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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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    CUC Questions.

    So I am going to add a clean up crew.... I have a small bio-load in my 155. Only 6 smaller fish as I only add one every two months or so. Just taking things slow, for now. I have a 40 gallon refugium with a protein skimmer rated for a 250 (expensive!!), and tons of chaeto. My water quality...
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    Nitrates not going down

    Once my tank finished cycling, before I added fishies, I checked the tanks ability to rid itself of ammonia like this.... Once your ammonia level has gone to 0, nitrites are 0, and nitrates are up to 20-40 or so..... Do a water change to get your nitrates to around 5. Then introduce ammonia...
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    Red slime algae?

    I think we all go through it. Its just a ride you have to take. It will grow like mad for a few weeks and one day....POOF! Its gone. Hate the stuff, myself. Hang in there...keep on, keepin on. It will eventually die off as long as you keep up with your house keeping. We all feel your pain.
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    Blind Chromis??

    Well, to give an update....perhaps this will help someone in the future. I took the little guy (he was in fact the smallest of the Chromis in my tank), put him in a "hang in breeder net", and gave him special treatment to ensure he lived. Though it may seem rare, I firmly believe he was blind...
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    4th Tang in a row vanishes wth!!!!!!?

    Join the crowd. Tangs are strange little creatures. I had a yellow tang the size of a dinner plate. Literally, he was massive. Bought him that way. Fed him seaweed, live shrimp, hell, he lived better than I do. Then one day, he just died. Blue powder tang did the same thing. I think our fishes...
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