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Try: http://www.aquaticlight.com/retrofit.html hth, Lydia

Was in the LFS today and the owner was showing me a jar of olive shaped/sized balls that he retreived from his reef tank. Says they grow in clusters and then break off and float around the tank. They were semi clear in color with a bit of green on the inside. I thought it looked like...

I think they are used to reduce nitrates. Lydia

I've had the new screw in compact florescent bulbs in for 3 days now. They're Verilux 20 watt, 6500k and they just literally screw into the regular 10 gallon hood with no modifications necessary. So far, so good, the light looks nice and white. I'm going to wait a few days and make sure...

Does anyone have any of these or know about their care requirements?? They look a lot like the flame and purple flame firefish. Thanks for any help. Lydia

Have had the new lights, 2 96watt PC, on for two weeks now. One bulb is 7000k, the other is 10000K. Now I'm getting a whole lot of the green algea on the glass that's pretty hard to scrape off. Also am getting some of the brown slimy stuff on the powerheads, thermometer, etc. Is this just a...

I have one also and completely agree with Kevin. Lydia

Thanks guys for the help! Hubby is feeling a bit better about the situation. We don't have the actual top of the hood on yet. We're waiting to see if anything starts to smoke...LOL Before I get him to actually put the top on I'll have to go to Home Depot and get a fan. I can't tell you...

I overheard the lady that runs our lfs telling the other employees that under NO circumstances were they to give a refund or take back a yellow tang from a certain customer. This customer was told in no uncertain terms to NOT put that tang in her 20 gal that had been up for 2 wks but the cust...

I haven't tried it yet but Foster&Smith (formerly Petswarehouse) has a special on now 45lbs for $99 plus shipping. FFE I think has the same deal going and I have ordered from them before and got pretty good rock.

Finally, after months of asking, nagging, demanding and finally threatening got hubby to construct my hood and install my PCs. Got them up and running this morning. Now he's got something else to whine about. "They're too damn bright! They hurt my eyes! Those SOB's are gonna catch the house...

I have a brown condy and a purple tipped one. My Maroon Clown takes turns in each. He eats what he wants and then feeds all the condys. Pretty cool stuff!

So does that mean that all together I'd get a TWO year/24month warranty?? Hmmm, food for thought... But seriously, it sounds like it'd work doesn't it? At 6500K it might be a tad more yellow? That doesn't bother me as long as it's keeping things healthy. I had a LOA fixture but that sucker...

I've used 3 of the suppliers, FFE=10 good service, arrived on time, good live rock. e-tropicals=10+ (I ordered since new ownership) most excellent service, packaging and free items added to order. Will definitely use again. reeffanatics= 10 as well. Fast safe shipment for pc lighting, good...

Here is a description of the bulb. Has anyone tried it on a nano reef, 10 gal. or so? 20 Watt Full Spectrum Medium Household Base, 10,000 Hour Life Rating, 6500 kelvin, CRI 85, Lenght 5.62" Diameter 2.25", Photopic Lumens 1200, Scotopic Lumens 2400, Electronic Ballast. Incandescent Wattage...