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  1. morourke

    Calcium Products

    I want to start puting calcium in my tank and I'm not sure what to buy. I've been told the B-Ionic stuff is pretty good and I've also been told the Kent drip system is good. I have no clue what the difference is or which one is better. Any thoughts on this?
  2. morourke

    Powerhead Positioning

    I just got my 2 maxi-jet 1200 power heads in the mail today and I really don't have a clue where I should place them for maximum water flow. I stuck one in the tank already but I'm not sure if it's in the right place. Can anyone help me with this? The return from my sump is in the back on the...
  3. morourke

    Need help with Lighting

    One problem I have with buying the Cool Touch lights is that I don't know how good their ballast is. The Marine depot has the option to upgrade for $95 to the IceCap175W ballast. From what I hear that is a nice ballast. Does anyone know anything about the cool touch lights. Or can someone...
  4. morourke

    Water Change Question

    My tank is still cycling and I've just starting to get brown algae on my sand bed and on my LR. My nitrites are at 5 and have been for over a week now. My nitrates are over 140. The 140 on my test kit is a dark red and my test is showing up much darker than the highest level so I'm going to...
  5. morourke

    LR brown spots

    I'm circled the stuff I'm talking about. I'm not sure if it's the same color. It looks more brown to me.
  6. morourke

    LR brown spots

    Here is another picture of my tank. If you look close you can see these brown spots everywhere.
  7. morourke

    LR brown spots

    My tank has been cycling for about 2 weeks now and I'm noticing these dark brown spots all over my rock that were not there when I got the rock. The rock was from swf.com. Is the brown stuff my algae dying?
  8. morourke

    Need help with Lighting

    I need to buy lights for my tank. At first I was going to go with the PC ones but after talking to a bunch of people I think I'm going to go with MH. I want to get a 48" 2 MH 175 watt 10K 2 VHO 110 watt actinic Does anyone know a good cheap brand to go with. Right now I'm thinking of...
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