For all of those who read my previous blog sorry, I guess I didnt explained my self well. What happened with my tank? Well I was in a job training and my wife wanted to get another dog. Well me knowing how my kids are I said no. Not that Im being mean or anything. it is because three times I bought a dog and had to give it away because no one takes care of it. Thats not fair to the animal. If i wanted the reponsability, I buy one.Thats why I had a reef tank because it is something I take care off. ...
I have 2 250 watt IceCap ballasts. One has a 14k hamilton and the other has a 12K Reeflux. By the way, both bulbs are almost identical to the eye. I noticed that once in a blue moon my hamilton bulb would flicker (when I say flicker I mean a very fast and subtle flicker, one can only notice when paying close attention) but this would occur for about a minute and disappear for a long while. It actually doesn't happen anymore. On the Reefluc bulb, however, this flicker does not stop. ...
Updated 05-11-2010 at 02:15 PM by melev
I am in the process of removing the plastic trim and cross braces from a glass aquarium, so I can add euro-bracing around the top. My tank is a 180, so it is 1/2" thick glass. Now, that can get kind of expensive, buying 3 inch by 72 inch strips of 1/2" glass, so I am going to use a different technique of 3/8" glass on the inside and another 3/8" glass on top. I know this may be overkill. As for removing the trim, here is the equipment list: Materials: ...
Time for the monthly image of my reef. I did some tests recently. Salinity - 1.026 Nitrate - 3ppm Phosphate - .5ppm (dosed Phosphate Control to bring it back down again) Alkalinity - 10ppm Temperature - 80.1F pH - 8.33 ORP - 323 The skimmer really didn't seem to be packed with air bubbles, and the venturi tubes were obstructed in the pumps' inlets. I took off the ...
Let me first apologize for such bad pictures. My photography skills end at my iPhone. I will try to get my hands and an actual camera sometime this week and get some better shots, but for the time being here are some blurry pics. FTS to show the aquascaping. I have since gotten at taller step ladder. The view from the end. My little ...
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