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I think that's the way to go. With the T5's off my fixture is like 3 Hydras. The shimmering just too much.

Thanks Tristan. Pleasure to meet your beautiful family.

Better catch some z's first. Not safe to operate power equipment in water under his current condition :)

Mark - you're a patient man.

As you may know, I am current transferring to a new tank too. I have the two tanks connected and equalize the water over a few days. The reason for this is new water (IO regular) has 11.4 Alk which is 4 dkh higher than my running Alk level. So I do suggest you to use some of the old water at...

I think it's more about t5 supplement LED or the other way around. I would get 4 for 24'' tank

Wow great deal. I could use one myself.

I should be good in two weeks. Thanks a lot.

Me too!

I use internal whenever possible. I need the heat and don't want to worry about leaking.

A dumb question. Does the calc reactor adjust automatically to the amount of alk/calc consumed? In other words, as the corals grow or new corals added does it have to be adjusted for the increased demand like dosing?

Put in a few pieces to test the water. Corals look like a million bucks after only 2 hours. Phone picture does not do justice. Very impressed with the light fixture. Color is just incredible only running 20% LED coral plus + 4 T5 bulbs. The rock has been in the sump for a long time now the...

overflow box cover. what a hobbies going to do without eggcrate and zipties?

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Mark, with the Herbie the water level in the overflow box is at the emergency drain level. There is a small amount of flow needed, maybe 50gph to keep the water level stable. I did try to run the emergency drain dry then the siphon drain will alternate between full siphon and regular flow. When...

With the transfer I have connected the new tank with the current tank. So there are now two sumps and two DT's running with the old sump as the lowest sump. The new water has 11.2 dkh vs 7.2 of the current tank. So it will be a shock to the corals. With the two systems connected I can slowly mix...

Thanks everyone. Will try to keep the update coming. JRWOHLER - very true what you said. Still thinking thru all the possible scenarios now with plumbing. The tank is 4' x 2' x 21".

Here' the journal for my new build. I am hoping this will be it for a few years. My first reef tank, a 75g in the basement has been doing well so we decided to setup a show tank in the family room. I will be using most of the equipments from the current 75g setup. A few things worth mentioning...

and if you want a decent thermometer I use this http://www.amazon.com/Non-Contact-Thermometer-ETC-8380-Instant-read-Temperature/dp/B00837ZGRY/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415022500&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=handleheld+thermometer it's surprisingly accurate, matches my Apex probe by < 0.5 degrees and...

Mine does the same. It's way off when it's not calibrated.