and the two 44 gallons are premixed salt water ready to go. Here is a picture of the manifold. From right to left 1 & 2 returns to the main 265. 3 connected to 6 phosban reactors running mixed media 4 currently dumps back into...

Here's the same set of pipes going through the floor into the basement equipment room. Had a slight leak early on that had to get fixed. I never bothered to clean the salt off the pipe. This picture is taken about 10 feet down the wall from the above shot. The top pipe is from the left drain...

I've used copper and hypo for many years until I came up with this style of treatment which is actually an improvement on an old idea. Here's some supplemental information why I like this method. It's very biased so keep this in mind when reading it. No copper poisoning or having to keep...

Has anyone seen any good solid documentation comparing these different technologies against one another? I'd love to see even a simple test report showing PAR values at different depths in the tank from different light sources of the same wattage. It would be very cool to also see how many...

I'm sorry to hear the news too Hef. I know you said you've been thinking about this for a while but just curious. Have you considered downsizing the fish to a couple small ones and maybe adding an auto feeder? Maybe if it didn't seem like as much of a chore you might want to hang on for a while...

That sounds kind of nifty RichT. Could you elaborate a tad bit on it? Carlo PS I haven't really used those types of pads. If you didn't want to just throw them away but maybe stock pile a few sets and clean them all at one time could this be done or are they really made to just throw away...

cmsurfr22, Here is the link Phyl mentioned I posted before: http://reef.diesyst.com/ When you plug in your numbers click on the "flash" box over to the right. It will show you were you presently are in reference to the "safe/ideal" zone and will also show you your "target" if you happen to put...

I've got a couple of FX5200s with DVI output. Not the fastest card but it should do. Send me a PM

Very interesting stuff there Mike. I'm in need of new lights for my 265 and have been debating on the new Solaris LEDs or not. I've presently got 2 48" inch halide fixtures over it (sticking off each end about 2 inches) along with 2 T8 strips with 8Ks to add some additional color (more natural...

I completely understand the heat issue. That part has never been a problem for me understanding. Anyone close on temps but has to run a cooler could probably pay for a new light setup by not having to run the cooler. Mike, do you think the 250s were just to much light for the softies? Do you...

Mike I'll be the first to say I don't know much about T5s. For example I didn't know they are mostly 24K. The 350watt thing was probably a bad example. I think what I was getting at is that many people end up having as many if not more watts of T5s (from what I think I've read) then they could...