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Good point, and why I roll it on the ground and tip it upside down.
Have you looked into Eshopps skimmers? You could fit an Eshopps PSK-100 in there (10"x5" footprint and needs 7-9" water IIRC). I am very pleased with...
I am growing Chaeto in one tank using a 6500K CFL from Home Depot, and it does just fine. I also grow it in my nano using an Ebay 3W (3 -1W) 6,000K...
All of the Zoas I have are not picky about light, as long as they do get some direct light. I have had them at the top of the tank and at the bottom,...
Was the water clear in the buckets after you mixed it? It should have been. Do you heat the water before mixing?
I had Xenia in my 55 mixed reef, and it never pulsed, but it was starting to spread fast. It was higher up in the tank, medium flow, moderate...
DO you have an aragonite sand bed? That will certainly help maintain a higher pH as well. My money is on the DIY rock though...
+3 Every new pail gets shaken, rolled, turned over, etc to try to mix it up. I also dump the bags into the pail and mix it that way too as mentioned....
If they run at 3W, then that may actually be a decent "starter" fixture. I have a 48" long 20x3W fixture over my 55 (48" long tank) and it is fine...
+1 I use an Eshopps PF-1000 on my 55. Overkill, but I got a good deal on it and the dual outlets match the dual inlets to my sump. Thousands of...
Yes, he was drafted by a team out of high school, the Cubs IIRC. But wanted to play football. As mentioned the fact that he was so good at baseball...
I tried to mod mine to get it to work; never did get it to actually pull skimmate. All it did was leak at the union multiple times, and overflow...
That is not bad then! I am easily $1500+ into my 55, and I already had the tank and stand :cheesy:
I posted, and then re-read and saw it had only been 3 days! I am sure the OP knows what they are doing, but obviously this is not something anyone...
I like it. Should look even better with the bottom painted :)
In that case, yes go ahead and fire up the skimmer! It certainly won't hurt anything.
Great find!! Except the Coralife skimmer...that deserves to be in the trash :o
Technically, everything you put in your tank should be quarantined, be it corals, inverts, and even macro algae. However, I doubt you would find...
Congrats on the new tank, even if it wasn't planned :)
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