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Unread 12/15/2008, 07:03 PM   #226
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yes radium 250 20k........


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Unread 12/15/2008, 07:08 PM   #227
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Unread 12/15/2008, 07:13 PM   #228
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yea should be here by the end of the week,

20k Radium 250
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Unread 12/15/2008, 08:15 PM   #229
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thinking of letting me borrow it? but LMK how it goes as i want to try 12K sunbursts first


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Unread 12/15/2008, 11:26 PM   #230
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............some bad news, as I'm posting on a seperate topic about it but in a nutshell,,, had microbubbles and tried redoing some plumbing and I bought a big yellow sponge from walmart,,, wrapped it around my drain exit so the water would flow through the sponge breaking down the bubbles... worked for a while.... well yesterday I noticed my tank was cloudy and a weird color... thought nothing of it,,,, got home today, tank was pure yellow... I was like are you freaking kidding me,,,, yellow sponge died my water yellow..... so I took the sponge off did a 30g change, and am awaiting the morning to see how its going, I didn't want to do a much bigger change, and actually couldn't as thats all the r/o I had made.... so that ruined my night =/


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Unread 12/15/2008, 11:39 PM   #231
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that sucks...man sorry to hear that...if you can keep more water on hand that would be best..and you see why lol.


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Unread 12/15/2008, 11:45 PM   #232
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lol right,,, I'm hoping the water changes help, I'm just worried that from changing so much will it affect my fish or no?


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Unread 12/15/2008, 11:49 PM   #233
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as long as you adjust the temp to the same as the tank and make sure the ph will not swing that much because the tank is new it will be ok...maybe not do 90 all at once but 40 or 50 would be fine. i do weekly 35-40 gallon changes so i do not have to add stuff...keeps the calcium up and all....can get pricey though but i just bought a bucket of reef crystals salt for 31 bucks!!!


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Unread 12/15/2008, 11:55 PM   #234
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wow thats really good,,,, ..... my LFS's sell it for 60,,, but now a few of my LFS are saying that Oceanic is best salt. I've been using RC though....


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Unread 12/19/2008, 12:04 PM   #235
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I would run carbon and filter floss as well.


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Unread 12/19/2008, 01:54 PM   #236
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yea im running carbon once I get a reactor set up/


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Unread 12/19/2008, 01:55 PM   #237
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And light came in yesterday, bulb and pendant, waiting on ballast, (was backordered) should be here today, then it will hopefully be hung by the end of the night . w00t


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Unread 12/19/2008, 06:50 PM   #238
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How is your water after the yellow sponge? Did it clear up???


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Unread 12/20/2008, 02:09 AM   #239
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yea 100% cleared up,

also got my first set of halides running today... looking good still got to clean up and mount my ballast etc.... but other than that its looking good.


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:08 PM   #240
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Well heres a fairly big update for the week I guess had my light for about 3 days now, these pics are off a poor camera, so the blues and vibrant colors off of the color don't show near as good as they do in person, but you can get an idea Just 1 set,,, pretty broke, for christmas I'm getting

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so I'll have an update on christmas most likely too, anyway heres the tank as of now,,, no actinic supplements running radium 20ks, and for some new sps frags today. enjoy














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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:10 PM   #241
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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:12 PM   #242
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oh... and thanks to a fellow forumer I got some fire and ice zoo's and a nuke green toadstool... not pictured, =/ but they're doing good


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:36 PM   #243
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Great pics. Looking good so far. Thanks for sharing


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:37 PM   #244
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looks real nice...you must be proud!


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:39 PM   #245
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pretty happy so far... coming along as planned. can't wait to get my other set!!! glad to finally get some SPS in there...


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:41 PM   #246
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Wow dude!!! I remember when you and your dad were just starting to cut the hole in the wall for the tank.


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:44 PM   #247
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i know right, im only seriously like a little over a month in,,, i think im going to chill for a while... im broke now.


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:45 PM   #248
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looking good the radium looks crisp.


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:49 PM   #249
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thanks, the pics dont even show 1/4 of how good they look, the in person look is so impressive....

when I first plugged them in (never ran halides before) it was yellow and dim as heck, and I was like ? really ? ... lol,, then it started turning a crisp blue instantly im like w000t and now its amazing looking, im running for 10 hours a day,,, heats my water up real bad ,,,, added the fan, cools the water real bad.... heater controller comes tomorrow, hopefully work something out....


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Unread 12/21/2008, 09:51 PM   #250
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its like ^^^ down ^^^ down,,, need it stable, Im going to run the heater on the ranco coming tomorrow,,, and then my dads getting me a controller tomorrow for the fan, so if it goes above say 80? the fan will kick on high...


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