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He's claimed the whole tank to himself?
Hey if you got the money that would be a real cool thread. A side by side vs. thread that really happens.
I hope to see more out of it but there is already "Same output as a 250WH but 40% less power" T-5HO so not that thilled so far. The LED stuff I seen...
He adviced keeping the beckett because the NW would be to noisy. That sound like LFS advice. ::) NW are quieter than becketts. Either of the...
Mystery ingredients with "Magic" claims. The old "don't add anything to your reef if you don't know what it is."
Frankily I would still take the coralife over the Aqua-C. Alot of Aqua-C users only ever get mixed results from them. Two run on but useful...
ditto. snake oil. It's probably sea monkeys:P
As far as where to get the Gen-X needlewheel http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=MAK4 Ocean Runner NW...
That still a baby by NW Dart standards you could double or triple your water volume and it still wouldn't out pace a well set up NW dart....
Instead of that you could just get better equipment and your choice of XM bulbs for LESS than the homestore....
For a 55G reef I would suggest the CS125. Here's the review http://www.3reef.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/8/sort/2/cat/2/page/1
I like it. What 14K are you running?
Overdriven T-5s:Basically it is running them on a Icecap ballast. The icecap runs more than the rated wattage thru the bulb. In the case of 48"...
As the resident T-5 troll here and the new owner of 2x400W halides I can tell you one advantage that t-5 have over MH that hasn't been brought up....
Power bills not that bad AC is including in the rent! No chiller. AC set to 68. Muah HA HA. I guess it is read what you sign in reverse:tongue4:
I got my order in from hello lights and set it up yesterday. 2/3 of the way done. I'll order the last third when I get paid again. Anyway 2x400 20K...
Depending on the length of bulbs used The IceCap overdrives the bulbs. 54W bulbs to 80W, higher gain for shorter bulbs. No marketing BS just truly...
Your still pushing the overflow hard. I would divert more or go with one of the above options.
On a plus side the tank doesn't look that bad for the levels.
Anything in the 1mm-2mm range. I would stick to Argonite. Something like this stuff....
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