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  1. Cheapest power compacts

    Try ReefFanatic.com really cheap and the kit comes with bulbs.
  2. Direction for Lifeguard Big Digital thermometer

    Dont have what you need but thought I'd tell you what I found out. I found out that Radio Shack sells a digital thermometer I think it's for a car it has a sealed prob,inside & outside switch and the numbers can be read from across the room. And the best part is that they sell for about half the...
  3. live brine shrimp in the fridge???

    The cold slows down their metabolism it's almost like putting them to sleep.I do this with live bait shrimp when I use them while fishing chill the water down with ice.This way they last a long time. Robin
  4. Dual Calcium Reactor

    Thanks again golfish for the info. Ranger it's a calcium reactor it helps to maintain your calcium,ph and alkalinity levels so that you dont have to dose with additives to maintain them.Do you need one on your 55 well it depends on what type and how many corals you are keeping and how demanding...
  5. Dual Calcium Reactor

    Thanks golfish now for the second question of corse you knew there would be a second.Do I just refill the first with new media? Robin
  6. Dual Calcium Reactor

    I am currently running one of geo's dual reactor on my 120.Using a mixture of ARM and geo marine aragonite.My question for you that run dual reactors should the media in the first chamber dissolve a lot quicker than in the second chamber. And when I say quicker I mean like the first chamber is...
  7. reactor problems

    Fishy I went thru three 5lb tanks when I setup my first reactor in about two weeks. Found my leak inside one of my regulator gauges cant remember which one. It took the guy at the welding shop about a half hour to find it but he did and changed out the gauge no problems since. HTH Robin
  8. Banggai Cardinal fish compatibility

    I am almost sure they only hide in the urchin when they are juveniles. I have a pair that were moved from a 40g to a 70g because they were being harassed by a small purple tang.In the 40 I have purple tang,purple dottyback, sixline wrasse and a coris wrasse. I never had a problem with them in...
  9. Banggai Cardinal fish compatibility

    I am almost sure they only hide in the urchin when they are juveniles. I have a pair that were moved from a 40g to a 70g because they were being harassed by a small purple tang.In the 40 I have purple tang,purple dottyback, sixline wrasse and a coris wrasse. I never had a problem with them in...
  10. Tenting the house to fumigate, what can i do?

    Well I did it about 18 yrs ago dont know if the chemicals are different or the way they tent now. But the house had to go under the tent for termites. What I did was sealed the tank with plastic and duck tape.Bought a lot of air line tubing and ran it to a bubble wand inside the tank sealed...
  11. Tenting the house to fumigate, what can i do?

    Well I did it about 18 yrs ago dont know if the chemicals are different or the way they tent now. But the house had to go under the tent for termites. What I did was sealed the tank with plastic and duck tape.Bought a lot of air line tubing and ran it to a bubble wand inside the tank sealed...
  12. Acrylic tank bow

    Wondering the same thing, getting ready to setup a old 70g acrylic tank that was given to me. It is also made out of 1/4" acrylic by a company named Ocean View. When I filled it to test for leaks I noticed a slight bow on the front. Should I be concerned? Robin

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