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  1. Complete tank restart and LED light upgrade

    As many of you know I had decided to do a restart on my tank and correct earlier mistakes/lack of knowledge from when I started my tank 2 years ago. Several of my corals were dead or dying and I had placed corals into my tank that I later realized was a mistake (Xenia, blue clove polyps, ect...) I looped my pump return from my sump back into my sump again, kept the skimmer running, maintained a constant temperature, maintained choeto in the refugium, and kept the biopellet reactor operational to ...

    Updated 12-02-2012 at 01:33 PM by melev

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  2. Finally back in hobby

    Having been out of hobby for a couple of years i'm finally back with a Red Sea Max 130D and external Eheim filter and Vecton UV unit.

    I rescued the tank from ebay and it was a mess with hair algae and very dirty conditions.

    Sadly one of the clowns didn't survive the move but all else incl boxer shrimp did and all happy now just tested tank tonight and all parameters good and phophates down to from originally .64 to a better .08

    Pictures below show it as bought, ...
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