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    Ball valve with Mag 24

    OK great. No valves on the drains then. Thanks a bunch.
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    Ball valve with Mag 24

    OK so you see no problem with the drains, draining faster than the mag 24 can resupply? So I will most likely have to throttle the pump back some with a gate valve?
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    Ball valve with Mag 24

    Hello pros! Question.... I have a 125 with dual overflows in each corner. Each side has a 1 inch drain and a 3/4 inch return. My main pump is a Magdrive 24 (2400gph) with about a 4 ft head. Previously (like an idiot) I had a ball valve on my drain and no gate or ball valve on my return...
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    72" Giesmann 150x3 Metal Halide Light Fixture

    Up for sale!! 72 inch Giesmann 3x150w Metal Halide light fixture. I bought the light directly from Giesmann about 18 months ago and paid $2100 for it. i just replaced all 3 bulbs with Phoenix 14k. The low-loss digital starter ballasts work perfectly. There are NO scratches or dents at all...
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    Starting over after 3 years....

    Have a question for all of you smartie's out there.... Like the title reads, I am going to completely tear my 150 down and start over after 3 years of running. I am going to re-do my wood stand and replace the rock that I have with some beautiful Fiji rock that I was lucky enough to stumble...
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    Missing something?

    I have a question that may seem out of the ordinary and I would like to hear your responses based on your theories or experiences.... It seems, for no good reason sometimes a fish will be, in what appears to be excellent health and in a matter of 24 hours, that very same fish....dies. Since I...
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    Where to buy??

    In this hobby, there seems to always be a way around the expensive LFS prices by buying a product for you reef tank that is not sold FOR a reef tank....with that said... Anyone know where to buy a good activated carbon granules cheap?
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    Calcium and my skimmer...

    Making the leap with my 155 to a reef tank. Before I get started, I want to make sure my water is in the right place before I add my first coral. My calcium was low at about 320 as I was using IO salt with no added calcium or trace elements, to speak of. I have recently switched to Red Sea "Pro...
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    Need more lighting!

    Update.... Bit the bullet and bought a Geisseman 3x 250 metal halide.....WOW is it BRIGHT. Had to run a separate 20A breaker for it! LOL. Thanks for the input!
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    750w of MH

    Ok thanks. May have a loose bulb as well....bzzzzz from the bulb area. Ballasts r quiet. Will check that as well. May be part of the issue.
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    750w of MH

    I bought it from a buddy and I watched it run for a couple of hours today. I looked at my surge protector and it reads "max amp 15". I can run a combination of any 2 and it works fine. The 3rd always shuts the unit down
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    750w of MH

    I have a fixture consisting of 3 MH lights, each 250w. I am trying to plug them in to the same surge protector and after starting up, they blow the surge protector after about 2 minutes. The room is has a 15 amp breaker and 750 watts of MH is less than 7 amps. I can run 2 lights all day....add...
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    Good deal???

    I have found a 48" metal halide light fixture for my 135gal (6 ft). I know its made by Odyssea and I know their reputation is up in the air however, the guy only wants 100 bucks for it, brand new in the box. Here are the specs: 2x External Quick Connect 250W Electronic HQI Metal Halide Ballast...
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    Need more lighting!

    You are right Sarah, and there is my problem. I could easily find something in the 600w range but the cost of a MH/t5 combo is silly expensive. I was just thinking there had to be some way to ADD 300 watts or so additional lighting to my existing set-up, without buying a whole new fixture. I...
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    Need more lighting!

    So here is the issue.... I have a 135 Gallon with eight 39w t5 HO lights. (4 white, 4 actinic)...total of 312 watts. That is merely 2.31 watts per gallon. I have no corals as of yet but I would like to have them in the future. I realize with my lighting, I am very limited to what I can...
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