just keep in mind where your corals are under t5's now not to shock them all at once so if its possible dont thro away the t5's just yet do your regular schedule with halides for 1 hr a day for 1 week then 2 hrs a day for 1 week and keep going untill your up to 6-8hrs of halides.

ideally you want to replicate our sun as much as possible with low light in the evenings and mornings and the highest light mid day and then moon lights.....its a hard thing to do in a 20g as there isnt alot of space but its not a must to have this just helps us replicate mother nature more better;)

sorry to say, you're pretty much done in the hobby already. The ONLY was to succeed is by asking forgiveness, not permission....

Here's a tip...you have a new baby right? Children benefit from having a tank in the house. They learn about nature, they learn patience by sitting and watching quietly, they even breath better.

"Honey, we NEED all this stuff for the baby!!"

Trust me.....

lol yeah I proved that theory to her! Our little guy was screaming and crying so I threw on the lights on the cichlid tank (4am BlahhH) sat down with him, got him focused, and boom he shut up. lol they really are a must have, its a little bit more work to keep up with when you have a new born, but as you said I am in the hobby (i think thats what you meant lol) and I have all this stuff no sense in quitting, just less time to relax haha

Honey... the baby needs me to drive a corvette.

Nah, you just have to manage time efficiently :) Our daughter has special needs and we keep up ok. The tank actually helps lower the overall stress level for both baby and parents :razz:
I've just added the finishing touches to the 50g tank for the baby's room!

Start with a light, work your way up to a 'vette -lol

lol yeah I wish! one day maybe thats my dream car the 67 stingray mmmmm

yeah i wouldnt push it or youll have my sig lol start with the easy battles like "but rodi is for all of us" and " think about what a hrv can do for our comfort come winter" then hit er up for da vette;)

ahh yes the ro is my current escapade! I almost have her convinced! I showed her the towns water reports the other day, now she's on bottled water, I showed her some numbers, and she say, k but we'll have to set aside some money for that for down the road, soi I think I won that battle.
As for the 'vette I'll say, but what happens if the baby is sick I can get him to the hospital really fast! just kidding this is quickly becoming a mans thread lol

whats HRV by the way lol

heat recovery ventilation

hrv is vents ran throughout your house it takes in fresh air from outside and exausts stale air outside while controlling the temerature.its very healthy for those with breathing problems and is a cleaner air then whats inside your house(to my knowledge anyways)

ahhh ok I see lol. Yup I almost got her on the Ro/di that water report sure scared her, I was like look at all the stuff in the water, did you know that even trace amounts of mercury showed up? like very miniscule but its still there! I wont be putting that crap in my, just pepsi or bottle/ro water from now on lol

dont forget beer;)

I picked up an ro unit for $135.00 a couple weeks ago, I like it but it's sooooooooooo slow.

A wise man on here (Blom) once told me, "nothing good happens fast" And I think thats true, in the case of ro/di, good things take time. Especially beer!:mrgreen:

Drink beer while making water....hmm, actually I like vodka, that's what I'm doing wrong :lol:

lol

So I was told I used my voltage meter incorrectly. So I put the positive in the ground of the plug outlet, and the negative in the tank. The needle moved, I will put a picture below, with a black line pointing to the exact location of where the needle landed. Now, I am a noob to all of this, so I don't know what it means lol, I just know the needle moved. any help on how to solve the problem, or what I did wrong or right is greatly appreciated!!
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN2037.jpg

also do I even have this pointed to the right setting?
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Thanks bud. Enlightened I have become. lol I did have it on the wrong setting, so I will retest tonight, and hopefully narrow down the root cause!

I have one of those multi meters, so thought I would test my tanks, just in case. And to my surprise, my refugium tank has stray voltage. The needle moved quite a bit.

Turns out it is my T8 light fixture sitting on top of my lexan tank cover. There is a bit of salt creep around the fixture, so will have to see what I need to do to fix the problem. Still surprised how that gets into the water. But when I shut it off, the stray voltage is gone, so that is definitely the source.

Thank goodness, my display tank and sump checked out OK. I have a lot of pumps and electrical devices in and around them.

Glad I read this thread, or never would have thought of checking.

Canreef rocks!

well I thought it was my power bar.. nope, its not any of my heaters or filters or anything, so it must be my lights too then, which is weird cause they are all literally brand new! I dont get it