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  1. ? about luminen hours and what recommendation of bulb for T5

    What is the difference between luminen hours and regular hours? I am just curious when I need to change out T5 bulbs and what would you all recommend on strength of lighting a 90 gal partial reef(you know what style or type) of bulb? I do have a crocea and I would like to add a few more. I also...
  2. Greetings all!

    whatz up Bob! Welcome. cant wait to see the pics
  3. New SW tank

    Welcome to the under water wonder world of fun! That is my abrev. of the www.
  4. Nitrate levels

    Just remember that a deep sand base will take a lot longer to establish than a sand base that is just 2 inches thick. I have one that is 6 up to 9 inches in spots. It looks really cool but man does it take a long time for them to break in!
  5. Need help in choosing a pump for AquaC EV180

    I wish I would have known that when I bougth my aqua c
  6. Moorish Idol

    Wow! That was a thread. Is that Jackass Dr. still here? Please email or pm me. Just curoius
  7. pics of my tank

    SWEEEEEEEEEEET! Hey I follow all of the jealous freaks here too! Hey can I borrow those pics and say that is my tank (hehehehe)! Sorry guys I had a bad week at work and I am trying to put myself in a better mood. I am off to play in my underwater world and dream my tank will look this good one...
  8. Soundproofing a sump

    I have the same thing going on with this to. I like the noise though and it really pisses off the wife at times (hehehehe) just for craps and giggles. I need to work on mine also. But what I did for the skimmer noise was I had an extra sponge that was just tall enough to fit under the outlet. I...
  9. Brown on live rocks & sand

    Damn I am jealous! I never got the brown. I just everything else.
  10. Octopus skimmers?

    I have heard that the aqua c remora is a good skimmer. I have a ev-240 on a 90 gal and it works great. I know that is not the same style but it is that same equipment. Go to the site http://www.proteinskimmer.com/ and fill out a survey they might pick you as a winner for their nest drawing. Also...
  11. Deep sand bed ?

    I found the reciept for the sand purchase last night but trew the damn thing away and did not look at the price either. I bought 80 lbs of dry agronite and 160 of wet agronite. Also my buddy did not give me a break on it because I remember being a little pissed off that he did not give me one...
  12. substrate

    I have a SB of approx 6 to 8 inches. Well How about this I will give you in bags. 80 lbs of dry agronite and 160 lbs of wet agronite. Yeah that is right. Sorry, I had to think. This dsb is in a 90 gal.
  13. Deep sand bed ?

    Oh by the way shavo. My DSB cost me $248.00 for 2 bags of the dry agronite and 4 bags of the wet live agronite.
  14. Deep sand bed ?

    Merry Christmas to all! We are having Sushi (fresh out of the tank) hehehehe just kidding! Acutally, I am going to keep doing the large amount of water changes on a weekly basis and not mess with getting anymore fish or corals. A am going to add more circulation but I might work it a...
  15. Deep sand bed ?

    Hey Chris Just the other day I had to remove all of my rock to get my flame angel out (she had to go) do to the potters coral that I got for 10 bucks ( she was a 100 dollar fish) so which would you choose? But Like I said I had to remove all of the rock and put them into clean holding tank...

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