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I have an auquacontroller 2 and just hooked up a new 250mh ballast (Icecap). It fired up a 250 single ended with no problem. The ballast is set up to go on at night over my sps grow tank. When I woke up I found the tank was 74 and none of my...

Anyone have resources or a conact person that I could speak with about this??? Thanks Tony

I saw that link, but I believe he pumps the tank water thru the lines. I was hoping to have it separate from the tank and use fresh water like a close system. I guess that it would be just like a cars colling system with a radiator. Anyone else have suggestions??

Come June my home addition will be starting. I am going to have a fish room with an 8' 450 gallon tank built into the wall of the game room. The fish room will have a 200 gal sump and a 120 gal fish only tank. I will have a 300 gallon separate prop system as well. I live in southern...

Joe, I dont think I saw the size of over flow box you are talking about. I assume you are talking standard (is there really one) 6"X6". You can increase the size to like 6"x8", 7"x7", 7"x8". Tou get my drift. I have had both acrylic overflows made and glass with acrylic top part with the...

Tony Your tank looks sweet!!! I too use a calcium reactor and a Kalk reactor. What I have done was took a fish specimen tray and drilled a 1/2 hole in one side where I placed an elbow barb. On the opposite side I siliconed about 1" from the side a 3" piece of acrylic to make two chambers...

Check out the hexo-manifold for $59 at this site or marine depot Here is the link and a picture. This should do exactly what you want. The only problem would be if you control the solonoid with one setup. It would turn off for the other if controlled...

I have had the problem with my sps polyps not extending well or at all in the day. I have lived with this since people say its not that big of a deal. I have fragged several pieces and sold them to a local store. I have also given pieces to a friend. The pieces given to these people have the...

I just bought the Aquadyne calibration kit for my Neptune controller since I could not find that quinhydone stuff. The kit came with it and I calibrated the probe. Now my question is who knows what the readings should be in the quinhydrone solution of ph4 and ph7? I just want to know it for...

I just replaced my ORP probe after a few years on my Neptune Controller. I really dont monitor it that much, but I have the feeling its off. Is there a solution out there that I can just put it in to compare values. I know that to calibrate it you need to use quinhydrone (or something like...

I use the Eheim fish feeder and will not use anything else. It is battery powered with digital readout. You program it for what ever time you want and can have up to four feedings per day. You can also choose to have it rotate once or twice per time. Its been very reliable and I have used...

I may get some heat for this, but I feed mine 1 large or 2 small live crayfish once every week or two. I have had mine for almost 14years now and this schedule seems to work fine for him. I know when he gets hungry as he starts to get very active and curious. Other wise he just "chills"...

Len and Tony, Just called Pacific GArden Supply and they said that Diamond is no longer in business. They had 1 left of the Lumenarch 3 vented and I just paid over 170 for it. Ouch!!! They did say that their owner helped design the reflectors for Diamond and that around 3 weeks from now or...

Len, I went direct because they custom made the hood for mee to try out. It has two 4" vent holes and a sheet of glass so that I can place it closer to the water and vent the hot air outside the house. It was expensive, about 130 with shipping, but this reflector is the best i have seen...

I purchased one of these a few months ago directly from the manufacture Here is the link http://diamondlights.com/ I tried to call them today to order another and the telephone number is out of service. I tried the regular number (707) 763-3994 and its also out of service. DOes anyone know...