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  1. downbeach

    Return Pipe Fittings

    My returns go to a barbed BH fitting in the overflow chamber, through ~22" piece of 3/4" PVC to an elbo with a siphon break, to a lock line ball socket / Y fitting, to 2 - 6" lengths of ball socket flex tube, and terminating in 2 nozzles.
  2. downbeach

    Need Identification of this algae and how to eradicate it

    Ultimately you have to get your nutrients down, as Paul said. You could try some Mexican Turbo's to help graze off what is visible.
  3. downbeach

    Floor reinforcement ?'s

    Never mind.
  4. downbeach

    cleaning up rock rubble in refugium

    Put the rock in a bucket with some tank water. I usually take a couple of 5 gal. buckets when I do a water change, fill them half full, and use it to rinse off the rock, and replace it when I'm finished cleaning the fuge.
  5. downbeach

    FS - Lighting

    There are no built in timers. There are two power cords and two switches. One cord and switch for the outside two tubes and one cord and switch for the inner four tubes. I'm not sure I understand your second question, but, I do use timers, one for the outer two tubes, for dawn/dusk, and one...
  6. downbeach

    Not sure..

    The tang in the rear looks like a Desjardini Sailfin Tang. These fish can become aggressive, and will become very large...~16". Your Blue can get to 12", and Yellow to 9", so you might want to consider re-homing the Sailfin. All members of the family Acanthuridae ("thorn tail") have those spines...
  7. downbeach

    FS - Lighting

    Timers????
  8. downbeach

    Not sure..

    You might check here under, "Internal Bacterial Infections". http://www.chucksaddiction.com/disease.html
  9. downbeach

    Mixing Eel With Eel like Fish.

    Mine was about 8 - 9" and ate the best shrimp money can buy...Scarlet Cleaner, Blood, Coral Banded. I kept it well fed, but it really didn't matter. When I caught it, he had a large cleaner and blood inside of him, and looked like a boa constrictor that had just eaten a cow. :grief:
  10. downbeach

    FS - Lighting

    - UPDATE - I am converting my tank back to LED's, and will have these lights available at the end of the month: Sunlight Supply TEK T-5, 6 X 48" 54W (2 month's old) $250.00 Including ATI tubes...
  11. downbeach

    FS - Lighting

    Yes the transformer will power multiples. They are yours.
  12. downbeach

    Mixing Eel With Eel like Fish.

    The eel probably won't bother your fish, but they have a real taste for shrimp.
  13. downbeach

    FS - Lighting

    I am converting my tank back to LED's, and will have these lights available at the end of the month: Sunlight Supply TEK T-5, 6 X 48" 54W (2 month's old) $250.00 Including ATI tubes...
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