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I've been testing out the Lunar Mode. I have royal blue set at 5% as AI suggested but so far they have only actually been up to 2%. From what I understand they will only be at 5% for a couple of days at the most. I'm hoping that AI will update the Lunar Mode to allow for a lower initial...

So not a lot going on with the tank. I did get a couple of small clowns a couple weeks ago but everything else is on hold for a little while longer...... Either my 16 year old or my 4 year old let the garage door down on the back of the van.....(older garage door without the sensors) cracked the...

I have very simple settings but I have also noticed algae growth that I never had with metal halides. I still don't have a light over the frag tank and I just have the 6500k bulb in the fuge and neither have algae like in the display. Looked like diatoms at first but now looks like brown hair...

Your tank is progressing nicely and that stand looks great. I have pics of your aquascaping saved in a file with others so that when I do get more rock I can steal some of your ideas

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr LLimpid My question is why do you turn off your skimmer at night? +1

Quote: Originally Posted by Sparty059 Please like all of my bug posts!!! Haha. It's very cool being able to control from a remote location. However, there are a ton of bugs as you are already aware. My lights go out when they should be on and on when they should be off. The clock still is...

I got the new AquaIlumination Director in the mail today. I will get it online sometime this evening and start the whole Beta Testing thing. I've been keeping up with a thread over on the big site.... Should be interesting, apparently there are a lot of bugs to work out.

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 Same email I roughly got.... go with the smaller amount and if you need more than add later....as far as the mortar I wouldn't want my pieces permanently bonded..... I agree. With the look I'm going for and from what I've seen of these rocks I should be...

Reply from Marco rocks.... I think I will go with 150# to start and mostly large pieces. I'm going to have to hold off on ordering until I get some of the rock in the tank sold. I'm really close the budget I set for myself and I haven't even bought any fish yet. So I'm going to put the rock on...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 The pic you were referring to in my thread is roughly 120lbs. At Marcorocks if you shoot him an email and explain the look your after and the sizes they do a pretty darn good job.... some you just have to take a chisel to but pricing isnt bad. You might...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 Marcorocks dot com..... 150 max on the amount of rock IMHO!!! That's exactly what I was looking at!! I'm just trying to get an idea of how much 150# of rock actually is. I know there is no way to 100% know for sure the weight and size of each piece. How...

So after looking at many of the tanks on here and other forums.... then looking at my tank, as much as the scape is growing on me it is no where close to what I envisioned when I decided to upgrade. So I will be taking all of the rock out of this tank and selling most of it. I really want to go...

Canopy looks really good. Aquascaping looks really nice also. Seeing your tank makes me want to pull out all my rock buy more and start all over.....

Quote: Originally Posted by zoecat118 Hey E, its Vicky. Your setup looks amazing. Congrats on finally upgrading..I know you have been talking about it for years..lol. Thanks Vicky! Figured I'd finally do it and quit whining about it. Those zoas in your profile pic look familiar

Look into the Reefbreeder LED units for the frag tank.  They are about half the money of the AI units and put out pretty good numbers.  They have the value fixtures that are not controllable and the Photon series that can be fully controlled.   I think the value fixture might fit my needs...

I've moved all of my corals out of the temporary tanks into the frag tank and a few into my display. Most are softies zoanthids , mushrooms, a couple leathers and a crapload of candy cane that I plan on selling off. I had the hard corals in the smaller of the two tanks, they were both plumed...

I got the frag tank plumed into the system yesterday so I did a power outage test this morning. I have just about 1 1/2 inches to spare. I knew it was going to be close but not that close. I kept the return pump off for about an hour just to make sure everything drained completely.

Also glad to hear that you are not going to completely tear your tank down... simplifying your system for now I think is the right way to go.

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 Well, this evening i added two fans to the tank. It started out at 85.5. I gave it a couple hours and now it is at 83.2. I hope that it keeps cooling down over night. My 40g water change is mixing up right now. I checked salinity and it was at 1.019, so...

Quote: Originally Posted by sweatervest13 What are you using to light the fuge? I saw a light similar to this on someone's setup before and I liked the look of it. I could find replacement bulbs all over the place but never the lamp itself... or at least I could not find it for under 60 bucks...