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    Cost of Red Sea Max E-260 vs E-170

    Did you figure out what your are going with?
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    My bio cube 32 is cycled! Yay! Now what?

    First thing I would do is go ahead and get the clean up crew, (nass snails, turbo snail, hermits crabs, etc.) then wait a week or so before adding any fish. With regards to the media chamber, I am a big fan of just filling it with live rock rubble. That way so can get extra natural filtration...
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    Buying second hand LED lights - how old is too old

    LEDs are good for a very long time, compared to traditional lights like MH or T5, I would expect the lights to be good (pushing out high output) for another 4 years or so. My next set of light will be LED due to their longer life. I just replaced 6 T5 bulbs at a cost of $180 which would actually...
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    Cost of Red Sea Max E-260 vs E-170

    I have recently been looking at RED Sea tanks as well, planning for an eventual upgrade in a few years. I had a 50g tank in the past and now have a 30g tank. Personally, there was no difference in maintaining these tank, if anything the 50g was a little more forgiving with late water changes and...
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    Canister filter?

    I have been using a RENA canister filter for 5 or 6 years on my tank, I have had different types of materials and in there, but for the past 3 years I have only been using live rock rubble in it. I like having a few extra gallons of water in my tank (its only 35g) along with some more flow. If...
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    saltwater aquarium build

    So I have another test kit in and I have done a few more water test over the last few days and I have the following results pH 8.2 but according to my Reef Keeper probe its now at 7.54 Ammonia .00ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 50ppm with the Red Sea test kit, so it's off the scale of both this kit...
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    saltwater aquarium build

    Got my order in Here is a before pic of the tank with the old lights And here is a pic with the new lights
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    saltwater aquarium build

    Yes... I am not sure he is going to pull through... So I did a water test last night (now my API test kit is 6 years old, so I don't trust it much anymore): pH 8.2 but according to my Reef Keeper probe its 7.23 (not sure which is correct at the moment) Ammonia .025ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate...
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    saltwater aquarium build

    So, the tank has been moved… I will give a breakdown of how it went. Sorry the pics are crappy… taken with my phone. I wanted to show you guys this so you can see how bad it can get and hopefully how things can still be turned around. Friday Removed the Light Fixture, cleaned it, and fixed...
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    saltwater aquarium build

    Hi All, So. I have been 100% MIA for that last few years lol. Just to give an update, this has what has been happening: Me and my father in-law (who was only available 1.5 weeks a month), along with occasional help from my father (lives in a different town) and my brother in-law, built my...
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    Help please

    Thouse xenia will spread like weed man, might want to consider taking it out.
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    Snaps of my tank

    Thanks a lot for the comments!
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    POTM October - Non-Coral Inverts!

    the hermet lol
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    POTM October - Non-Coral Inverts!

    Here are a cupple of oldies
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    Voting for October POTM!

    Re: POTM October - Non-Coral Inverts! Here are a cupple of oldies
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    Snaps of my tank

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    Snaps of my tank

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    saltwater aquarium build

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    saltwater aquarium build

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    saltwater aquarium build

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