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With the heavy snows, epic winds and strong thunderstorms of the past 3 months (in the Cleveland, OH area) combined with my increasing investment in my fledgling reef, I have to really consider some sort of power generator to get through power outages.

The problem is, I have no knowledge or experience with any of them. I have read a bit on various forums on website, but ultimately I like to hear from people with personal experience with them.

So, tell me what you ...

The day started off nicely after last night's storms. I was enjoying my reef under VHO actinic lighting, and felt the urge to get out my camera.





Within hours, the metal halides started cycling on for the day.



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Well, After about 9 days of hard labor, the new Stand is completed. I had help from my cousin on the skinning of it. Am hopeful to begin the Stand Swap on Friday. Any words of wisdom on doing a stand swap out there?

Below are some pix of the build. The inside is Kilnz and then a Qt of HD's - Behr's Semi-Gloss Interior Enamel paint. (purchased for only a buck, some one else's "opps Paint" but, the type and color were okay for my purposes.)

Thanks,
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I know, the title sounds odd. My wife and I have our second son due soon. I am trying to think of a name to reflect my passion for the ocean, reefkeeping, corals etc. that doesn't sound like I names him at Woodstock. I would like a name derived from or meaning something from this realm. The only name I have found I like is Kai, Hawaiian for 'of the sea', however my last name is VERY French (D'Aunoy). Not sure how the two would flow. For the record my wife is Irish/Scandanavian and I am a predominately ...

When I considered writing a review for Chemi-Pure Elite... I thought to myself, "that would be a very short review!" Namely because the product is so simple and effective, but then I began realizing that this product does SO MUCH that I can talk about... so I decided to give it a go.
BOYD is willing to make some VERY outrageous claims with this product, and while I cannot put a stamp of approval on many of these, I am willing to say that this is a valuable ...