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Over the past couple of weeks, little changes were made to adjust circumstances that resulted in better conditions with the 400g.

1) The water line was just under the plastic trim of the tank. I don't like that look since it usually cause "light leak" into the room. Rather than having to look at that beam of light, I prefer to raise the water level in the display tank. Taking a scrap of 3/8" acrylic, I placed it in the overflow behind the teeth and this increased the height of ...

Well life once again is hindering progress on getting my equipment and I had to replace the dryer so I lost some funds for my lighting. I was looking at getting two 24" MH/T5 lights for $200. But now due to funds im looking at a single 48" t5 set up that has 4x 54w T5 bulbs, two 12000k and two actinic bulbs. Will this be enough light to start with some beginner softies and fish? Should i buy one 24" MH/t5 combo for now and just light half of the tank until I can afford the 2nd ...

I haven't had a fish tank since I was a child and that was a simple tropical tank. Quite boring. So when the boys begged for a puppy at Christmas, I convinced them into getting a fish tank with the promise of having Nemo and Dory. Thinking this would only cost me around $700, I jumped in. OMG! Two months and over $2500 later, we have a pretty decent set up. I have become totally addicted and only in the last week have I stopped fretting over the water and testing on a near daily basis. Although ...

Originally Posted by kayl on Dec 03 2009

I set up my new reef set up a few weekends ago. Added live rock and substrate on 11/24/2009.
No photos on this computer, but I'll put a few up. Threw in a cocktail shrimp and left it in along with the live rock from 11/25/2009 - 11/29/2009.

Current filtration: 26lbs of live rock, 30 lbs of aragonite sand, filter floss and carbon.

Test results from today:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
pH: 8.2
SG: 1.0255
Temp: 78.7*

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Here's a video I shot just prior to leaving on another trip.