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Well that's good news on the Blue Wave ballasts. It's the retrofit kits and these are the bulbs I have a choice of. I'm sure I will switch come the time to replace them but what would you suggest out of these? Leaning towards the 10K Ushio for the 400's and a Blue 20k for the 250. Will that...

The perfect title!! I have a FOWLR tank in my studio. A firefish and a couple Banggai Cardinals have never complained. The coral banded shrimp I think has more of a problem with the noise than the fish. Everyone ran and hid at first but they actually did get used to it eventually. Now...

I was planning on the the Sunlight Supply Blue Wave I for the 250 and the Dual Blue Wave II for the 2 400's. Are those good ballasts? They have a good reputation?

I need some help deciding on bulbs. I am going to be running 2 - 400 Watt and 1 - 250 Watt Halides. Description on the Radiums say "crisp blue hue" but how blue are they? I planned to get a 20k in the 250W for supplemental color and 10k on the 2 400W for growth and a nice bright white. I...

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Cool! Thanks again for the help! Can't wait to get that and my lights!

Congrats! I just made the change last week. Pain in the [hr] but soooooooooooo worth it!

Awesome! Thanks for the advice guys. I agree you get what you pay for. I was trying to go cheap but it just doesn't make sense to try and save a few bucks when I really need soimething bigger and of better quality. I will look at the Aqua Logics. So, I have never had or used a chiller so...

Thanks. I always keep the house cool but I was worried about the 1,050 watts. I made the canopy 15" high so there should be almost 12" from light to water. Hopefully the 1/4 hp will do it. Chillers are freakin expensive!

I have a 92 gallon corner I just made a cc to sand change on and will be running 2 400W MH and 1 250W MH. Would a 1/4 hp chiller do the job on that or should I go bigger? I was looking at the ViaAqua. I'm already a little hotter than I would like. Not too bad but wth the sump/ref pumps I'm...

Making this change soon as well. Above with the 16 step process it says to make new water in half the containers. Won't that cause a cycle to occur? I have a 92 gal that I was going to buy 2-50 gal rubbermaid tubs, plus I already have 2-16 gal I use for water changes. If I just make new...

I recently just went through this. If you use Sailfert FW Exit, make sure you run carbon and do a water change. Especially if it's a small system. The FW Exit is harmless but the worms excrete massive doses of iodine when they die and will harm or kill your inhabitants if you aren't careful...

Sorry to hear that NY. Did you run carbon, or a poly filter, just do the water change? I think I've caught em fairly early but I want to make sure I do everything I can to elimiate the toxins as soon as possible. The guy at my lfs actually said it was iodine that they release in large doses.

Thanks very much for the help!!

Thanks reefnut. They are a few on the sand but not many. The majority are on 2 pieces of LR and some are on my mushrooms rock and yellow polyps. If I use it very sparingly and run carbon, you think my shrooms and YP's should be ok? If I get the ones off the LR without any livestock on them...

I have a red flatworm outbreak in my 10 gal nano. I have read Sailfert flatworm exit is the best to use but need to run carbon right after for the toxins they release when they die off. My concern is that it being such a small system, it will hurt or kill all of my corals. Does the carbon...

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Hi DaveB. Would you like to sell some more of your chaeto & caulerpa? I would love to start a growth of those snails too. Please email me. cashton3@comcast.net

My eye doctor just told me this: A baby boy was just born without any eyelids, so they took some of his foreskin off and did surgery to make him some. He's doing great now...but he's a little cockeyed!

My wife's crazy goldfish. No, he's not dead! Just sleeping after sh***ing himself. Also, our min pin dobby