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A 6 bulb Tek fixture with good bulbs (ATI, UVL, Giesemann) will probably perform close to an 8 bulb Nova fixture even with all the extras you get...
+1 Echino - Low light, low/medium flow, like most "chalices".
If you're just thinking of using PH to control when to dose that's actually not how the calcium reactor works, the PH probe on the reactor is for...
+1 to a 75 or 90, anything with the 18" width, it makes a huge amount of difference in aquascaping (of course some people are happy with just a pile...
Google the "Herbie method" for silent drain systems, it's the best IMO. :) Build threads go in the "Show off your fish tanks!" forum. I'm not...
I've never really understood the reasoning behind multiple returns unless your tank is pretty low flow and you have some dead spots. IMO I would...
Don't move the sand bed unless it's very shallow and has been cleaned somewhat regularly IMO. Get new sand and move everything into the new tank, you...
Maybe put it through a "dip" or two of tank water, use whatever you have available, tupperware, old salt buckets etc, whatever you can put water in...
If I understand you correctly this is not possible at this time AFAIK. Are you thinking of having CA/Alk/Mag probes that tell the dosers to run when...
Firefish or small gobies are good options, check out the watchman/shrimp gobies with a pistol shrimp buddy, they are really fun to watch.
Snails are the main crew for me, I do like having a few hermits though. I don't consider them a major part of cleanup though, I just like having them.
First one looks like Trachyphyllia to me, but it could be one of the other "brains". The second one looks like favia/favites to me. Regardless,...
Looks just fine to me overall. I think your magnesium might be a little low for having such high calcium (have you doublechecked that calcium...
Here's my take sorry I didn't read the whole thread, just offering my 2 cents. For me, my decision (using a CA Reactor) was mainly based on the...
Thanks, I'm just realizing how badly I need to get a background on the tank, I hate seeing the plumbing back there. :)
It's wet, finally. No lights or any equipment other than the return pump and a heater/temp probe on the AC3 are actually running though. No ammonia...
I think the original statement is about right if you're going with new, high end gear. Be careful buying used, lots of stuff will only last a certain...
Some of them can be pretty expensive if they have collector "lineage" but it's pretty meaningless unless you care about that stuff, you can find some...
The only way to do it is to drill it IMO. I'm paranoid about the overflow boxes, even if you're not it's just one more piece of equipment that you...
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