Recent content by BradR

I think Harbor Aquatics is definitely worth the drive, especially if you call in advance to find out when a new shipment is coming in.

Some pretty cool tidepools 1mi south of the cove. Aquatic warehouse in Kerne Mesa has a nice selection of fish/corals for cheap prices.

Actually I'm disappointed in my Euroreef cs8-2. The splashing noise in the sump is annoying IMO. I trying plumbing the output so it discharges into the water but predictably the skimmer level dropped. :?

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I'd go with a DIY ca reactor or one by myreef creations. I use a SEN 900 for my 180's sump. Works fine, but use what you want. Oh, and I don't use a heater at all. Temp fluctuates from 78-81. Fish are fine. Definitely get a 3rd light. 20K 400's rock especially for coloring up SPS IME. GL

I wouldn't do anything to the live rock except scrub it and rinse in saltwater. Trash the sand. Start with new tropical playsand. It's cheap. Seed it with some live sand if you've no amphipods/fauna in your algae farm currently. However, where there's algae, there's usually lots of pods. GL

I've owned several over the past 10 years. They all ate aitapsia and feather worms but never picked at coral. YMMV however. GL

I think that hellolights.com charging me 70 bucks for a replacement 20K bulb after me hardly using it was a ripoff. To be honest, I wish I'd gone with marine depot over hellolights for my halides. They at least are reasonable. Oh well. Lesson learned. :?

I bought three 20K radiums at hellolights, ran them with glass shields for a month, and one exploded this weekend. My 2 remaining bulbs are pristine. They gave me 16 bucks credit for the bulb. :evil: They were pleasant enuf about refusing to anything more about it tho.

I'd be worried what the bottom output of the wave2k would do to my sandbed. Prolly blow it all over the place. 8O

OK, Thanks.

Would slime algae remover kill it? http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/rehabdoc2000 ... yahoo.com/ or http://www.geocities.com/rehabdoc2000/ Bottom of webpage. Thanks

I use ozone. It works GREAT for my skimmer and tank. Definitely better than using just the euroreef alone, but that just IMHO.

Salt will definitely skyrocket your TDS.

Would it be possible to also test the effects of using eggcrate placed a little ways below the bulbs as well?