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  1. 195 Update

    It has been a long time since i have updated my build. Before starting a lot has happened over the last year and a half. I have changed jobs, welcomed our new addition to my family with a handsome son and moved into my fiances home.
    Since spring i have built a 9 by 9 foot filter room in the basement where all of my equipment is at. For my tank equipment I went with 3 ecotech radion pros, 2 vortech mp40's, reef octopus xp3000 ext skimmer, bubble magnus dosing pump, tunzes ato, dart return ...
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  2. 195 build

    have been really busy lately working and working on my new build. I have a 195 gallon starphire 3 sided tank covered by solid figured cherry.

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    The steel stand I built from 2" steel with 6 3" leveling feet. Each foot will hold up to 15,000 lbs.

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    The tank is sitting ontop of a 1.5 inch cherry butcher block top. After reading marcs write up ...

    Updated 01-02-2013 at 02:34 AM by melev

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  3. Down sizing from my 90 corner to a 60 cube.

    Hello fellow addicts, I am down sizing my 90 corner to a 60 cube. I am almost done building the stand and canopy.
    I am looking for some advice on how to transfer rock, live sand and fish into there new home with out the tank going into a cycle. I am planning on having some sps in the tank. I am using a radion gen 2 light with a mp40.
    i believe the mp40 may be to strong for the cube but its only going to be a temp till I can get 2 mp10's.
    I am concerned and hoping I don't stress ...
  4. Looking for some guidence and help

    this is my first entry on reef addicts. I am looking for some advice and guidence. I have been in this hobby for about 8 years. I have let my tank go down hill when everything that I was bought would die. A few times i wanted to take down my 90 gallon but could not bring my self to it. Recently I found out that I have been giving wrong info from the LFS, I have installed a refugium with live sand, rubble rock, cheato, a bio pellet reactor and a reef octopus 6 skimmer. I still need to upgrade ...