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I have been looking at the tek 8x54 t5 fixture or my lfs has a outer orbit 2x150 hqi with 4 t5 open box sale for $500....which would u choose?...I am very handy and have also been thinking bout doin diy led but not sure i want to go that route at this time...money is not that big of a deal so I...

Please give me your opinions on best fixture for this setup 90g up and running for almost a year want to keep every kind of coral and a clam I have 8x54w nova now but it only has one large reflector, I think this is not enough? Thanx in advance for any input

Hey thanks Al....3 yr old twins are a handful but they are wonderful kiddies

Al you are correct, if you notice when in the pic you see a tee in the return line coming down to a ball valve that is shut of...when I bought the 2nd mag18 this is how I plumbed it (which is parallel)..I did not notice any difference in flow rate coming back to tank so I unscrewed pump and...

I have to admit I kind of put the tank on the back burner when my newest hobby arrived this summer..but now that the winter is coming fast I gonna start focusing more time on it

here are a couple pics of my 1st and 2nd version of filter system...I think i have it right now

according to manufacture mag 18 at 12' of head is 750gh...I have two plumbed in in parallel so doubt its 1500gh but it is very high flow

yeah loading up on corals is my next step...I have a few and cant wait to start adding lots more color....I did not want to go crazy until I was confident in my setup...think after 10 months its time to start making this thing look the way it should

thanks for all the comments......rocks are not leaning on back wall they are all securely stacked...I sometimes think of moving or removing that rock in the front but it creates a really cool cave and looks awesome from the side view......yes that is two mag 18, with my set up I have to go with...

please critique my fug....my tank has been up and running for 10 months now all has been great except one bout of ick...I got lucky was able to get all fish in qt only lost one clown cause he jumped out..I had them in hippo for 9 weeks and now all doin great...Any way my tank is 90g with...

u need to post all water test results....a tank set up for a couple weeks would in no possible way be able to handle that kind of stock list.....anemone's need near perfect water conditions and well established tanks, most say 6 months min. before trying one

I know its blown bulb one end of it is black plus I switched diferent bulbs around and good bulbs work on the ballast, so my question is why would a brand new bulb blow or could the ballast have blown the bulb..just dont want to go buy new bulb and have it blow again if the ballast is causing...

I use only instant ocean and test regularly with api test kit my calcium is always over 400...I do not use any additives

Im a master plumber,Im assuming u r buying the tubing that is sold to run ice maker lines....this tubing is not designed to operate at a temp above 73 degrees....Go to a quality plumbing supply house and ask for 1/4" pex tubing...this tubing rated for upto 180 degrees...I c ur in baltimore, im...

R u seeding with live rock that already has coraline growing? Do u test calcium levels?

just bought 8 brand new t5 bulbs for my nova extreme 8x54w fixture 4 10000k and 4 actinic...have had new bulbs running for bout 2 weeks one of the actinics burned out.....does anyone have any ideas why....bad bulb?....problem with ballast?....I replaced this ballast bout month ago

yeah just bought flame on Sun. and yellow tang 2 weeks ago....Im done with fish for awhile....only other fish I have been thinking bout is some type of Goby or small blue tang...but this will not b for month or so....Im gonna see new frogspawn does and start to focus on corals for awhile

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update tank is going great, just got through diatom bloom which wasnt that bad, I have added couple more fish and tonight got my first coral frogspawn. Here are some pics ( my twins had to jump in couple of them ) I have been testing water everynight before bed API test kit ph 8.4 Am 0 nitrite...

I bought jar of tiger pods on sunday and ppoured them in my sump,just got home from work and noticed there are now thousands of them covering every inch of the glass in DT, This doesn't bother me that much but will they stay this way or will they find there way in the sand?