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  1. m2434
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    Protein skimmer + Refugium = NO Water Change ?????

    Some people claim few water changes. Personally, the one thing in this hobby that has been predictable is if I cut back too much on water changes,...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 18, 2012 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    canister advice

    Sponges only remove particulate from the water, but then it gets caught in the sponge. Hobbyists refer to this as a "detritus trap". There is not...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 18, 2012 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    John's 75 Last picture

    John, man, I take a little vacation from the forums and come back to find everything in your tank seems to have doubled in size ;D Are you having...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 18, 2012 in forum: Show Off Your Fish Tanks!
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    canister advice

    AS to the canister, I would remove the sponge and ceramic media. These may be helping to increase nitrate (they certainly aren't helping anyways)....
    Post by: m2434, Nov 18, 2012 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    canister advice

    D'oh, your over-thinking it then... This is a bit oversimplified, but sufficient for our purposes. The nitrogen cycle goes sort of like this. Fish...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 17, 2012 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    First toadstool fragging

    Cool, good luck. How are you attaching the new frag? With leathers, I have not had luck with super glue, but fishing line, or rubber bands can...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 17, 2012 in forum: Frags
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    UV or not UV

    To me, there just aren't many things it will actually kill, and they are expensive to run. The bacteria stuff, well, maybe if it is big enough, it...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 17, 2012 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Rapid LED suggestions

    It sort of depends on what you want to keep. I have a little 29 plugged into my system, that just has two boost led spotlights at the moment (so, 10...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 17, 2012 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    canister advice

    To get nitrate reduction you need low O2 and you need denitrification to occur in the same general vicinity as nitrification. When you use the...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 17, 2012 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    How much flow do I need for Mixed Reef tank?

    I agree, many soft tissue corals will not tolerate much flow. Some of the best softie tanks I've seen have less than 10x-15x flow and do quite well....
    Post by: m2434, Nov 16, 2012 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Par testing and target numbers

    It's tough to assign general number to being "good" or "bad". Corals come from all sorts of depths and water conditions, with all sorts of lighting...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 16, 2012 in forum: Reef Lighting
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    can this lighting really grow anything in my size tank?

    Solderless, you don't need to solder anything together. For flow, 30-50 would be more for a mixed SPS reef IMO. Corals such as frogspawn will...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 16, 2012 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    can this lighting really grow anything in my size tank?

    Euphyllia, and leathers are probably okay in a 10g, with 6. I might still go with 12 dimmable though, they can do okay with less light, but more...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 15, 2012 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    Self-priming external pump

    That's definitely an idea if I can find one I am sure the internals would not corrode or leach anything. Yeah, I see that, $269.99 :P
    Post by: m2434, Nov 15, 2012 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Self-priming external pump

    The duty cycle isn't an issue, I think that is more than sufficient for my needs. I'm mostly just transferring RO/DI and freshly mixed saltwater to...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 15, 2012 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    Self-priming external pump

    Thanks, I had thought there were some, but couldn't find any under about $300, which was a little steep. So, I posted... and so, that makes...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 15, 2012 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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    can this lighting really grow anything in my size tank?

    First, keeping sps and nems and the other corals you list in 1 20g, is a recipe for failure regardless of the light. It can be done, but I wouldn't...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 15, 2012 in forum: LED Aquarium Lighting
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    Add anything to make dead sand, live?

    Yup, those should all be found in a cup of sand from a fellow reefer(+ microorganisms). The pop up pretty quickly too.
    Post by: m2434, Nov 14, 2012 in forum: Sand
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    Selcon turned yellow

    Most vitamins and supplements won't last more than a few months (if that) without refrigeration. probably not toxic or anything, but probably not...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 14, 2012 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Building my first sump questions

    There isn't much room in a 20g for compartments. How much space do you have under your stand? You could always make 2 compartments for your 10g, 1...
    Post by: m2434, Nov 14, 2012 in forum: New To The Hobby
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