Recent content by Bodine

Why thankie thar L-7 pants, but yeah, I live in a major American city in Texas and the only non-submersible pump I could buy "off the shelf" TODAY was a Coralife/Death comparable to an Iwaki 30RLT flow. They wanted 159 buck for it so I said screw it. I got the customary answer of "I don`t have...

I need a non-submersible aqaurium pump TODAY. There are no Iwaki pumps locally and only Coralife/death. I say that after all the bad experiences I had with them after Coralife first came out with MH lamps about 10 years ago. Stayed away from anything by them since. But now maybe a second...

Again thanks Len. When I order the lamps, I will order a 14K and a Radium. I am stuck with these ballast and pendants now and have used up my reef budget on the tank. :cry:

Perhaps the `ole "bigger is better" mentality has set in with me. Even consider 1000 watters.....just kiddin` :lol:. I have this DE pendant now and will be using just one lamp on a 92 corner (34 inches,inches which is a little longer than the standard a light per two feet rule). So perhaps...

If I don`t use the Radium (which is the 400 watt mogul socket lamp I like the best), I plan on using 400 watt DE. 400 Watt DE is new and limited in lamp selection but 400 watt DE is like looking at the surface of the sun 8O. I hope Radium will put out their lamp in DE. Never been a fan of...

I just bought a 92 Oceanic corner after having a 180 for years. The inside is small and I am having a sump built. Haven`t set up the tank yet as I just resolved the stand issue. Got my money back. The only photo I have now is the crack which were several. Split the wood when installing screws at...

Why thankie there Len. I guess I`m kinda used to Radiums but to me they don`t seem too blue HQI ballast. Thanks for the imput and I think I will try the Hamilton 14K DE.

Depends if the yellow tang accepts the CBB. I have tried a few in my 180 but they do nip coral and ended up having to trap and remove the CBBs. The tang will probably tear his butt up, especially in a 60. edited for spelling and syntax

I have been a dedicated Radium/PFO-HQI ballast user for qiuet some time now. I am taking the 180 tank down and going with a 92 corner tank with will require only one lamp instead of three with the 180. I have one 400 watt DE pendant which I tried a 400 watt 20K DE Coralvue lamp. I got better...

Hey Jetro...take it from Bodine.... dont tweak it....

Sorry I cant answer your question...I assume it pertains to fish....I dont know if it help for fungus However I do freshwater dips for all newly aquired coral stock to prevent flatworm re-introduction

A sump sure makes it nice to stash all that eqiupment out of sight.

I calibrate my pinpoint monthly..the probe should be replaced every year to 18 months...there seems to be some claims of false readings with the AC adapter(stray voltage) but I use it and have never had a problem...

As required...usually about every three months...my reactor tends too clog as the media gets dissolved...i usually just rinse the media in a collander....losing all the smaller particles.... and top it of with fresh...

I believe most advocate 6.5...mine stays a little lower around 6.4 ph of the effuluent out...