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Here are todays pictures after the debris settled form reaquascaping. Adam

I just found this on another site. The metal halide lamp fires and then either burns dull or the arc extinguishes? Usually the ballast and lamp are not receiving enough power. Metal halides pull a high current. Usually the problem is either there is too great a load on the circuit or the...

The cloudiness I'm surprised has cleared up as much as it has. After i cleaned, took out the rocks and added sand the water was so cloudy that i couldnt do anything but dump the rocks in randomly. It was a few hours before i could see good enough to place the rocks. I have not done such a...

46 gallon bow front, 5 years old, 175 mh (2) 95 vho actinics. 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 pj cardinal, alot of mushroom corals, one pagoda cup and some other corals. About 60 lbs liverocks and 60 pounds sand. Battling some hair algae right now. Had some when i first set it up but it went away...

I still have my old bulb and it works just fine. I have the new bulb packed up and waiting to be sent back tomorrow. It was kind of weird, nothing looked brocken but when you handled it the bulb made a jingling sound when moved. Some of the components were touching the inside of bulb. Adam

What do you all use for salt. I have only used two salts since i set up my aquarium. I started with Crystal Sea and when I could no longer find it in the stores I switched to Instant Ocean. I always thought that Crystal Sea was a good salt and i never had problems with it. I am once again out...

The bulb that I am replacing is a Hamilton Ushio label bulb 175w 10000k. The bulb i bought is the Hamilton 175w true 10000k. The hood i purchased, not sure if i can say the name i will but if it is a violation please sharks delete the name, from Marine Depot. I believe it is also made by...

Come on someone here has to know the answer...I know it hasnt been that long but I seem to be ignored an aweful lot nd Im starting to question why I even came back to this message board. Probably because I was losing interest in the hobby which i dont want to do. my old bulb still works fine...

I just got my new VHO actinics and metal halide bulb in today. The actinics work fine but the metal halide wont work. The balast pulses and the light and the fan turn on. Then after a minute the balast pulses again and the light goes off never getting brighter than an led moon light. Im...

Wow its been a while since ive been here. I am about to order new bulbs. Two 95 watt actinics and one 175 10000k mh. I was wondering if anyone could post pics of their tanks. Id like to see the difference between 10000k 20000k. thanks Adam

I dont have an answer to your problem but this also happened to me. I got the prizm a few years ago cuz ppl said it was good. I never got it to work right. With mine it either collected alot of water and had bubbles going into the tank or no foam being collected at all. So i went back to my...

Wow amd I dumb. I forgot i postes this. Um not sure who the ballast was made by, I bought a complete hood from an online supplier and this is the only info they gave me on the ballast: Remote ventilated, enclosed ballast . It makes a pulsing sound when it starts so I am assuming it is a pulse...

And another close up, this time of the water running out of the marsh. The camera is great and it has many features. It has a setting that allows you to easily take panoramic pictures and the pic of the marsh is in fact just one of severl that go all the way around the marsh, you can take...

The pics look much better at their original size. Here is another, taken of the marsh across the street from my house. Adam

Don't you just hate technology at time... I attatched the picture, the first time it said it was too big, but not the second time....so why didnt it post. I'll try it again. BTW the pic is close up of a poppy. Adam

I just bought a digital camera. Nikon coolpix 3200. It is a great camera i love it. It will set you back about $350 but it is definetely worth it. It takes amazing pictures and it also will take short video clips, with sound. Here is a picture i recently took. Not from my aquarium but just...

I dont need one yet but which bulb is better? I am looking through at the different metal halide bulbs and im not sure which one to get when the time comes. What is the difference between German made or American made? Right now i have a 175 watt, 10000k ushio screw socket. And why is the german...

Is that 2.5 inches enough above the aquarium? Adam Is there another company taht sells support legs?

I am ordering a metal halide hood and i was wondering if there is a company that makes support legs that attach to teh hood and hold it above the aquarium using the sides of the tank. Thre is one company that has these but they only raise the hood up 2 and a half inches. Is that high enough...

Nevermind just saw a pic. It is the angle they take the pic of the hood that makes it look like it is off to the side. Adam