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The time for putting my 29g together is coming fast. I'm all set on a 30" 250w metal halide light fixture I found that will fit a 29g perfectly. It's $338, and while high, it seems like a good fixture. http://cgi.ebay.com/30-Inch-Current-USA-Su...7QQcmdZViewItem Now, I've been reading about T5 lights and how people really like them. I've looked at some fixtures, and the best one I've been able to find that will fit is this: http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~Sea...dor~~tab~4.html or this: http://cgi.ebay.com/30-SOLAR-T5-AQUARIUM-L...7QQcmdZViewItem or this: http://cgi.ebay.com/30-Aquarium-Light-T5-H...7QQcmdZViewItem These lights are around $100 cheaper. Question is; will these T5 fixtures put out enough light for an sps dominated tank, and is this fixture a good quality product? Should I just stick with the 250w MH light? If the fixtures are good but the bulbs are crap, where can I get good bulbs? Thank you in advance for input.

It is recommended that if you want to use one of these units for drinking water to put a T in the line between the RO stage and the DI stage. The DI stage strips out too much of the water. 100% pure water isn't necessarily good for you. It's not that RO/DI isn't good for you, RO is better.

I cycled a 10g tank in 5 days. I had well-established live rock and live sand, so it cycled really quick. Keep the lights off for sure. Give it some time, and once you're sure the cycle is over, the you can start adding things, namely a clean up crew.

Sold.

Light currently has a 5700K bulb and a 50/50 actinic bulb. In addition, I will include a spare 5700K bulb. The fixture is about 2 years old, and the bulbs are 1 year old. While it's not suitable for a reef tank, it would be great for a 29g FO tank. $80 o.b.o.

I'll take the wavemaker.

Are you still looking for this stuff? I'm about to tear down a 29g tank and would be willing to part with some stuff, including a reactor, substrate, ferts,

Actually what happened is the episode that is showing up as episode 25 is actually episode 21.

iTunes loaded it for me, did it about an hour ago. Will give it a listen later.

http://www.melevsreef.com/what_sump.html

I'm looking for an overflow for my tank. I've basically got two options for my tank: an internal corner overflow, or an internal box overflow. I'd prefer the box overflow, as it will take up less space in a 29, rather than the corner unit that goes all the way to the bottom of the tank. Who around town carries these? I've done some looking online, and most of the corner overflows I find are very big and take up a lot of space, and I've had difficulty finding an internal box overflow.

I'm going to convert my freshwater tank to a reef tank, and I have several fish for sale. 1 Denison Barb, approximatley 3.5-4" long. $40 4 Albino tiger barbs, orange/white. $25 4 Harlequin rasboras $20 4 cory cats $20 Take all of them at once: $90. Everyone gets along well in my tank and they've been together about 1.5 years. I would prefer to sell them together, since catching them is going to be a pain, and I'd rather not drain my tank a couple of times to catch fish. If I don't get any takers in the next week or so, you can get them at River City Aquatics. This is for pick-up only.

I'll get the skimmer. I'll get the skimmer. And you can't have none. And you can't have none. Cause you're on the welfare. Cause you're on the welfare. And your dad's an alcoholic.

How much depth of water is needed for this skimmer? I may be very interested.

Do you still have some of that blue milli that was on here awhile back? I'm looking for 1 or 2 frags of some sps that will do well under pc lights.

I remember hearing about this. It's a pretty impressive system, along with an impressive price tag.

Drilled tanks make life much easier. After I get the stuff in my freshwater tank sold, I'm taking it somewhere to get it drilled.

They can go on the rocks easily. My experience has been it gets along great with other corals, except leathers, as long as it isn't being touched. My problem is I've got two in my 10 gallon, and they're locked in chemical warfare with each other. They will be fine under PC lights, that's what mine is under.

KarenM, I've got a purple leather that I'm willing to sell. It's fighting with my other leather, and I'd like to remove it.

It's probably a wash, because if you keep your parameters right, it shouldn't add anymore time to maintennance. It increases your water volume, so you need to increase the amount of water for water changes. However, the larger water volume will help stability, and will likely reduce the time needed for upkeep.

1) I'm getting the tank drilled and baffles made at Binswangers. Depending on how much they would charge, I might have them silicone the baffles and overflow also. 2) That's good to know about the Koralia3s. I will look into that. 3) Good call on the 37 gallon tank. Since it's going to be in my office, I can't afford a flood, literally.

How long can you hold onto the blue digi? I might be able to get some next week, after I mod my skimmer to create more room in the tank.

How long has it been in your tank? They can take some time to adjust, especially if you didn't acclimate them. They are tough, and will come back even if you lose some to die-off. They can take a lot of abuse. When mine was covered in hair algae, I would brush it with a toothbrush. It would open up about 2 hours later. Give it some time. They also prefer higher flow areas, and ironically, do better in dirtier water. When I installed my skimmer, my gsp didn't spread nearly as fast. It's still spreading, but really, really slow.

If you want to try an SPS, a green slimer frag mounted up high might work. They grow fast in good water conditions.

I've finally decided to pull the plug on my 29 gallon planted freshwater tank at work, I'm tired of fighting algae all the time. Thus begins the evolution to a 29 gallon reef tank. Here's what I'm proposing so far, equipment-wise. I'm planning on keeping mainly SPS/LPS, and maybe some zoas. Fish will be limited to probably some green chromis, and maybe a clown. I'm also planning on adding a cleaner shrimp or two. 29 gallon Oceanic tank with a corner overflow with dual 1" durso drains through the rear glass 20 gallon long tank for a sump, divided into a skimmer area, refugium, and return area AquaC EV-120 skimmer powered by a Mag5 SunPod HQI Metal Halide 30 inch w/ 250W HQI Bulb Stealth Heater Mag7 (420 gph @ 5' head) for a return plumbed with a scwd 2 Hydor Koralia2 powerheads Eheim 2213 (that I already have) for phosban/carbon Auto top-off, sump mounted Kalkwasser drip Tropic-Marin salt approx. 40# live rock, with a 1" aragonite sand bed The only questions I really have is if the mag7 is the appropriate size for the return (big enough for flow, but small enough to not push water too fast through the sump) and are the koralia2s the appropriate size for flow inside the tank. I'd also be interested in any advice y'all would like to give.