Recent content by Buzzbomb

Way ahead of you! I've got a little chiller thingy that I rigged up from a water cooler that works awesome. No, it doesn't have copper anywhere in it, I already checked.

Is that a reverse order, with Halides being the best? There's a local guy that has a 150 watt HQI Metal Halide with a 14k double ended bulb. It is a clamp-on setup, it is used and he wants $100. Thoughts? My apologies if I should be asking this in another forum.

After a little more research, this is the light I want. Used would be awesome. I couldn't edit my other post, so I've posted this. Thanks again, guys. Kirk

Yes, as my initial post stated, I will consider fluorescent lights if the wattage is high enough. Definitely looking for something about 70 watts. The main thing is that I want something that has mounting legs and I don't have to hang some obnoxious looking crap from my ceiling, and that will...

"FW"? Uhh, no. I'm doing a mini-reef setup. Anyone holding on the lights?

Would prefer MH, but will consider fluorescent. 20 inch is what's important. Thanks! Kirk

The pump I have in the refugium is pretty stinkin' strong - but I may be over-complicating things. OK, first - I hooked up one of those splitter thingies on the return line from my refugium pump. It has some kind of crazy valve in it that alternates sending water to the left or right hoses...

OK, I'm getting more confused as I go along here. The guy at the LFS said my anemone looked fine, and that I shouldn't have to feed it. He also said that I shouldn't believe what I read on forums, that he has ran the LFS for 10 years, and that he worked for Kent marine for more than a decade...

I already have a kind of standard government issue overflow box for my sump, and the exact overflow you listed for my refugium. What happens is the refugium starts filling to the point it overfills when I run it - so I figure hey, the pump I have down there might not be good enough? Well it...

They are at 25 because my LFS owner told me that I was changing water too often - 5 gallons a day. They used to be at zero or really stinkin' close. It's KILLING me waiting 10 days between changes, but that's what I was told to do.

Oh, sorry - salinity is kept exactly at 1.022. I will add a cup or two of RO at a time to maintain that, since I've heard it is important. I can't stress enough how anal I am about this stuff. As for T5s, how many bulbs? My LFS has them. Yes, I am clutching at straws to keep this guy, but most...

I have about 15 frags of soft corals in the tank now - mostly frogspawn, some kenya trees, the neon green grass stuff, a candy cane neon mushroom thing... My coraline algae is going freaking crazy growing on everything, I love it. Calcium is around 440. Nitrates at about 25. No nitrites...

What a horrible way to start my weekend. I have no idea why I'm so obsessed with these aquariums, why I stay up until the wee hours of the morning staring at my tank...and why this upsets me so much. I'll take him back in the morning. I know my LFS keeps their nitrates at around 20, so if...

Dammit. If life has repeatedly and cruelly taught me only one lesson, it's to take good advice when I hear it. However - I don't mind buying lights. I can buy some first thing in the morning when the LFS open (suggestions on lights?). As far as water quality, the live rock and sand was...

Just got the Aqua pod tonight (12) and I gotta say - I am pretty impressed with this thing. I've got a 24 watt florescent that I am going to velcro on the back after I peel back some of the black protective tape-ey stuff they put to make a mini refugium. I'm kind of cheating, and I hope it...