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  1. Light rack.

    With Great help from you guys, Light rack plan was finalized.

    And after minor modification Light rack was finally done.

    90 Degree crners used to fix the Lumenbrights in position

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    Tank Entry , ‎ Lighting
  2. Best design for bubble trap: under-over-under?

    I will be installing baffles in a sump soon to fit my new protein skimmer and I am wondering what is the best bubble trap design. I usually see the over-under-over style, but was wondering if under-over-under would be better?

    My thinking is that since the air bubbles want to float, they would be less concentrated at the bottom of the water column, so it would be most efficient to grap water from the bottom of the sump. This is the 'under' part. The water rises up 'over' a second baffle ...
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    Plumbing
  3. Par for coral growth and coloration overated?

    Ran some Par meter reading on a couple of friends tanks and realized their Par readings were way lower than what I see on most tanks running LEDs and MH with MH ballasts and reflectors made for aquarium use.
    First tank (Youssef Tank) runs with 5 150 W MH in regular outdoors MH reflectors and ballasts and 3 lines of T5 for supplementation. Tank is 200x55x70 cm (80x22x28")
    Par reading was 300 just under water surface and most corals on top getting around 200 on the top. Sps on mid ...

    Updated 11-15-2011 at 08:08 PM by maroun.c

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    Lighting
  4. my 33gallon cube

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    Lighting 150w 14k metal halide 18" t-5 antinic
    Filtration 200 micron filter sock, skimmer, next reef phos reactor GFO Carbon
    Temp 1/10 HP chill two heaters
    JBJ ATO with kalkwasser
    20ml a day B-ionic 2 part
    2 gallon WC a week

    Averages
    Calcium 410
    ALK 8.0
    salinity 1025
    Phos 0
    Nitrates 0
    temp ...
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    Tank - Full Summary
  5. Berghia Nudibranchs

    Anyone have any experience with these critter. According to the e-saler they only eat aiptasia anemones.

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