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    thinking about diving back into saltwater

    Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums they have some awesome rock and usually somethings on sale. thats about all i can help you on im a newbie my self. i think you can use dry/dead rock and your live rock will start to spread to it.
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    Live Rock and Dry Rock....need some help..

    im interested in opinions on that site too...
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    Wavemakers and wavemaking

    That would be sweet. Although i'm sure they are going to drag it out hoping to sell some of their specific PH's and wavemakers for the holidays and tax returns. Which i'm waiting for... hopefully they come out early january, lol. I think im going to run this by the local computer/ electronics...
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    Wavemakers and wavemaking

    sweet. So are the koralias all they are cracked up to be or should i just go on a shopping spree for some maxi's and go to town with some timers?
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    Wavemakers and wavemaking

    but isn't that still "bad" on the powerheads? I kinda planned on the timer route, just dont wanna buy powerheads once a month.
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    Wavemakers and wavemaking

    Okay so heres my question: What other than a maxijet can be used with a wavemaker? Why can i not use my penguins, which a side by side comparison shows me they are the same... marineland makes them both. Is this just a recommendation or will they seriously fail? i know koralias wont work on...
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    diy moon lighting

    I currently have 4 digi camera and my fiance so much as looks at it, they break. She has horrible luck with them. So, maybe, if i ever get my BB back from being repaired ill get some pics up. BTW i'm also buying the odyssea top of the line light fixture. for a 135 bucks shipped, it's worth a...
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    diy moon lighting

    Yep, so i done bought em'. I removed several of them and eliminated some wire, drilled an old fluorescent fixture from the garage, where the side is on an angle to reflect light, tested it for giggles, a hose filled tank with cracked glass, and it looks great. I think the angle helped with the...
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    sump, siphon, and return

    Yea, i refuse to pay for an overflow box. Doing construction i've learned the niche of hole cutting. Like he said start on an angle , i wobble it around. Like rotating your angle in a circle around the hole your cutting. I practiced on a wal-mart 10 dollar 10 gallon tank. drilled my arse off to...
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    i can't participate

    could always do the berlin airlift... lol Red Sea Berlin Airlift Internal Protein Skimmer
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    diy moon lighting

    I'm going in like 5 minutes to get them... they better be there... or i might have to go all mantis shrimp on them.
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    15 gallon new to hobby

    wow thanks for the link
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    Yet more lighting questions... cycling...

    55 gallon... the everyone has one type. 48 * 12* 24 i believe. i wish i could find something of a different shape, but tank costs goes through the roof. oh update: wife came in the back door stepped in my kiddie pool of rock and screamed " WTF IS POOL OF CAT PEE AND ROCKS BACK HERE?!?!?
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    Yet more lighting questions... cycling...

    okay. so i need to put the actinics in their own ballast and the 10k in the other so control seperately right? any bulbs changes i need to worry about or is 465's and 10k's what i need? like i said FOWLR for now then to the "easy" / "soft" corals So, no negative side effects from the moonglows...
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    Yet more lighting questions... cycling...

    Okay so i see lots of pictures with people showing of their actinic lights. I'm struggling to find the information i need. I'm interesting in purchasing: Current USA Nova Extreme T5HO and am curious as to when to run the lights. All of them for 12 hours? 6 hours of each?- Why do these people...
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