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I ask, because I had previously had a conversation with Dan Rigle about why he breaks acros free of their base upon arrival. He replied with the same explanation, along wtih a link to a study/article he wrote. I'll try and find it again.

how does the encrusted part of the base look now? dead/bleached?

thats an insanely low price! GLWS!!!

is the SPS mounted to something? I know with some maricultured acros that come on the cement base, the base starts leaking phosphates and the acros begin dying from the bottom up..

Glasscages

glasscages, from what I understand, is fairly hit and miss quality wise.

I have a frag with two heads you're welcome to.

is that a cap monti? if so i'll take one! But I thought the chili pepper monti was encrusting non plating?

my sponge was picked off by either one of my urchins, or one of my crabs...

Trying to get a nano cube built to my specs.. nothing super over the top.. Ive checked with reefsavy, adg, ada, dsa... Any others?

So after all the positive reviews, and the cost factor is there a reason why it's not being sold at the lfs, is the margin on the other manufacturers that high that they don't want to???

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Nikkos reef will be carrying the Jebao line locally.

just received my wp10 this morning.. holy crap this thing is small...

if you need jugs/buckets, I have about 10 or so you can use..

Put a small bead at the beginning and middle of the threads. This helps get silicone spread out further into the threading, without making a mess. Too much, and it'll end up in places you dont want it

love my 25. It's a bit overkill for a 9 inch deep tank..But love it anyway

what about feeding? are they photosynth or non photosynth? also they arent keen on ammonia spikes..

ok easy peasy.. Youll want to get a 12v momentary switch, single pole, single throw (SPST), Normally Closed (NC). Take the switch, and splice the negative lead from your 12v adapter that goes to the stunner, into the bottom of the switch. Take another length of cable and run it from the other connection on the switch, and then off to the stunner strip. Normally closed indicates the circuit is completed when the button is up, and not down. Then just mount the switch on your cabinet, so that the door pushes the button when closed.

I drew up a fast drawing, here ya go..

pham im almost ready to come pay you another visit sir!

what kind of light is under your cabinet? is it an LED? CFL? etc?

you dont need the apex for that. Just wire up a 12volt light/power source, with the grounding wire going to the lead terminal on a momentary switch. You want a switch that is off when pressed. I used a momentary switch from a refrigerator. You'll have to tinker around with the mounting, but in my case, the all pine stand has a perfect strip for mounting. You could also use magnetic switches/relays, as used on windows/doors for security.

I would also start running carbon and skimming wet. Does the water look a little murky/cloudy?

do you have any peppermint shrimp in the tank? I had some pepps go rogue and eat some of mine.

Oh...and this is the tank at 100%..

Sorry about the terrible pictures. I was messing with the camera settings, and definitely made the situation worse.

So I'm almost done with the tank. I still need to plumb in the ATO and clean up some wiring. Aside from that, the tank is pretty much finished. Took a blurry shot of the tank this morning. Painted the aluminum tank mount black, and created some inserts to make the fixtures look black. I really like it. It's very stealthy. Also installed the RK and setup the timers. Today I bought some quieter fans. Sadly, they only had them in the clear acrylic look. The current fans can be dialed back quite a bit under heavy load. I figured I'd cut back to a 27cfm fan with 17dba. Should be a little easier on the ears. Next upgrade I think I'm going to work with some thermal controllers for speed control. I already have a lot of the sensors and relays lying around, may as well use them.

In other news... We have diatoms! Which means the sand will look like a snot rag by Christmas dinner. Splendid!

Reefin Santa!

http://www.kvue.com/news/slideshows/Scuba-Santa-236757961.html?gallery=y&c=y&ref=%2F

Woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of ozone. I knew instantly what was happening. Float was stuck :/

Even though I had a loop in the cabling, the water ran down the edge of the stand and found an imperfection to follow. I had it mounted upside down under the stand cabinet shelf. I thought, surely water couldnt get here.... Nope...I was wrong. Note to self, new float switch, new reefkeeper pc4, new gfci.