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Yea You need to just use the Hose.
I used a 3/4 inch hose to do some of mine
The rocks will settle when you suck out under them
You are not going to get 100% out without taking everthing apart but you can get alot of it out.
This is the Warning from Caribsea
Warning! Placing new substrates over...
I would keep an eye out on RC for a used set if you are just starting out
On my 120Gal I am going with ARO 250 Watt ballast and Sunlight supply LumnenMax III Hqi Pendant. I used to run Icecap Ballast and Sunlight Supply ReefOptix Hqi Pendants.
I think the Lumnemax will give a better spread over...
I am pretty sure PFO are Core and Coil Ballast
There is nothing wrong with them they still light the bulb.
They produce more heat
They are Larger
They use more energy to run
They are cheaper
Are you looking to run HQI (Double Ended) or Mogul (single ended)
What size are you looking for 150/175/250/400 Watt?
Here is a thread to read
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201570
And
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=575417
I think I used threaded for both bulkheads
Using threaded you can reuse the bulkheads when you use glue/slp you are limited to what pipe you have glued in the bulkhead
With the durso I did not glue any of the pipes together
Just go to lowes and get the peices
Jason
I still think he should do a comparison test with someone Else's system
I just think today's Reefers are over Tweeking there systems. The test equipment is so accurate now that people are going crazy with the numbers. Is It good? maybe yes maybe no.
Hair algae
How often do you feed
What is your...
This is the guy to talk to
His name is Bob he is the one that figure out the P04 of the Carbon, He has the HACH meter
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=13437
The 0.23 I do not think it would be detcted on the normal meter What is your water comming into the...
You are about 1.5 hours from http://toofishy.com/home.php
1 hour from http://www.aquatic-obsessions.com/
Too fishy is only open sat sun
AO is open during the week
Yea tell us where you are at and we can help
On the home page here on the bottom Rt there is a few
also look here
http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&board=6.0
Jason
What else is in the fixture? VHOs/T5s
10K (kelvin) is a white light
20 K is more bluer
Every MFG is diferent with there numbers as far as what color they really are
The 150s are they double ended (Have sockets on both ends)
Or are they Mougl with the big screw on one end
Do not touch the bulbs...