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  1. In the blink of an eye...

    I happen to glance over at my reef right as the Eheim autofeeder plunged into the tank. It was still in feeding mode, rotating as it sank to the bottom of the tank. These auto feeders aren't cheap, so I quickly pulled it out of the tank and started disassemble immediately.

    I drained off all the water I could find within, and then doused it with Rubbing Alcohol since Jonathan always has suggested that for flooded electronics. Maybe the innards will recover from their drowned condition. ...

    Updated 06-24-2012 at 10:16 PM by melev

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  2. casualty report

    just a quick picture update of the mass death in my new tank, soooo much unpacking to do!


    here is the tank before

    and after


    some death
    tort
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  3. Denitrifying coil

    I built a few of these over the years and was not crazy about any of the designs but this one I made last month works 100%.
    My reef now has a nitrate reading of 40 and I figured it would be a good time todesign a new Denitrification device but I had no idea it would work so good and so fast. They usually take a couple of months to fully work but I had it running for a month and I just tested it. Water going in has a nitrate reading of 40 and with just one pass through the device which takes ...
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