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Name: StirCrazy Photo Title: Reef flat Photography equipment: Fuji S602z Location/Tank: my tank Canada Steve

Ok after a phone call at work about smoke and a burning smell from the fish tank I came home to find this this is only 6 months old and not acting as a switch onely the relay that sends the signal from the computer into the walls. I will repete that nothing was plugged into this!!! I feer...

Name (member and/or real name): Steve Photo Title: Brain with actinic suplement Photography equipment: Fijifilm Finpix S602z Location/Tank: 94 Main reef Comments (optional): taken with a mix of actinic and 10000K lighting.

Hey ReefVan, my dission to use a magdrive 2 was for pure conveniance, easy to mount to unions and I had one laying around :wink: also when I add the 3rd chamber to it I will not get any overmixing as I will have two zones, I am getting it now but I am getting a acumalation of kalk on the baffel...

well there is a baffel at that point that is suposed to prevent unmixed kalk from getting into the top chamber.. that way I don't have to worry about dosing raw kalk. it is working but not as good as I would like so I am going to make a different design and add a 3rd level now (this is the...

well I started building last night and today this is what I have. and 5 min after installed Steve

It should be inside your sponge.. just pull it out. Steve

Once again I am talking about systems.. :roll: and all the hype was that a DE set up on a electronic ballast was the brightest thing sence sliced bread.. I was suprised as I expected the mini pendent system to blow mine out of the water. you know you are starting to sound like you don;t...

No not realy, the 400's were spectral aluminum spiderlight reflectors. so maby it is a combanation of "HQI" and this new reflector I have made. that is the only thing I can come up with. Steve

Samw, Thanks for chiming in, hey do you ever come over to the Island? if so maby one time you could stop by with the ballast and we can get a "Pure ballast" comparason. The glass shield will affect the reading some but not enuf to account up for the difference.. I have placed glass under my...

If you re read my inital post you will see I am comparing two systems not two ballasts, infact I said the only way I could compare two ballast is if I had a IceCap ballast to hook up to my system so I fail to see why you all are going on about it being a pour way to compare ballast.. I said...

If I was worried about Power issues I woulden't have bought the M80 ballast befor I did the test. FWIW the difference in power consumption between a 250 watt electric ballast and a tar ballast is pennied a day so concidering the amount I have spent on everything else in the tank I am more...

you can fire the bulb but it will not run at 110 watts, you will only be supplying enuf curent to run it at a level that compares to the same lenght HO bulb (about 70 watts) Steve

Well i did some testing on two setups, so I am able to make the results of my first HQI comparison knowen. the two set ups were 1, the AB 250 watt 10000K DE (HQI) in a mini pendant and powered by a IceCap HQI electronic ballast. 2, The AB 250 10000K watt SE (HQI) in a home made reflector and...

I have seen you post this in two differen post in the DYI section, and you sell skimmers, sounds like you are trying to discourage people from making them and buy one of yours, as far as I know this kinda practice is not allowed unless it is a comercial posting area. not only are you misleading...