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    Powerhead help

    I have an 80 bow 48" It is slowly becoming a reef tank and I hope to keep corals and maybe an anemone. Any suggestions as to the best submersible powerheads as far as gph and how many total? Important to me stuff...quiet, submersible, small in overall size, run reasonably cool, directional would...
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    Emerald Crab

    Does the Emerald Crab move stuff around like the decorator crab?
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    Clean-up crew suggestions

    I have an 80 gallon (48" bow) with about 70lbs of live rock. The tank has been set-up for over 6 months with 1 damsel and is cycled. The numbers are excellent @ this point . I do have a substantial amount of reaccuring brown algea that forms on the sand as well the glass. I have new T5 lights...
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    Clean-up crew suggestions

    I have an 80 gallon (48" bow) with about 70lbs of live rock. The tank has been set-up for over 6 months with 1 damsel and is cycled. The numbers are excellent @ this point . I do have a substantial amount of reaccuring brown algea that forms on the sand as well the glass. I have new T5 lights...
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    Lighting questions

    Same place same everything. Couldn't find it cheaper but not for lack of trying Mine came to 484 so unless you were estimating you beat me by 4 bucks.
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    Lighting questions

    Hey Harris thanks again for your help. Call me unoriginal but I went ahead and did exactly the same thing you did. Shipping now can't wait..
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    Lighting questions

    Super thanks Did you find one site to order it all from? Is yours right over the water or do you use a canopy?
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    Lighting questions...

    Ok getting ready to order the Aquactinics TX5. Thanks for the direction. I want to order the bulbs @ the same time. Can you tell me about the different bulbs? What are their purposes and why that mix? Thanks Kev
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    Lighting questions

    Ok I settled on the Aquactinics tx5 and I greatly appreciate the direction. Can you tell me why you chose those particular bulbs and what there purposes are. If you varied from that what would you have done? Thanks Kev
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    Lighting questions...

    Thanks Justin If I go with the Aquactinics TX5 what would be the best bulb combination? Kev
  11. sailfin tang

    Lighting questions

    Harris, it looks like I'd be in for about 500 for the Aquactinics tx5 including the bulbs. Does that sound about right? What bulb combination would you recommend?
  12. sailfin tang

    Lighting questions

    have an 80 gallon bow front 48" I still have the original hood that came with the tank, 2 48' lights no fan. I upgraded the original bulbs to 40 watt 6500k. As I get my reef tank going it sounds like I better upgrade...but to what?? I want anemonies, feather dusters, maybe some easier corals...
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    Lighting questions...

    I have an 80 gallon bow front 48" I still have the original hood that came with the tank, 2 48' lights no fan. I upgraded the original bulbs to 40 watt 6500k. As I get my reef tank going it sounds like I better upgrade...but to what?? I want anemonies, feather dusters, maybe some easier corals...
  14. sailfin tang

    Lighting questions

    I have an 80 gallon bow front 48" I still have the original hood that came with the tank, 2 48' lights no fan. I upgraded the original bulbs to 40 watt 6500k. As I get my reef tank going it sounds like I better upgrade...but to what?? I want anemonies, feather dusters, maybe some easier corals...
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    Looking for advice

    Thanks for the welcome, I'm excited to get further into this. Reef...I really like the anemones, feather dusters and some of the shrimp and maybe even some of the soft corals down the road. Heck I am fascinated by just the small sprout lookin polyps I have on the LR (my first abbreviation lol)...
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    Looking for advice

    Soon I will be adding fish to my 80 gallon bow front 48". Just a few fish, probably a couple of clowns maybe a dwarf angel and I was planning on a tang of some sort either a Sailfin, Powder Brown, or a Yellow. My Damsel is going to a new home. I have about 150lbs of live rock that has been in...
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    Introduce Yourself

    Hi my name is Kevin Mendon IL. I have an 80 gallon glass bow front with which I'm efforting a reef tank. I converted it from fresh to salt 6 months ago. It has a sand bottom, about 150 lbs of live rock and one blue velvet Damsel we call Dave I run a cascade 1200, an inline UV, a pc lighting...
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