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Originally Posted by Bang Guy I had a bank of 250 watt HQIs. I found the 10000K to be a lot more yellow than I expected. I settled with 15000K XM bulbs as the right color for me. You also have the actinics so 10000K might be perfect. yes it seems like they did their homework in coming up...

Have you had any experence with the HQI bulbs stated above

Originally Posted by Bang Guy I'm pondering this. I'm not sure it's a good idea to cool off MH bulbs because it makes them less efficient. There is a need to cool the ballasts and the flourescent bulbs but it looks like the focus is making the MH bulbs less efficient. It's a gorgeous...

Originally Posted by Jstdv8 Joe, Your tank is truely beautiful, my jealousy is abundant. As is the fact that you can actually jump the fence and manage to avoid the dog all while staying fully undetected on your way to the rear of the house. actually no fence and the dog knows better then...

Originally Posted by Bang Guy I don't see any fans?? Bang it is actually a very nice setup there are three of these openings in the top the center one in the pic is the exhaust fan it transferees the hot air within the enclosure out of the fixture and the two adjacent ones suck in the cool...

Originally Posted by yoshii The lights look a nice blue :) Put it only has one fan? Do you think that is enough? Actually my tank runs cooler with the new set up. With out the hood I have greater hot air rising and room ambient temp air circulating over the top of the tank

Originally Posted by srfisher17 Some of life's great mysteries are best left unanswered.

Originally Posted by Immortal4419 haha I knew i was forgetting something... My new friend you sense of humor will take you far on the boards

Originally Posted by spanko She continues to try but he keeps turning up at the back door. If you must know why i keep turning up at the back door i will tell you. I ring the front door bell and run around to the back to see who is climbing out the back windows Yeah JOE....Give us what we want...

Call me crazy but i would start with salt water

Well it’s hard to get us old timers to change what we have been using for a long long time. Case in point is my canopy and lighting. This tank has been up and running for just under 10 years. The only change I have made to the lighting was to go from fluorescent s to a 48 inch retro fit kit...

one of the best pics of Cyano i have seen in a long time

I am going to go with the black sand. I guess live? Or is the white sand the only LIVE sand? Would the black sand cause a cycle to occur? These are questions I have always wanted to ask also

Originally Posted by Bang Guy Are you using the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Ammonia test kit? It is notorius for showing false positive. i can not speak for Bang but I think he may mean that its not the kit proper but the procedure to run a test has to be spot on or you get a false positive

great looking inside any shots of the exterior, I love the french doors, popcorn machine and well i would do away with the floor fan in the TV room

Originally Posted by Flower ARNOLD in Terminator see how bangs leaving is effecting me

i think you mean seed it and yes i would use a light and heater

Bang some how in the back of my mind i hear you doing your best Harold impression "I'LL BE BACK" ! If we do not talk again my friend Vaya con Dios

Check out this site if you have not already http://www.chloramine.org/ as I am sure you know Chloramine is a mixture of chlorine and ammonia, which is added to the water of many cities as a substitute for free chlorine. So you would have to go under the assumption that your water supply has...