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  1. Some questions from when the site was down....

    So while the site was down for maintenance I received my new Warner Marine ecoBAK pellets and some Brightwell MB7,

    I dosed the MB7 at the "new tank/high nutrient level" dose for about a week, then I added 250ml of biopellets to my system, my GFO was taken offline when the pellets were added. For reference, my tank is approximately 3.5 months old and is a 55g with a 10g sump and 70lbs of live rock. My skimmer is the 2010 Reef Octopus NWB-150, rated for 150g. The current bioload ...
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  2. nice weather

    well we got a surprise today. 3' or snow today, added to the 6" from yesterday. and another 6" every day this week. my whole town shut down. and unfortunately i work around 45 minutes away, through the worst part of the snow belt.
    was a great ride this morning in a 41 year old pick up truck. found out my defrost leaks alot of air behind the dash, my engine puts out too much horse power for winter driving? and pucker factor doesn't help you stop in the middle of nowhere when ...
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  3. Aaaaand... we're back!

    What a beating that was! We are back in business and look forward to catching up with everyone. You've had a week and all kinds of stuff has no doubt happened that you were dying to share, right? Let's hear it!



    For those that need more information, our site was moved from one server to another, and there was some permissions that had to be tracked down. Ed spent a great deal of time working on the back end with databases, ...
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  4. finished stand with lighting up next

    I don't have a handy image of the stand painted, but here's a shot of gluing the two sheets of plywood together. It has proven to yield no deflection and should suffice as a catwalk around the tank. I have since cut out overflow spots and painted the top with 3 coats of primer.


    Next up is hanging the lights. I had finished the light rack but wanted to buy some pre-wired Molex plugs for
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  5. Lets See Your Full Tank Shot for December!!

    Come on Reef Addicts, let's see your FTS for December!!!

    Here is mine:


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    Okay, Marc I tried to put pic on and when I clicked upload it did not do upload/correctly. I will add my pic when I figure this out. ;-)

    Glad to see the site is back up!!

    HAT

    Updated 12-13-2010 at 03:14 PM by Hat39406

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