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  • Birthday 08/02/1982

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    30g
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    Male

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  1. Oceanic 30 gallon and DIY stand - $40 Tunze Nano ATO with Tunze container - $25 Tunze 9004 skimmer - $20 Tunze 3162 filter with ebo jager heater - $20 2x18w T5HO aquatic life fixture - $10 sell everything for $80 and will throw in other misc items like extra magnet set and tds handheld meter and Tunze long glass cleaner
  2. Did you have any leveling required on your stand? My setup requires leveling on the back length (against wall) that is off by the thickness of credit card. Impossible to use shims and trying to get ideas on material to use to shim it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. I'm using this link as inspiration for my mount. My objective was nothing hanging...the ceiling in the room are too tall and I don't want a shelf on the wall. I have no experience with metal work so I'm working with local sponsor to help build a steel frame that will attach to back of stand to mount the two fixtures yet offer a telescoping mount to detach for easy access to full tank top. http://www.salt-city.org/showthread.php?33906-Ocean-Revive-S026-dual-light-mount
  4. Ocean revive has sale @ $158 http://www.oceanrevivellc.com/goods.php?id=21 I'm thinking about ordering another one for my new upgrade.
  5. rosslonghorns

    Oceanic 180

  6. Clint, Did you ever get the staining completed?
  7. Very nice. What color stain are you going to go with? Dark? That grain will pop once you get it stained! Good luck, I've never been a fan of painting / staining, but the effort is definitely worth it if you have a nice piece of stock.
  8. If you're planning on doing the 2S, I would suggest going with the 1A. It is a single Askoll pump and overall a very good pump compared to the Sicce. I have been following them along with the Warner Marine K2's and the new Vertex cone Alpha 250. I think overall for the bucks and pump selection, the Alpha 250 (superb build quality from Royal Exclusiv) or 1A will be your best bet. I wish I had the bucks laying around to get the Alpha 250 as they have an introductory pricing at Premium Aquatics.
  9. I purchased Mike's, but I passed this on to my friend who is looking for one.
  10. When I setup my tank, I used the Caribsea Oolithic Aragonite. With my flow, I hated how it always got pulled up into the water column. I ended up purchasing some Tropic Eden (Reefflakes) to put about 1/4" over my current bed to weigh it down. I'm very happy with the sand. It was very clean. In the future if I ever start a new tank, I plan to use it entirely. Do half of the Mini Flakes and half of the Reef Flakes and that should be perfect. I purchased mine through Premium Aquatics. http://www.tropic-eden.com/english/substrates.html
  11. Check out the Sponsors! Aquatek and River City! Both great stops during your trip in Austin.
  12. I also have a 180 gallon tank with a footprint of 6' x 2' x 2'. During the setup, I was going back and forth between two or three halides. I ended up going with two LumenBright Pendants that each hold a 250 watt Reeflux 12k. Since I have two islands, it works out perfectly and overall I'm happy with it. I thought I would end up with two spotlights and dark spots over the six foot tank but the LumenBrights at a height of 14" provide enough light for the six foot tank. I'm happy with it and have seen good growth on my SPS over the past few months. Also the benefit of 14" height is minimal heat is being introduced into the tank and it gives me plenty of space to work without getting burned. I also supplement with two 4ft VHOs for actinics. I run the halides for six hours a day and the actinics one hour before halides turn on and one hour after halides turn off. I don't run them consistently while the halides are on as as the 12k bulbs are already blue enough for me.
  13. Want to do a group order and split shipping? I need to replace my two actinic VHOs.
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