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Hi I'm also in WC and will be glad to help you if I can. Email me at [email protected] ed

Borneman's book CORALS. Great source of information !!!

Good idea for an article. First time I tried using plain spar varnish. Worked ok except for 1 or 2 patches that were damaged by salt. If I were doing again I would use epoxy. I hope your research gives other options as well.

Is the DI resin the same as the resin found in home water softeners?

I would like to get a ballast to boost output but don't want to spring $$$ for an Icecap. Anybody done this?

Nori should work. You can find it at an oriental grocery. Cut into strips 1/4 inch wide and about 2 inches long and put it on a lettuce clip or even rubberband to a piece of rubble. hth

I just built a small refugium and reinforced the corners and bottom with right-angle plastic corner protectors. I found it in the wallpaper section of the hardware store. A 4-foot length cost me $3 and change.

OOOps. Sorry about that. Why would a canister be a nitrate factory?

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ANEMONEBUFF: <strong>IMO canister filters do not have high enough flow rates AND they are nitrate factories unless cleaned weekly or bi-weekly. Plus the sponges have a tendency to become...