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  1. sdsupilot

    LR instead of Bioballs

    I currently have a proclear pro 75 sump and i have about 17-20 pounds of rubble rock in the sump. the rubble rock has a higher biological filtering capacity than bioballs, although i have heard bioballs work too. everyone in this area likes rubble better and it has worked great with me. my...
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    MIDWEST ATTENTION ::: Corals Wanted :::

    pallan what kind of a sump are ya lookin for? me and one of my friends were thinking about building our own and if we do we would want to get rid of what we have, lol which are only like 2 months old.
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    MIDWEST ATTENTION ::: Corals Wanted :::

    hey chris that trip sounds good... i dont think i have anything going on so i will have to see about goin to that... it sounds really fun. also... have any of you been to mini's lately? i was in there the other day and it looks like ALL of their corals are dead or dying... looks like the...
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    MIDWEST ATTENTION ::: Corals Wanted :::

    Hey Chris, sorry man i cant make it this weekend... i hope there will be another trip down there sometime because i really want to check it out. this weekend im goin back to winner to build a new canopy for my tank so my lights will be enclosed. so it should be a fairly eventful trip. but...
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    MIDWEST ATTENTION ::: Corals Wanted :::

    i will have to agree with chris about oceans of the midwest. grant is a great guy and he really cares about you and your satisfaction. mini has been alright but overpriced and lately i have been having probs with keepin stuff that i get from there alive... therefore i will be getting all my...
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    toooo many expensive hobbies!!!

    Yea i know what ya mean by having too many expensive hobbies. back when i was in HS i was big into 4 wheelers with my dad and we rode them all the time. then i decided i wanted to ride dirt bikes so we sold the quads and got dirt bikes. next thing ya know college came up and i decided i...
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    odyssea jebo lights???

    i believe you can swap out the bulbs between the different makes, one of my friends replaced his old corallife bulbs with odyssea's bulbs. now the bigger higher end models (like coralife and the others) are starting to make their own pin configuration so you have to use their bulbs, which i...
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    Help with lighting questions please!!

    I would recommend mh lighting because then you will not have to worry about upgrading... it may cost more to start with but you wont have to worry about it. i bought an odyssea 48" dual mh setup with dual 96watt compact and 6 led moonlights. i love the light and i got it from a local fish...
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    How Hot does a 175 MH lamp get?

    i just got a complete hqi setup with the double ended bulbs and they really dont get that hot. its on a 75 with dual 175's and i get maybe a 1 degree warmup while they are on and i leave them on for 8 hrs a day. hope this helps
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    NEED HELP:>

    i am in the same situation you are in right now... new lights are expensive and trying to decide on what you want is hard. i almost bought a vho ballast system but decided not to. after talking with some other people in this great hobby i decided to save my cash and get a MH system. this...
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    denitrator and red slime

    Another thing i forgot to mention before is that most of the time high phospahtes can come in your tap water... like another member stated exclusivly use RO water that way you wont be adding more food for the slime, and this stuff wont disapear overnight but once things get running well it will...
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    denitrator and red slime

    red slime is primarily feeds on phosphates... so if ya take out the phosphates it dies off... so try some phos-x and that should kill that off in time
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    FS: 75g Oceanic Custom RR Setup

    Hi i was wondering if you would want to sell just the lights or the just lights with the hood and if so how much you would want for them. thanks, Mark
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    Aquarium equipment for sale CHEAP!

    Hey i was wondering about the UV. what make and model and how old is it. also how much do you want for it.
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