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yup... rinse and apply it... the 'ZEP' cleaner is kind of oil like.. it coats the reflector in a super thin coat... you will probaly lose less then 1% reflectivity from it but it's worth it... so what seem to happen when it get salt sprayed, it just kling onto the oil... my T5 bulb itself are...

No Prob again on the help. unfortunatly i dont really have the power to post pics or anything of the sort for a long time ( i know.. it sucks) my internet is via a Treo 700 ( my Bro's) ... do it it just a hair better then dial-up... it changes with the weather so... until i have DSL or cable i...

i suggest you go out and get a adjustable adapter ( i have one that do 1.5v -12v) that way you can adjusy your fan speed if you need to.. just switch it to a lower v to move less air or turn it 12v for full... i bought mine from 'Fry's' for like $12 YzGyz

when you first get your SLR's and remove the plastic covering.. spray on some "ZEP" (you can find it at HD or LOWE'S, it's for cleaning stainless steel ), let it sit for a minute or two, then wipe/buff it off... then they are good to go... you should rinse them off 2x a year in warm water to rid...

that over the top thing is how i plumbed my rerturn from my pump ( about 900gph) it go from the sump then piped down under the ssb and split off to 10 different outlet... i dint use lockline cuzz i cant afford it... so, i did the cheap way out..just a 90 el and a cap that has a cut on a slant...

NP YzGyz

i could of sworn i said that syvania and osram are the same thing ... dint know about the shwab though.. thats a new one on my list for labled/stamped syvania ballast YzGyz

MRC2 w/ duel beckett injector will skim a lot more then a g3... only setback is it need a beefy pump which leads to more electric... get the rated panworld on her and your good to go.. YzGyz

i would either plumb it so that the two 1'' join to bacome a 1.5'' line running down or add the 2nd hole/1'' line... YzGyz

i heard they XM's only have good par as a 10k bulb but then again, your just going to 'color up' your coral so i guess any 15k-20k bulb would do... YzGyz

ohh and i forgot to mention that i would not run t5ho off a workhorse ballast even though they can... they really arnt made to run them... YzGyz

he blue plus par rating is way way up there.. like neck and neck with the 6500k ge... i dont know about the shwabe ballast but oshram (sp?) ballast are the best at running t5ho.. they give out more par then the regular ( triad/universal) ballast but still use the same amount of electric i...

humm... sry to say but i don't rec. the 660 to overdrive the bulbs in this case... it's only a 75 gal so it's not that tall.. no need to pump 80watt per bulb here.. the standard 54watts will do just fine....

you really dont want a hps over you tank ( even tho i think ushio are hps .. not sure on that tho) the k tell you what temp ( as in color not heat) you bulb burn at... the lower the ### the more red it get.. the higher the ## the more blue violet it gets... fyi 10k bulbs tend to burn a...

it all depends on the canopy.... the rec. height for t5 is four or five inches above water... my canopy have both t5 and mh so i made a adjustable rig that i hung inside my canopy via chains then mounted them onto the rig... then adjusted its height via hooking the chain to the height i...

awsome!!!! i dint read it but it seem informative enough... with that said i will never answer WPG post agin... YzGyz

well you basically got it all down... cl is a lot of work and are in most cases power hungry due the the big pump running them...they also can add some heat...again due the the large pump... there random flow can be fix with a scwd or a om but they reduce your flow a bit making them even more...

the WPG rule is nonsense... it's par that you need... as in lights capacity to 'punch' through all that water...i wish someone will make a sticky about light/lighting choice for reefing aquariums. anyhow, how high/tall is the tank??? YzGyz

i rec. yeu get the SLR... they are way better then the tek but, if you get the tek get the OG tek... the tek2 is worst then the old one in par... YzGyz

hum... that is weird... i had a iwaki and now a panworld... i like the panworld 2x more... thay are 2x less noise then the old iwaki ( even tho i really like the iwaki!! they are built to last!!! ) i only had the panworld for a month but i like it that much already... it is made by the...