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03-24-2007, 01:48 PM
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Little Fishy
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what did you use to glue the corals to the side? and what is this red coral? 
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135 gal. 2 250W 12k reeflux mini-lumenbright coralvue dim. ballast, euroreef cs6-2plus skimmer, chiller, uv 25IL, RO water, dart closed loop, 2 6100 tunze, rural Kansas
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03-24-2007, 02:11 PM
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The corals to the side are stuck on by magnets. I make them by sealing a strong rare earth magnet in between two pieces of thin acrylic, and then grinding the whole unit round and coveriung it with an epoxy glue mixture. They cost about $2 apiece or you can buy similar online for about $6 apiece.
The reddish coral is a hallimeda i believe
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03-24-2007, 02:23 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
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I thought hallimeda was a macro algae or something....Will have to look it up. Did you buy it from someone or a lfs? I'd like to find it for my tank.
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03-24-2007, 03:01 PM
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LOL...hallimeda IS a macroalgae......fingers type faster than the brain thinks.....
Horrida
I got it in a trade. Not sure where to get some.
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03-24-2007, 09:59 PM
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Little Fishy
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in early thread you said you were using different lighting, what have you decided to use now?
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03-24-2007, 10:17 PM
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Looks good Fly  |
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03-24-2007, 10:26 PM
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Thanks Casey.
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Originally Posted by volivier
in early thread you said you were using different lighting, what have you decided to use now?
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Im running 10k XM's......but only have been for less than 2 weeks at this point on the BB tank.
I switched over on my 225 a month or so ago to the 10k's.
I knew there would be some growth difference with the 10k vs my 15k's..........but the difference really was so signifigant that only after this short time I can say that with no doubt in my mind.
This last FTS i posted here is obviously still with the 15k's......I need to custom white balance my camera to the new lights and post some more pics.
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03-24-2007, 11:11 PM
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Little Fishy
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how many lights? what wattage?
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03-24-2007, 11:25 PM
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250 watt Icecap electronic ballasts. 2 on my 90 along with 2- 48" 110 VHO's. 3 on the 225 along with 4- 48" VHO actinics.
I ran the MH alone without the 110 actinics until i switched to the 10k bulb.......... Just now is the 10k not looking quite so yellow to me after using the bluish 15k's. Its quite a change in both brightness and color......
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04-11-2007, 02:26 PM
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04-11-2007, 02:28 PM
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And some video flow fun with the 8 way
I simply drop the water level in the tank and let 2 ports stick out of the water to catch some air bubbles...another 2 ports slightly catch some air......and 2 spraybars and two ports low in the tank arent catching any bubbles...but if you look you can see the bubbles a churning........ya gotta look at the little bubbles once they are down in the tank......kinda cool i think
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04-11-2007, 03:28 PM
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Nice Fly!!!
hehehe...but is it wrong that my favorite part is watching the foxface RUN FOR HIS LIFE!!! hahahaha
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04-11-2007, 03:31 PM
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Nice Fly!!!
hehehe...but is it wrong that my favorite part is watching the foxface RUN FOR HIS LIFE!!! hahahaha
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lol....yeah...flipping the switch kinda caught him by surprise at the beginning
Its funny....obviously the flow on the reef is way less than i torque it against the walls.....but that fish for some reason 90% of the time hangs out in the heart of it....
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07-07-2007, 11:49 PM
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I thought instead of posting in the "why are all my sps getting lighter" thread and wasting bandwidth.........id waste it here......
Why are all my sps getting lighter?? 
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07-18-2007, 03:14 PM
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Little Fishy
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gads...what did happen? someone drop draino in the tank?
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