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The part of the cycle you watched is just the beginning of a much longer process, it's the part that makes the water safe to add fish and some corals...
Great pics, especially the last 3. Love the color in the clam too, looks like a mix of blue and green?
I agree, upgrade to a Mag 7 and add a ball valve to restrict the flow slightly if needed, the increased flow will increase the pressure thru the tube...
any CFL 6500k Daylight bulb equivalent to 100w or more will work
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The light is required by the algae, leave it off to minimize the inevitable outbreaks.
[IMG] [IMG] For those of you joining us that are new to the hobby - the best piece of advice you'll get around here as a saltwater newbie is...
you could try Melevsreef - he does Acrylic sumps and refugiums but I'll bet this would interest him.
Check out CrazyA's build for an example of the bean-animal setup, he just water tested it this week....
I have to second that recommendation! I love the speech Christopher Walken's character makes to the police detective explaining that Creasy is about...
yup, what fischkid2 said is on the money.
what are you feeding your fish? with the proper diet the fish will be able to naturally fight off the affects of ich without the need to stress them...
just superglue it or rubberband it to a piece of rubble rock for a week or 2 and it will be fine
very nice design, and I thought I over engineered mine :P You could probably open up the middle under the stand using the supports the way I did in...
ok, 2 things: 1. I'm jelous as H*ll 2. you gotta stop shopping till I get another job and can attempt to keep up :P
the magnesium level could be whats depressing your alkalinity. If your doing proper water changes your salt mix should keep it in the acceptable...
couple of things to remember during cycling (and much of the following 6 months!) leave the lights off till your ammonia and Nitrites have spiked...
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I think it was Tangster that mentioned on another thread a few weeks ago that most new stands are actually designed to be more stable once the weight...
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