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Hello all, I'm from the GVRD here in B.C., Canada. Glad to find another local board.
I've got a 90gal mixed-reef, Solaris LED fixture, Euro-reef skimmer, 40w UV, yadda, yadda, yadda... Needless to say the set-up is coming along but still in it's infancy (set-up last January). I've got things running nicely, H2O specs are great & the few corals (softies, zoo's, paly's, red shroom's,GSP's, xenia and one green open brain) I do have seem to like LED's, growth has been substatial. I want to make sure temp stays steady before adding any SPS, LPS or clams as I don't have a chiller on this set-up. The LED's have been great heat wise, I find my nemisis is room temperature. On a hot day I've seem my temp soar to well over 88.7F (killed a very nice torch that day). Not good. I lost a nice 60gal display to boiling summer heat in the past, I think my wallet still hasn't recovered from that one. I have seen great sucess with evaporation /passive cooling. I've mounted a small shelf next to the display & have two large fans aimed directly at the surface.With both going, I've seen a drop of 3-4 degrees easily. I'm going to pick up some clip on fans for the sump in the next day or two.
I'm a terribly lazy reefer so I've been trying to focus on improving my maintenace skills & create simple & quick ways to run my system & make some of the annoying tasks such as frequent, small water changes as painless as possible. As a rule, I hate water changes, but I think I've got them licked finally. Anyways, I'm rambling. Looking forward to yacking with you all & buying up all your frags.

Cheers.

Todd.

 

Welcome to 3reef!! Sounds like u have a nice setup goin for u.

 

To 3Reef!!!​

Glad you found us. Sounds like a great system you have going. Looking forward to hearing from you.

(What the heck is "GVRD"?)

Scott

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Welcome to 3reef. Post some pics of you piece of the ocean.

 

http://www.3reef.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3877&limit=recent

 

welcome to 3reef

 

WELCOME! ;D

 

Hello and welcome to 3reef!
Nice list of equipment!!!
Best of luck with your tank and enjoy it here at 3reef!

 

Always nice to see another Canadian join our group.

Welcome to 3reef!

 

Thanks everyone