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Originally Posted by shawnts106 IM GETTING A TUNZE WAVEBOXXXXXXXXX LOL... how much did you pay for yours, and does it have everything you need, the controller and pump and everything? please explain! :) I paid MSRP for the Wavebox; $450 if I remember correctly? The kit comes with everything...

Originally Posted by shawnts106 THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL!!!! LOL!!!!!... WOW! GREAT VIDEO!!!! Explain more in detail how the Wavemaker works and the timeing, equipment, pictures would be nice to This is definatly what I am going to be doing to my reef, I have ALWAYS wanted that...

Just be careful using Phosban-type medias with corals. When I first introduced this media to my tank in a Phosban Reactor 150, the PO4 level dropped so fast that all of the SPS I had in the tank turned a very light shade of brown (and most of them STN'd soon after).

From what I know, a wet neck is basically a stream of water that trickles from the top of the skimmer down to help prevent sludge from building up in the skimmer and making it easier for the foam to reach the collection cup. I know that Deltec and RK2 Systems sell optional self-cleaning heads...

Originally Posted by Fishcake I hope that was not you singing ...LOL..... Nice tank though great video That wasn't me singing (it is a Hawaiian artist named Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole)...if it was me, all of the fish would have made a mad dash to the nearest cave and all of the corals would...

The return pump is a Little Giant that pushes about 1000gph split between two 1" Sea Swirls. The closed loop in a Iwaki MD70RLT pushing through two eductors (one at each end). And the wave action is created by a Tunze Wavebox.

Inspired by Skirrby's hip hop Cleaner Shrimp (https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show....php?t=164108), here is a link to a video I created of my 300g mixed reef: Reef Video

I have a Turboflotor 1000, but I only ran it for a few weeks on a temporary setup, so I only can only base my advice on that short experience. I had the skimmer in 6" of water skimming a 100g temporary setup. The skimmer worked incredibly well for the short time I had it set up and I had to...

Just to reiterate what everyone else has said, level the stand and not the tank. Sanding works well, but I would be hesitant to go that route, especially if you plan to set the tank up somewhere else in the future. The chances are high that the tank would again be unlevel in the next...

Like Reefnut mentioned, credit cards work great. I just set up my first acrylic tank about a month ago and am already learning how to battle coralline. I use the Algae Free Tiger Shark magnet that keeps it from building up, but if I go without cleaning for a few days, small specks of corallin...

Originally Posted by jjlittle I was wondering if there is anything you fellow hobbiest think I could do to improve the tank. Any recommend coral to add always looking for ideas. Thanks A decent sized Frogspawn or Hammer would look nice in there and provide some green.

Great colors Sweetreef!

MH can be very finicky lighting. Sorry to hear of your problems. What ballasts are you using? Are they new or used? What bulbs are you using? New or used? Does the ceramic around the Mogul socket look damaged at all? Are the wires connected by wire nuts anywhere, or is all of the wiring done...

Originally Posted by Yeffre Kix Great looking set-up... I've been looking in on your posts for the past few weeks just to see the progress. Read about the wavebox and been shopping around for one to go in my 300 gal. As far as wave speed goes I've heard that the resonance on a 96" tank is just...

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Nice work! What program did you edit that piece in?

One more Q to add to the list: What is your water flow like?

A 2" drain will comfortably allow about 2200gph to flow through it. The calculator I used to come up with that figure also recommended a linear overflow length of 33 inches to handle 2200gph. Figure that a 2" Durso standpipe is going to take up a lot of room, so an overflow box of 8" wide is...

If you like the blue of the 20,000K bulbs, then by all means go for them! Otherwise, the mid-teen bulbs are a nice compromise between PAR values and color.

That's a great deal, and any bulb 10,000K and over makes SPS look the best (though they won't grow as fast as they would under a 6,500K bulb for instance).