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  1. update on my 70g reef

    last couple months ive been upgrading stuff added a mp-10, also upgraded to reefkeeper elite 3x pc4, sl1, sl2. auto top off is now controlled by reefkeeper, plan on adding a bubble magus dosing pump soon. this week end i purchased a Trigger System 18x18 sump, so i can put dosing stuff in cabinet. coral is looking the best its ever been, reallly happy with tank. excuse the wire mess that was before i snugged it up.

    - 6 bulb t5
    -skimmer- sea side aquatics cs-1
    -mp-40,mp-10 ...
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    Equipment , ‎ New Additions , ‎ Photography/Video
  2. calcium high need some info plz

    Well just like the title says, my calcium is at 500 for the last 2 weeks and alk is at 8 which i keep at 9, my alk has only droppped 1dkh in the same time frame. My mag has been at around 750 from what the test says. I need some help as to what i need to be doing right... As for corals i only have fist size pink milli and 2 frags from that. I have 3 pink birds nest frags as well no more than half and inch long. 4 frags of grn toadstool. 4 grn mushrooms. 1 regular size ric. and a sm. ric that started ...
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    Water Chemistry
  3. Tank birthday, 40 years.

    I haven't really posted here before, in the blogs anyway but I have some time and some pictures so what the heck.
    As some people already know, I set up my reef in 1971 and so far it is still running. Ug filter and all.
    So I figured I would post a picture. It is a 100 gallon mixed reef with a few SPS but mostly LPS corals and about 20 fish. All of the rock I either collected myself or built from PVC pipe covered in cement.
    I recently changed from MH to LED.

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    Tank Entry
  4. rolling death in my tank a little help needed please!

    All my parameters seem fine, water changes have been occurring like normal, I seem to have what I can only describe as rolling death. It started in on tiny area of my tank I noticed a few of my blue clove polyps not opening up and that was about 4 days ago. Now it has spread out to about a 8-10 inch area and claimed my only acropora that was finally starting to show new signs of life yesterday it was fine and that area was untouched and today the acro is nothing but skeleton and the area continues ...
  5. New additions and update

    by , 12-10-2011 at 10:02 PM (180g Tank Build - 11 mos. and counting.)
    I got a few new additions over the past couple weeks and I thought I'd document them. First, the oldies. My sps really seem to be taking off in the last couple months:
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    red planet acro:
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    ?green slimer? acro:
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    I think this is a german blue monty-digi:
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    hurricane chalice which has been getting more light than it's used to:
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