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Talonstorm

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Odyssea lighting:


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Agreed! I made this mistake when I started out and the only part of this fixture I still use is the case. I had to replace ALL wiring, ballasts, switches, etc. within 6 months of purchase. The money I put into this fixture when it burned up (it never actually caught fire, but it went out while I was at work and I came home and smelled that electrical burning smell coming from it and unplugged it quick, it was very hot) plus the initial cost of the fixture would have bought me a top of the line fixture. The parts in the Odyssea fixture/ballast box looked like they were produced in the 60's. Be very careful if you own one of these!!

Tina
 

ReeferMadness99

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Hey Chief, have to agree and disagree with the Nano comment. I started this hobby with a 34 gallon Solana. The best Nano on the market IMO. It has a great Venturi Skimmer. Plus, I easily converted the middle chamber in the back into a nice housing for Chaeto & added a reptile compact flourescent 8W light.

Back to my point. Nano's are harder to maintain because of the small margin of error. But its a great way to break in a newbie. Its made me pay attention to detail. I change water once a week. I dose every day and vodka dose every night. I test the water once a week. Because of the little margin of error, I'm going through reefing boot camp right now and overall, its made me much more aware of whats going on in my tank.
 

ReeferMadness99

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Save our reefs! Maricultured Live Rock or Reef Ceramics only!! I know Reef Ceramics are a little costly but you only need about half of the weight of live rocks considering the ceramics are dry rock. Live rock is weighted with water and organic material.
 

jrobbins

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I dont know about this one. I used a tap water filter for over a year with no problems. for the last year i have been running my ro/di without the ro membrane, basically making a huge tap-water filter. it seems to work ok for me....


Do not buy this thinking it is a replacement for an RO/DI unit:

Tap Water Filter

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CHEMCHEF

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72 bowfront:
#1 Everything looks distorted thru cuved glass. I know, you have one and everything looks great. That is until you go to a fellow reefers tank and the glass is flat, and you say Holt **** I wish my tank looked like that.
#2 You can not fit a decent sump under this thing 10gal. 15, 20long. Thats it. Now try getting it out if you have a leak
 

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