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  1. ice cap or pfo hqi ballast with radium bulbs - opinions?

    i was wondering myself anybody have suggestions? eric
  2. Looking for Pics of in-wall reef set-ups

    why is it that i can not see some of the pictures that i guess the rest of you can see? like on page scott posted a picture people are refering to and i see zip. any help would be nice eric
  3. calcium reactor effulent through skimmer

    do you think that running your calcium reactor effulent through your protein skimmer can strip off the things your dissolving the media for? i'm running my effluent through my ets to scrub off the co2 but am worried that this might be counter productive. any insight please let me know. also i...
  4. i need oomed

    anybody got any? i'll take what ever few drops you can find. i can always combine what i can get. thanks again eric
  5. i need oomed

    i've heard that this product has been hard to get but i can't find anyone who has it for sale. if anyone has some that they are willing to sell please let me know or if you know of somewhere that i can but it also please let me know. i need enough to dose a 110gal tank. i'll take what ever...
  6. how to post pic?

    i must be an idiot because i can not figure out how to post my pictures off my computer. can somone please help me?
  7. high alk supressing calcium

    also i thought about running my effluent through my protein skimmer but was worried that it was going to skim out the elements that were beind disolved from the media.
  8. high alk supressing calcium

    sorry about that esmithiii it was a bad overlook on my part. i should have included a unit of measurement. i just checked the alkalinity again and it was 6meq/l or 16.8DKH. i understand why the ph drops at night but i thought that having high alk would act like a chemical stop per say or a...
  9. high alk supressing calcium

    i don't really want to vinegar in the tank after reading the thread RANDY HOLMES-FARLEY put up today. i have not put vinegar in so far and i hope not to. but if that's what it takes i'll do it. i had hoped that RANDY would have had some great insight on my tank he really sounds like he knows...
  10. high alk supressing calcium

    hello i'm having problems with calcium. my tank is a 230gal sps reef that's 2 years old. the problem i'm having is i can not get my calcium up.i've only had this problem for the last 6 months. my alk is high which is making my calcium chronicly low. i've tested my magnesium and it's like 1250...
  11. Baby Hippo

    WHEN I BOUGHT MINE IT WAS ABOUT 1 INCH LONG AND TODAY FIVE AND A HALF YEARS LATER IT IS ATLEAST SIX INCHES LONG AND THRIVING IN MY 230 SPS TANK!
  12. Calcium Reactors for 120 gal

    i have a k2r on a 230 sps tank and it works just fine! i just opened the metering valve for the water to release a fast constant drip and adjust your co2 to reach a ph of 6.5. keeps my tank at 400 to 415 and i have 56 colonies of sps and i only add kalk once every two or three days. also look on...
  13. calcium reactor

    come on guys and gals anybody got any ideas?
  14. calcium reactor

    the larger will not be a problem it's only a 650gph. the question that i had was about putting to much 6.5ph water into the tank? will the alk even out that much low ph to maintain an overall ph of 8.3?
  15. calcium reactor

    hello new to this board but not to reef keeping. I live in gainesville florida and want to know is it possible to have a calcium reactor to big for a tank? my tank is 230 gallons and i currently use a k2r reactor which is running fine but i came across a professionaly built reactor that can...

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