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Ha! That was great for the biggie, but this is the nano. :) That AL fixture rocks.

With tank refit I'll be running a 4 bulb T5 over an IM30 (3' long). Tank will be zoa/paly dominant, thinking about adding a supplemental LED bar (or something) for a bit more pop. Anyone got anything?

NICE! My all time favorite Reggae cover is the remix of 'Shame and Scandal in the Family' by Madness (original SIr Lancelot 1943, popular release Shawn Eliot 1964) I can put this on loop for hours...

Back in my military days 30 odd years ago I found myself ordering a beer in Guantanamo, pre-prison camp. Beer was a 'local import' from Jamaica. Smelled odd. Drank it and almost hit the floor and not in a good way. They would preserve the beer with a a drop of formalin in each bottle. Eventually...

Every bank has at least one. Just walk in where you have a bank account and they should do it for free.

These are great light. The currents had a bad rap in the past as they were a bit underpowered, but that's changed a lot in the past few years. I had a setup like Mark's a few years back but I was on a 40b, so was using the 36" version of the same lights. I had 2 at 70% or so each and the tank...

Yes, they’re really for gardening. :) Were doing a bit of restructuring and, at the moment, we have a number of plants inside that aren’t close to natural light sources. We need to buy a few lights for them. Lights which we can hang inside for now and eventually move out to a greenhouse and...

The more chaeto, the more filtering. I'd always start, or trim back to baseball size as Chris mentioned, but I'd let it grow quite a bit until the light couldn't fully penetrate it. Didn't want it to start dying on the bottom from lack of light and defeating its own purpose. Sometimes I'd pull...

The reason I starterd this convo was to determine if there is a cost benefit between the two. I started mixing the two during changeover. Where I was normally 1/2c per gal of RS, using 2 1/2c for 5g, I began using 1 1/2c of RS and c of IO for the gradual switch. First 5g batch was 1 1/2c RS and...

/eying freshwater tank...

Did that with a tank a few years back. Roughed it up with a fork, put it in sump, and directed a light on it. I was replacing them every 2 weeks or so. Worked well.

Recently picked up a discount box of RC after years of using RSCP. With the RSCP, I was at 1/2c of salt per gallon to get 1.025-26. A 5 gallon bucket took exactly (EDIT) 2 1/2 cups. I seem to be using much more than that with the RC, more like 3/4-1c per gallon. Anyone have a general ratio of RC...

Shame to see this broken down. I remember seeing that stand, its a beauty.

New kid arrived...

I've been using it and just ordered another bottle yesterday. DIrections state its good for 1 year in fridge after opening.

Yeah, it looks like its coming down to that. Downsizing from 120 to 30 and trying to keep as much as I could was probably too much of a drain on the system. I managed to get out the fish and invert overloads, so no losses there, all softies are good, but the hit was hard on the SPS.

Met him a few years back when I picked up an MP10 from him, and could have spent two hours chatting had the family not been waiting in the car. Cordial, intelligent, well spoken and presented, and just overall a nice guy. Sad to hear, and my thoughts to his family. I’m crashing for the night a...

Turmoil with sand removal continues, even in smallish increments. Shifted inverts to pest tank while treating main As it’s impacting them. I have a ton of ceramic media in place, and a bunch more cooking, to replace the sand bed for the transition.

Fantastic!

I have a tank that is solid green water, they still let me complain without judgement. Welcome aboard!