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My LEDs came in Saturday, I still need to order the heatsinks, but figured I'd better get the expensive part out of the way before I spent the money on something else. I'll keep you posted on my progress...as I make it.

I've been doing it at night when it's all the way open, and tried a couple of times when I found them open during the day. From what I've been told/read, they will open up when they're hungry. I've tried Brine Shrimp & Mysis (spelling?) Shrimp so far, but they just close up when I get close to...

I added a small frag of Sun Coral a few weeks ago. From what the guy at the LFS said, and what I've read online, these guys "require" spot feeding, but every time I get within 2-3 inches of them to feed them, they close up almost immediately. They open up in the evening just like I've read they...

Good luck with the move man! Let us know how it goes. :)

I contacted them and asked about the drivers, they said I would have to adjust wattage on the drivers before connecting the UVs. So a BIG THANKS for the heads up! I think what I'm going to do is order a 36 & 24 kit along with a 12 UV kit that comes with the correct drivers. This will give me...

Ahh...FINALLY something I have some helpful input for! :) I've done this a couple of times with a 55, sadly I haven't found a way to do it without clouding up the water at all. What I did was get a bunch of 5g buckets from the local hardware store, I used plastic bowl to scoop the water out of...

I've been selling off some of my Transformers over the last couple of days to get the money for my LEDs... I'm almost 1/2 way there (YAY!) The hard part is going to be NOT using this money to buy some of the more rare figures that I've been wanting, LOL. The guys at RapidLED didn't mention that...

Working on getting LEDs for the 125 right now. Selling off some Transformers, already 1/2 way there! :D

No prob man, I've been busy reading up on all this for myself too, so I've been finding a LOT of the answers on my own, but some of the specifics are hard to find with search. The main reason I was posting was to get some opinions from other people who've dealt with LEDs before. The guys from...

OK so I've been doing a bit of research on DIY LED lighting. I'm thinking of getting 108 LEDs with a 2:1 blue to white ratio, and mounting them on three 6" x 20" Heatsinks, for a total of 36 LEDs per fixture. My tank is 125g, and measures 72x18x18, is this going to be enough/too much light to...

Thanks for the tip on spot feeding, that is by far my favorite coral right now, I'd hate to have anything happen to it. It normally does have its polyps out during the day too, I thought it was kinda odd that they were out this late at night.

Tell me about it, I had one in my first tank. When I got him, he couldn't have been more than 3-4" long and about the width of a pencil...if he was that thick. It didn't take long for him grow up and dominate the whole tank. Once he got large enough, he ate EVERYTHING I put in there with him...

Also found a little baby Ricordia (spelling? lol) the other day when I was looking around. Not sure what this guys deal is, he's been like this since I acclimated him. Hopefully he'll open up more. Emerald crab hiding. :D Porcelain Crab...also hiding. ...Oh yea, and my latest toy...

I got some new corals for Father's Day, and thought I'd update with some pics. :) The zoes are mostly closed up because I turned the light on in the middle of the night, but I felt like taking some pictures. XD

Thank you for your help guys, and thanks for saving me $20 + shipping. : D

This is for the line that goes from my Algae Scrubber up into my tank. so if I'm understanding this correctly, if I drill a hole right at or below the water line in my tank it should eliminate the need for a check valve in that line right? I guess the reason I'm having such a hard time wrapping...

I've considered drilling a hole at the top of my return to break the back siphon, but I just can't seen to wrap my mind around it not squirting water all over the place when there is pressure. A check valve will just give me more peace of mind I guess.

THANK YOU! That is exactly what I was looking for, but the guy at the hardware store looked at me like I was speaking Japanese when I tried to describe it to him. He didn't seen to comprehend the idea of a "flap" inside a check valve. You're a life saver..or should I say a fish saver. : D

I'm working on setting up an Algae Scrubber. I went to the hardware store today to grab all the piping & stuff I need for when my overflow box gets here, an have a question about the check valve I purchased. I know metal & saltwater don't mix very well, but the only check valve they had for my...