Forum: Marine Fish
04-09-2010, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,942
o2
it is possible they are using up their o2-try putting an air stone in with light bubbles
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Forum: DIY
04-09-2010, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,571
sump
the bottle i bought was 55 ml when i built my sump-you should be able to get that at a craft store as it is a solvent
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Forum: DIY
04-08-2010, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,357
sump
put your skimmer at the fuge with the water in ,your fuge at the return with no water out,your baffles,then your return where you were going to put your skimmer with the same sizes-that way you will...
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Forum: Reef
04-08-2010, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,126
crack
the crack could have been caused by no support under the glass-it may be possable to silicone another piece of glass on the inside bottom with a new hole cut out-as it is i don't think it was from...
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Forum: DIY
04-08-2010, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,571
sump
you can use a thin kerf blade on your tablesaw(1/16)-for your router use a dovetail jig.to glue it together use methylene chloride using a plastic square with the corner cut off and needles to keep a...
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Forum: Reef
04-08-2010, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,628
phytoplankton
ask jeff at j&l about putting trace elements or stronium in your culture to avoid crashes
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics hardware related only)
04-08-2010, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 792
quarintine tank
i have a 40 gal that i'm not using right now-bare bottom and crummy lights above
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Forum: Reef
04-07-2010, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,628
phytoplankton
i rather grow my own-you can get culture starters at florida aqua farms+fertilizer,roterfer eggs etc .plus it helps to pick up their plankton culture manual.i've used miracal grow with no...
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Forum: DIY
04-07-2010, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,357
pump
figure out your height,length of return ,elbows etc before getting your pump-there's a formula in the reef aquarium volume 3 on page 111-hell you might as well read all of chapter 3.the rest of the...
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Forum: DIY
04-07-2010, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,357
sump
use the largest tank you can place under your tank-your footprint for your skimmer is about 5x5-so at least 6 inches of your sump will be used up-he baffles are to disperse air bubbles-usually i inch...
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Forum: Reef
04-05-2010, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,153
aptsia
if its brown and not green it's aptasia-if you only have one you can inject it with lemon juce,or mix up a thick paste(about the thickness of chowder) of kalkwasser and cover it including the base
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Forum: Reef
03-31-2010, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,882
leds
as the canopy i made has 2 slide out shelves for accessing the lights(shelves are 31''x21'' holding 2 28'' coalifes each) i was going to make 2 26x15 arrays.i was also thinking about not using optics...
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Forum: Marine Fish
03-31-2010, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,381
ribbon eel
i had one for 11 months before it ate something which got lodged in it's throat(at least i think so-large bulge behind the natural bulge )-i got it very young while it was black and only a foot...
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Forum: Reef
03-31-2010, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,882
lighting
go to www.ledsupply.com/luxeon-leds.php and then click on diy led projects and then led fish tank light.after looking on e-bay ,alibaba,etc,i figure it would be best to make my own led lighting as i...
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Forum: Reef
03-31-2010, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,882
leds
your right-no fans-for the size of it i would need 1 new driver-going to be building my new lights for my 220-thought i would order a few extra 3 watters and drivers-never hurts to have a couple of...
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Forum: Reef
03-30-2010, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,882
led lights
been thinking of taking it apart and soldering in some 3 watt luxeon stars
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Forum: Reef
03-30-2010, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,882
led
i picked up 1 marineland 48 led and am trying it out on a 30 gal nano i'm making-it's only 12 inches deep-so i might have a bit more par
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Forum: Reef
03-29-2010, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,978
crab
i feed them to my eels
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
03-29-2010, 06:18 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,348
berghia
just waiting for zoaElete to get back to me if he still wants them.if he does i'll be shipping them to calgary
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
03-29-2010, 03:10 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,348
berghia
i will not take them out of my breeding tank until they are about 5/8 long-as for shipping i will be sending them by express post so they will arrive by noon the next day
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Forum: Reef
03-27-2010, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,006
drain
try plumbing everything in pvc-i don't like the look of your return line-no clamp to hold your line-i also think it would be better not to have ridges in your line.i agree with using 45s instead of...
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Forum: DIY
03-27-2010, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,256
sump
my baffles are after the sump so i don't see any problem there. you could make an L shaped refugium and have your baffles after-giving you a 10x6 1/2 return
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Forum: DIY
03-27-2010, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,256
sump
move your bubble baffles1 inch apart-move your refugum down and increase your return
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Forum: Reef
03-27-2010, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,006
drain
change your drain to a 1 1/2-better a bigger drain than a smaller one-it's possable your pump is too powerful-also check your joints
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Forum: Reef
03-25-2010, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,407
coral snow
i don't think anything is a must-but the coral snow sure cleaned up my cyano bacteria
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