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I'm sure that putting it in the dark for a year will work well... but for a quicker result do what MAVL666 posted. I had a really bad outbreak and I ended up taking 4 - 5g buckets of water out of the tank and scrubbed the heck out of the rocks with a medium and soft tooth brush. Each rock hit...

When I was fish-free for 10 weeks I had so many that they covered almost every inch of the glass during the day and at night. I also had major glass algae so they were chowing down on it. The day the fish went in that behavior stopped for the most part, although the juvenile pods do still...

I noticed that they too had a similar model, but it looks like an older model. Does it have the same features? The price is the same so I would obviously prefer to buy from a vendor. ½" fittings and ports throughout to reduce head pressure and provide ample flow rates. (New) Swivel 90 degree...

I know that this thread is pretty old now... but I am looking to purchase a reactor for the GB media and this one looked best (feature wise). I was actually only considering a single BRS and not the dual, but did anyone ever pick one up? If so, how do you like it? It seems like a lot of...

+1 for T5's. I was using PC bulbs and I decided to switch so I can go 12-18 months between bulb changes. Money was the main reason for the switch, but everything I heard sorta pointed to a personal battle (MH vs T5's). Here's some numbers that I came across when I was researching. TCO =...

Sounds like a good idea. Plus, if the file is already in a standard forum the data could be uploaded into a database that could be searched. I know that many forum packages run MySQL, as does SMF (according to their website), so a user could search for the data they are interested in. Like...

I'm guessing that you mean switched as for a light-switch. I can't give you a definitive answer, but I tried it on my 15gal tank setup in my office and it failed miserably. But, in my case, the switched receptacle was also feeding other receptacles and the overhead light. So, I can't say for...

How long does it take you to make that 5 or 10 gallons a day? I can easily make 5gallons in about an hour. And that's in the winter. I normally fill up my 32g brute to the line (maybe 29 gallons) in about 6-6 1/2 hours...

I would wait. So, you made and kept the water outside when it was 20 degrees outside? Why not just get some extra tubing and run a line inside for a day or so? My wife hated it but until a few weeks ago I always made the water in the kitchen...

I've never heard of them eating any corals, but they are niterious for bulldozing things. Personally, my turbo's rarely go on the rocks.. actually none of my snails (5 diff types) go on the rock work. So, I've never had a problem. Also, I think there was a dicussion about this a few days ago...

So it should be Ca=360, Mg=1200, Alk=11-12? Then my numbers of Ca=400, Mg=1300, Alk=11.2 sounds pretty normal then? I always make 25-30 gals of water and then add the salt until the salinity is right. I haven't figured out a good measurement yet, so I tend to add salt, mix for a few hours...

Hey Boomer. I'm guessing that you mean the numbers I am seeing are not correct? I know that the test numbers were read right since I did the test twice and followed it to a tee. What should I expect from IO? Again, this is a BRAND new 5g (160gal of water) bucket of salt. This is my 2nd...

You could also remove the brace and build / buy a EURO brace retro kit. Euro braces are normally clear glass and the center brace is gone.

Speaking of rusting metal... I have to use a stainless steel bolt and nut/wing nut to attach my internal overflow skimmer box to my overflow. Originally it had plastic ones, but only one of two were present when I purchased it. I tried HD, Lowes and TrueValue and none of them had plastic...

cool! Congrats! Do you plan on putting them in another tank?

I decided to run a test on the new water (IO) I just made 28 hours ago and these were my results with the salifert test kits: I have some sera test kits but none for Alk so I can't say for sure. Maybe we have bad test kits. btw, my Alk has always read really high with this test kit.. I just...

btw, if anyone was interested this thing was sold for $7,500 or $7,800. Supposedly, the original purchased price was 75K. The owner of the property purchased it because there were just too many unknown questions.. like how to get it out of the building. I heard people talking about "cutting...

Well the clam has decided to move around a bit, and disappeared behind the rockwork. In the end, I moved it towards the bottom of the tank and a few minutes later it opened up ever so slightly. I did a 5gal WC last night and I'm making another 25g's or so. I did some tests and PO4 was actually...

I think someone on TRT talked about running flex inside of the fridge, but ultimately they said it would have been pretty inefficient. But, as you said.. I guess if you had a temp controller you could put a very low gph pump into the system and slowly flow the water in. In my case, I would be...

I never used MH, but my 47g tank still hits 83-84 now with my TEK 4x39w T5 fixture. The AC is already on in the house and set to 77 degrees. So, I can only imagine how hot it would have gotten with MH's. I need to dig up the DIY computer fan --> tank fan convertion kit to decrease the temp...