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    Calcium reactors

    Gabba is pretty much spot on about reactors. Many folks can get away with dosing, or just doing water changes, but if you get a sps dominant or...
    Post by: horkn, May 5, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    I need wireing help too

    Yeah, typically on AC, you can swap the 2 leads around. AC stands for Alternating Current, so you can run them either way. That must be a new...
    Post by: horkn, May 5, 2010 in forum: Reef Lighting
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    Need help with wiring.. am I missing something?

    Soldering it would be the best choice, but a properly installed butt connector will work fine. Wire nuts work well also, but it's hard to get those...
    Post by: horkn, May 5, 2010 in forum: Reef Lighting
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    Need help with wiring.. am I missing something?

    That is a lumatek ballast, right? if so, it is designed to run bulbs at lower watts via the switch. So running a 250w at 150w is totally fine....
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: Reef Lighting
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    My banggai cardinals are doing the courtship dance!

    Yeah, that's typically what they do sparky, now if your overflow is like mine, I think the LED's will bring them in when the male releases them at...
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: Breeding Tropical Fish
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    Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

    IIRC = If I Recall Correctly. Thanks for the reminder P;)
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: Reef Aquarium Articles and How To's
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    Need help with wiring.. am I missing something?

    Butt splice. LOL It's a funny term, but yeah the best idea to wire this up. Make sure to use electrical tape or a heat shrink tubing over each...
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: Reef Lighting
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    Can I Have SPS with 4 bulb T5?

    I don't know if I would make such a blanket statement like that. many times the PAR levels on t5ho only setups are higher on the sand than MH setups...
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: T5 Aquarium Lighting
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    My banggai cardinals are doing the courtship dance!

    Well, I got my 4 blue leds over the overflow, so now I wait for the babies to poke heir heads out. I need to get some brine shrimp eggs and get...
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: Breeding Tropical Fish
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    How hot is too hot ??

    When my 35g was a FO, I had temps in the very high 80's, if not 90 with no fish loss. Granted, they were breathing hard to get oxygen, but they...
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Can I Have SPS with 4 bulb T5?

    You will be fine. fwiw, the term deepwater acro usually doesn't mean it needs less light. It's a rather unscientific term. I have deepwater acros...
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: T5 Aquarium Lighting
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    Making my own phytoplankton and rotifers!

    So is this for baby clam grow out?
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: Clams
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    Sump Do Over

    Yep, you must wait for the ammonia smell to go away. 24 hrs is what i have always waited.
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    JBJ ATO - Anyone have it?

    My return pump area of my sump, where the float switches are, is not huge by any means, but quite a bit bigger than a coke can. Off the top of my...
    Post by: horkn, May 4, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Nearby Mushroom cause SPS to bleach?

    Shrooms will usually kill whatever parts of sps they touch. That is why most people treat shrooms like pests.
    Post by: horkn, May 3, 2010 in forum: Coral Health
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    How hot is too hot ??

    Corals can usually take close to 90 or a little more before dieing.
    Post by: horkn, May 3, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    would 96 watts of t5 be better then 130 watts of pc?

    Yes, the PAR of PC units is pretty horrific. a 4x24 t5ho fixture, even if it had not ideal reflectors would be a huge difference in light form the...
    Post by: horkn, May 3, 2010 in forum: T5 Aquarium Lighting
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    How hot is too hot ??

    Most critters can handle as low as 72 no problem, but I can tell you that corals grow a lot faster at 80-81 than they do at 76.
    Post by: horkn, May 3, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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    Should I frag this Acropora?

    No, that is something else. I have a purple plasma and it has purple skin and yellow corallites.
    Post by: horkn, May 3, 2010 in forum: Frags
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    JBJ ATO - Anyone have it?

    Who knows? I do know that 15 ml of water change in a system around 250g won't be much. So I would assume that SG would remain very stable. The...
    Post by: horkn, May 3, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
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