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  1. Possible Lighting Intensity Issue Causing Tissue Necrosis on SPS Corals.

    I have run into my first major issue with my reef aquarium. I built my LED Lighting System myself. It consist of 4 independent Meanwell LPC-5-700W Drivers each with 6 LED's (three Cree XP-G R5 Cool White LED's & three Cree XP-E Royal Blue LED's) for a total of 24 LED's with 40 degree reflectors. I originally had the lighting system suspended about 8 inches from the top of the aquarium. My seabed is located 15 inches into the aquarium. This lighting system put out the equivalent of a 250 ...
  2. North East Ohio Frag Swap Coming!!!!!

  3. Chiton Eggs

    This morning I was gazing into the tank when something caught my eye. A Chiton was releasing eggs. It was the first time I had seen this happen and luckily I had my video camera handy. I would also like to thank Mr. Midas Blenny for being a character as usual.

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    Tank Entry , ‎ Photography/Video
  4. Starting a new tank build

    Happy to say that I am starting a new 300 gallon reef, I went with the 300g DD from marineland..
  5. Need Recommendation on Dosing Equipment.

    Okay so I am at the stage where I would like to add a dosing unit on my aquarium to automate the addition of Zooplankton, Phytoplankton, Magnesium and Kalkwasser (seperate it from the auto top off unit currently in place) and also to control the effluent from my Calcium reactor. Price is not too much of a factor and I have been thinking about two dosing units in particular. What are everyone thoughts?


    GHL ProfiLux Stand Alone Dosing System, 4 Pumps with Controller
    http://www.aquacave.com/ghl-profilux...ller-3023.html ...
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Equipment