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  1. A plethora of pictures

    I think this is my first blog post here on Reef Addicts.Today I've been trying to make some changes to my rock work, namely removing a lot of it, because of it catching food and other undesirables. I also went through a major scrub down on some hair algae about two months ago, and added 6 mithrax crabs that have destroyed the bubble algae. As much as I think they are jerks, I have to contend that they do a good job.

    Its a 75 gallon with 2 Koralia 3 power heads, a mag5 & mag7 for ...

    Updated 01-09-2011 at 01:39 AM by melev

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    Tank Entry , ‎ Photography/Video
  2. Fungia and Spirorbis

    This is Maturin, he's acclimating to my tank:


    I wasn't planning on getting another coral so soon, but I was visiting the much raved Aquatic Collection for the first time and spotted this beautiful orange Fungia. My first corals were doing well, I was planning on a plate anyway, and Fungias are known to be very hardy, so I decided to nab him on the spot. He's less than 2 inches across, so ...

    Updated 01-08-2011 at 11:48 PM by melev

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  3. Plumbing my sump

    Building my 20 gal long sump from vague plans found on the internet and answered questions from here. Thanks Melev. I am about ready to plumb and saw the writing about drilling two holes in the return line to create a siphon break in case of power outage. Where exactly does that go? I thought it said about X inches below the water line but that doesn't make sense to me. Please answer and explain. Thx
  4. New plumbing parts

    Since I ordered parts from two different companies, I didn't get everything yet. Here's what arrived yesterday.

    Black rigid PVC pipe.


    All kinds of bits and baubles.



    Bunny doesn't care.
    Tags: black pvc
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    Plumbing