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  1. Sump Ideas

    Good Afternoon fellow Reef Addicts.

    I mentioned last week that I would be writing about my sump placement at some point in the future. I like to experiment with sumps and equipment, I love refugiums, the idea of experimenting with cryptic zones or algae turf scrubbers, so I really didn't like the idea of trying to cram everything in the stand under the 24" x 24" aquarium stand. It's also harder to access and clean the equipment under there. I am extremely annoyed by salt creep, ...
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ Equipment
  2. Setting Up AquaMaxx Biopellet reactor on my 75 and have SEVERAL Questions

    Hello everybody!,

    So this Christmas I decided to treat my reef with a needed piece of equipment: the AquaMaxx Biopellet Reactor. I got the XL reactor as it was only an extra $40 or so and for when I upgrade to a larger system in the future. I went with the AquaMaxx brand mainly due to Melev's advice/review and bc I was impressed with AquaMaxx's quality, price, and customer service. For pellets I went with Ecobak, for no reason in particular, getting the 1000ml package.
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    Updated 01-04-2014 at 04:59 PM by gettareef

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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ Equipment
  3. The 400g is officially running (Blog #500!)

    Last weekend, I spent two days moving livestock and rock from the 215g into the 400g and the 60g tanks, both which were ready and waiting.

    As I'd discussed previously, my original plan was to tie all three tanks together into the common sump so the water would be shared and all parameters would match. The 60g was plumbed into the sump already, but the 400g was running independently, not quite full enough to drain. It had over 300g of saltwater in it, along with sand and rock and ...
  4. Silicone the overflow into the 60g cube and plumbed

    In a previous blog ( link ) I explained how I was securing the internal overflow to the base of the AGE tank. Well, even though it might have worked perfectly, my paranoia gene was flaring up and I kept thinking about how a leak from the base of the aquarium would require a full breakdown to correct the problem. Rather than just hoping for the best, I bought a tube of Aquarium-Safe silicone at Home Depot and applied it to the base of the box and reinstalled it.

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  5. If it's not one thing it's another

    Well it has been quite a while since I have posted anything so I will give a quick rundown of how things have been going.

    First off sadly I have been a little busy caught in life to really take great care of my tank (second child born, in-laws in town, oldest back to school, etc.) so it has been running on autopilot for a while. I am fighting a fairly large hair algae problem currently and I think it stems from me not adding any live rock when I did the tank restart at the beginning ...
    Tags: disaster, update
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Tank - Full Summary , ‎ Electrical , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ Random Thoughts
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