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Old 06-14-2011, 10:30 AM
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Default Very cool thunderstorm simluation

Has anyone seen this before?

http://reeftools.com/news/true-rain-...ver-reef-tank/

I love the look of the raindrops inside the tank
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Old 06-14-2011, 12:48 PM
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salt creep nightmare, lol
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Old 06-14-2011, 12:53 PM
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although, you can probably use RO water, have the rain fall as ATO.
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Old 06-14-2011, 02:26 PM
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I'm sure they do use RO water, I just wonder if water would splash outside the tank. looks cool though
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I live in beautiful British Columbia, if I want rain I can just look outside.
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Old 06-14-2011, 10:28 PM
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I live in beautiful British Columbia, if I want rain I can just look outside.
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sure its cool for the first week or so... but then whats the point? its not like the fish are gonna be happier or the corals growing faster cuz theres rain falling
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sure its cool for the first week or so... but then whats the point? its not like the fish are gonna be happier or the corals growing faster cuz theres rain falling
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Looks really cool but can think of other things to spend my money on. Still holding out on a controller and dosing pump....
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:58 AM
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"looks outside at the rain " , ya sure wish i had more of this ( sarcasm ) . Very cool though , fish would never notice but still cool.
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Old 06-15-2011, 11:53 AM
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Seems to me that a 2 minute rain shower like this would do jack sh*t for the ATO. It would probably have to run a lot longer than that.
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