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I'd just throw the new uncured live rock in the 29 with lots of flow, keep the temp in range and let it go for a few months. If you have an extra skimmer that would be a plus. I also like to run lights when I'm curing rcok, maybe just 3-4 hrs a day. You never know what your going to get.

Originally Posted by fishamajig golfish- that tank is nuts! you must definately have a cal reactor on that thing. I am going to look into one as I get more sps. keep em coming. That tank was nuts...I had to break it down in early 03 when we moved. I haven't been able to get things back up to...

I miss the old days

I don't mean to get you confused but there are no 175 watt DE bulbs. The place you bought the system from might tell you that their 175 watt bulbs but thier not, unless their the SE (screw in)

It sounds to me like somebody has their numbers mixed up..Like I said, I've seen a site that sells this combo but their info is wrong, the bulbs are 150 watt bulbs.

Originally Posted by fishieness nope. it is a 175 watt HQI.... here it is directly from the site..... "three separate on/off switches on a 175W external remote ballast controlling HQI, compact fluorescent, bluemoon LED separately" Hmmm, is this a double ended bulb or screw in? I think I have...

Take a look at this skimmer....http://www.hawkfish.org/snailman/diy6inskimmer.htm E-mail me if the link gets deleted...Its very easy and cheap to build.. sf49er1959@aol.com Its stuff like this that can save you money..There is no DYI chiller. I don't care what anybody tells you those tiny fridge...

Originally Posted by fishieness golfish or anyone else.... do i need a wavemaker for some alternating current? If your going to "step up" to sps your probably going to need more then just a wave maker. I think alternating currentwave makers are on the "top ten" list when it comes to reef...

I agree, the Deltecs seem to be the skimmer of the year...I have a buddy who has a Bubble King now that's a skimmer...its also about the size of a 30 gal trash can.

Originally Posted by acrylic51 ..I do know that if you do a little homework and check out the MRC you will find that you can run these from your overflow and the MRC now has out recircs on their becketts as well........Possibly something you might be interested in?????? Shawn, Can you run the...

Originally Posted by m000240 I checked them out, and to me it looks like you could easily mount a DE bulb in the Lumenarc reflectors. Not so sure it would be easy, plus you'll have to add a tempered glass cover. Originally Posted by m000240 The question that remains, is how would light...

you can kind of see it in my Avitar. I'd sometimes have to break off frags the size of your hand to make room

Originally Posted by fishieness thank you reefnut! I checked on another site and the difficulty was only moderate. I think they are moderate for sps..The bali slimmer was one of my first sps. After about a year it was the size of a basket ball.

did you try doing a search on this fourm?

you need to slow down a bit...you don't even have lights and your already looking for the cheapest skimmer, cheapest chiller, you'll probably want the cheapest top off system.. How about saving your money and buy good stuff that will last you a while and work GOOD on your system rather then buy...

Originally Posted by reefiness i want to get something like 1000 gph into it because i want to have it skimm the entire tank close to 10 times in an hr. i was thinking of having the over flow go straight to the skimmer. i dont know why i dont want it in the sump but i want to try not to have...

Originally Posted by reefiness i dont remember... i think it was somewhere on this sight that said something like a 20k de compared to a 20k se the de would be more blue then the se Naw, some bulbs are bluer then others, some bulbs look bluer then other when ran on different ballast. The K...

If you put a cover over the tank your going to need a chiller for sure unless you use something like eggcrate. I've had a few jumpers in the past 23 years but not many. I don't worry too much about it. The flow rate might have more effect on evaporation then the lights. I do about 6000 gph...

Originally Posted by reefiness plus hqi run closer to the actual k then the normal halides :scared: your starting to scare me where do you read this?

why do you want 1000 gph going though the skimmer? Why no in sump skimmer? I'd get either a Geo recirc 626 model, you can use this out of sump but it will probably cost you between 400.00-450.00...or get the ASM G2 or G3, these are in sump skimmers but the cost is less the 250.00.