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Mike, you don't even have to go to RC.....look HERE to find out about these fire sticks.....I originally had one.

I wanted to reply to a post I saw on The Reefer's Lounge and to do so I had to sign up.....and be approved. I was supposed to first post as a guest in POST HERE, but there was no way to do this. The last POST HERE was from 2013. So I submitted my info anyway, about three weeks ago, and...

Oh yeah! Well one Gyre has more wires in the tank than 100 million billion quadtrillion Vortechs!!!! : )~ pfffffffffttt :grin:

Wait, are you saying our Board members aren't omnipresent and omnipotent? :o I need to retract my votes! :p :grin:

I would definitely buy a new sediment filter and carbon blocks (and DI). I'm not directly familiar with this unit, but if it doesn't have TDS capability, I'd pick up a TDS tester and use it to check the membrane. Most good membranes for 75 gpd have a rejection rate of about 98 percent...

Here are the "cobwebs" from a vermetid snail taken from THIS article.

Do you see small little tubes....about 1/16 inch diatmeter? If so, these are vermetid snails....that can't move like a conventional snail. They put out sweeper tenticles that look web-like. Do a search on vermetid snails and look at the images. That's my guess.

I own five Vortechs, and I'm afraid if I vote against them, one of the dry sides might just have it's bearings start to sing. It's already happened once, and I don't want it to happen again. :grin:

Using my fingers and toes and then some, I'm only counting 48 LEDs. Assuming they are the common three watt variety, and that's a six foot tank, that's still not enough light (for sps anyway). Are you supplementing with some other light source?

Yeah, I noticed that too Ed.....doesn't have a night mode like Vortech!!!! :p

Paul, this doesn't sound very good for you. If you've lost your hair, have a propensity for supermodels, are experiencing hip pain, and are now seeing blotches, this will quickly be followed by rapid onset dementia! :o :grin:

You can't get much simplier than the canopy I built.....made with inexpensive fir strips and 1/4 inch plywood. Here it is opened up so you could see the two LED's and full access. Information on the build is in my Tale, and starts HERE. It starts on post 171 and includes posts 176...

George, I was actually wondering what had happened to you. Glad to see you're back and refreshed.

Slave boy is in because of Easter break, and I'm cracking the whip. While I await the arrival of the new blue LED beads from China, the 36 fried-to-a-crisp LEDs were removed from the board. Here's what a pile of burnt LEDs looks like: And here's the board with the thermal compound...

I should have clarified this "additional heat" comment. First off the top of the canopy is open, although the T5 reflectors do partially block the open-ness of the top of the canopy. I would also imagine that the reflectors reflect heat downward as well. What I noticed was after the...

Well Bill, not sure how long the T5's will last. Even though it's only two bulbs, I'm not liking the additional heat. Once I fix my LED fixtures, I'll most likely pull the T5's and try three 120W LED fixtures over my five foot 90 gallon.

Welcome back Bill! When you're ready you may stop by and take whatever softies I have that interests you....pulsing xenia, large hairy mushroom, regular mushrooms, clove polys, palys, etc.

If you return a rental that hasn't been rewound, they charge you extra! :grin:

Justin, that tank looks fantastic! Very nice.

My kid had a red-eared for maybe 6 - 7 years and that out-grew a 75 gallon tank. Phil, you're old, so how do you fit a red-eared in a breeder? Here's my kid's red-ear in the 75.