Forum: Reef
02-14-2002, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,234
coral depth
There's a huge range depending on the type of coral, its geographical location, competition encountered by potentially more aggressive coral species, etc. If you're interested in this in an attempt...
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Forum: DIY
02-14-2002, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 5,182
Mirror
Just an FYI, using fans to cool the air temperature in your hood (eg. blowing fans at your reflector or lamp) as opposed to using fans blowing onto the water's surface to effectively control temp is...
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Forum: DIY
02-14-2002, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,425
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Forum: DIY
02-13-2002, 02:46 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 5,182
Mirror
The title of my book is "Everything I've Learned From Actual Hands-on Experience and an Education: Things Steve Doesn't Have." You can pick up a copy at Chapters while you're there getting a copy of...
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Forum: DIY
02-13-2002, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 5,182
Mirror
Ummm...I call bull$hit on Steve's comment about diffusing MH lighting. Steve, this is one of those cases where your lack of experience in reefkeeping and minimal "research" being espoused as if it is...
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Forum: Reef
02-11-2002, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,174
painting back wall of tank
Just use a can of enamel or acrylic spray paint. Make sure the glass is nice and clean (use rubbing alcohol to remove any residue and make sure you keep the area you're going to be painting in clean...
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Forum: DIY
02-10-2002, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,870
Stand is finaly done
A standpipe inside the overflow box negates any possibility that more than say 5 gallons of water would ever drain out of the main tank (save for both the overflow box and the stand pipe or bulkhead...
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Forum: DIY
02-09-2002, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,508
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Forum: DIY
02-06-2002, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,424
Overflow
But yes an angled overflow does look nicer than a square one in a larger tank. I also think that Darren should use gray acrylic rather than black for the overflow box -- it'll blend in a little...
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Forum: DIY
02-06-2002, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,424
Overflow
The biggest problem with an angled overflow box coupled with a Durso stand pipe is that for the overflow to leave sufficient room for all of the PVC fittings (and room to get your hand in there) you...
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Forum: DIY
02-06-2002, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,568
PVC fittings
You'll have to explain the pics, maybe I'm stoopid today, but I can't figure out what it is that you intend to do with those.
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Forum: Reef
02-06-2002, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,113
What the ... ?
Tony,
Both Reefs.org and ReefCentral were working on online magazines independently of one another. James (Reefs.org) came online and told everyone that they were working on the magazine while...
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Forum: DIY
02-04-2002, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,508
Durso construction
And make sure that you do a really good job of making sure that the male threads on the stand pipe and the female threads in the bulkhead remain clean. If you get even a couple of grains of sand in...
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Forum: DIY
02-04-2002, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,508
Durso construction
Why didn't you just use a Stockman overflow? You would have been able to use the larger pipe size without any problems.
Did you find some flexible PVC when you bought your fittings?
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Forum: Reef
02-04-2002, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,658
Skimmers / live chats
Steve, this board is on the west coast (based out of Vancouver, BC, Canada), therefore 6 our time is gonna be 9 your time...come back then.
And I agree with Darren about a PM HOT-1 for a reef tank...
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Forum: Lounge
02-04-2002, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,947
Scary thing to come home to
I've used Tronics since they came out (about 6 years ago I think). They're very reliable. The only problem I've ever had is that when you submerge them you get a little bit of condensation inside...
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Forum: Pictures
02-02-2002, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,622
a few pics of the tank
This little piece of punctuation: "the period" (looks like this ---> . ) really helps decipher posts.
Mike,
The tank looks great! I really like the rockwork; I hate that wall of rock idea...
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Forum: Reef
01-31-2002, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,376
Plastic cable ties for aquascaping
My only concern about using plastic cable ties in a reef tank is that they're ASS-UGLY.
But sure, the black ones are UV resistant and a little less ASS-UGLY than the white ones.
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Forum: DIY
01-31-2002, 05:05 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,375
Mag7's as powerheads.
Even if the pumps were above the water level, as long as both the intake pipes and outlet pipes remain submerged after an initial priming, water would remain in the line. Thus, in the event of a...
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Forum: DIY
01-31-2002, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,375
Mag7's as powerheads.
Darren, I just had a thought (uh-oh, watch out! images/smiles/icon_smile.gif ) One thing that I didn't think about when we were discussing this idea was that MAG pumps don't do so hot when they're...
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Forum: Reef
01-30-2002, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 9,507
Reactors and Additives
Just for the record:
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother."
-Albert Einstein
And my grandmother isn't a chemist.
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Forum: Lower Mainland
01-29-2002, 02:21 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 5,832
What do you want out or a club?
Darren, would you care to elaborate on the concept of "...properly cared for frags of corals...?" I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at here. I presume, by the context in which you wrote...
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Forum: Lower Mainland
01-28-2002, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,442
Thanks Victor
Victor,
Thanks for hosting a well organized meeting, and kudos to your family for doing such a great job of helping out!
It was great to meet all of you "Reef Geeks" (Troy's hang up...
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Forum: Reef
01-24-2002, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,276
tubing
I think it costs more at Home Depot than it does at Van Isle. Not that the tubing costs very much but it might be as much as $.50/ft cheaper at VanIsle.
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Forum: Reef
01-24-2002, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,521
Whats a POD??
"Pod" is short of copepod, or amphipod, or potentially isopod, etc. It's just an abbreviation used to refer to the above animals. Copepods and amphipods are small (copepods are about the size of...
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