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  1. Southdown sand?

    I put SD in my tank and it seems to clump up at the top. I have a Fighting Conch to sift through it but I still get a lot of clumps. Is this normal? Thanks
  2. Wholesalers in Bay Area??

    I used to live in San Ramon and used to go to story in Haywood. Good prices on live stock. Not mail order prices but from what I rember they were pretty good. At least better than what they are asking here in NM!!! :evil:
  3. skimmer recommendations - quiet?

    I had the Rmora.. it was ok but got REAL noisy!!
  4. What should all us reefers ALWAYS have on hand?

    Second the Shop Vac... sure saves a lot of towels!!! :D :D
  5. RO undersink owners ?

    it was easy.. I was worried myself... The hardest part was drilling the sink... other thatn that.. piece of cake.... My only wish.. is that I could tap a line directly to refill tank.. My water line is too far away from my tank.. but no biggie...
  6. Bullet-1

    First and foremost Thanks again for you help... I have been letting it run for over a week. It seems to be the same ol thing over and over. I fill the sump up with water ..it wet foams till it gets to the skimmer pump. I add more water and it does the same thing. I had the gate valve open...
  7. Bullet-1

    I have a Bullet-1 skimmer and It seems to be doint way too much wet foam... I've done all sorts of adjustments. I was just wondering if the Waste Collectiond does anything special besides collect waste?. you see the reason I ask is because I don't have one. I'm running it into a bucket. Should...
  8. Water heating with MH's

    Thanks gusy for all your suggestions...As far as the over wattage goes. I was told that I needed it if I wanted to keep sps and clams... :cry:
  9. Water heating with MH's

    Yes 4Angel the fans are working with the AC.. Good point.. the temp gets down to 80 at night. I have 3 pwr heads in the tank No I haven't put a fan in the sump. I may try that next. Today I did the fans like I said and it's keep it down a lot. its around 81 right now. The first day I had...
  10. Water heating with MH's

    Thanks... Reg Air -- 74F no can't raise them anymore... Air is circulating 2 seven fans one blowing in inbetween bulf and water.. I put my hand inside and I can feel it both on water surfac and by the buld. Second one blowing out...
  11. cooling

    Thanks... Reg Air -- 74F no can't raise them anymore... Air is circulating 2 seven fans one blowing in and one blowing out...
  12. Water heating with MH's

    I have a big heat issue. my Tank goes sky high when the MH's are on. I have two fans blowing in and even left the front open to let the heat out but it still hit in the upper 80's I even hit 90 once!! Any suggestions? I'm only keeping the lights on for about 5-6 hours right now because it...
  13. RO/DI unit reccomendations

    Like I said I haven't had mine very long but so far so good. It came with a broken valve. I called them and they popped another one in the mail that same day!!! I got the home/reef system. I don't have any water pipes by my tank.
  14. RO/DI unit reccomendations

    I got mine from airwaterice.com and it's a 50 gpd and it was around $180. I haven't had it long but so far I'm happy with it.
  15. X10 and Electronic Ballasts

    Thanks Matt for you Input... filter didn't work. I'm just probably going to go with the old mech timers... :(
  16. X10 and Electronic Ballasts

    Well I'm sure you've hear this a hundred times but I'll ask it anyway. I've got an IceCap 3000 and some X10 moduels. (Actually Radio Shack but I think X10 makes them. At least they exactly the same. Anyway when I plug my ballast in the light turns on and I loose controll of all my devices...
  17. kent phosphate absorber-anyone use this?

    I'd look around for a water source. I had the same problem when I lived in an apartment. I found a health food place that sold RO water. trust me it's worth it... drip it pretty slow.. I dripped about 1 drop ever few seconds.
  18. kent phosphate absorber-anyone use this?

    I used it with great results.. make sure you place it in a place where you get good circulation. I didn't have many corals so I don't know how reef safe it is. Are you RO/DI water? I used the Kent then stoped using tap water and haven't had the problem since. Good Luck
  19. Want to show off my little gems ....

    WoW 8O The color is absolutely Beautiful!!
  20. Precision Marine shows its patriotism:

    I actually had one on order before they came out and called them to see if I could get one. Really nice people over there .. They are going to do it and there is no extra cost for the RW&B. The Limited one was brought back, I was told, because Japan had oredered a large quantity and they have...

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