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  1. Melev's 280g reef - 5.5 years and counting

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    • 280g Starfire glass Reef-ready tank
    • 150g sump and refugium built by me
    • Euroreef CS12-2 protein skimmer with two Eheim 1262 pumps
    • Lifereef Calcium Reactor with a flaky Milwaukee pH controller
    • Aqua Controller III to control lighting, heat, and log some parameters, available on the web and my iPhone (AquaNotes App).
    • 55g water changed every two months.
    • 100gpd RO/DI used for top offs and to make more saltwater. My tank evaporates about 5g per day.
    • Kent Sea Salt or Red Sea Pro,
    ...

    Updated 01-03-2010 at 09:09 PM by melev

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  2. The Tankless Reefer'ette

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    For those of you that don't know me I had a 150 gal tank I called the Candyshop that I filled with the most colorful corals I could find. I upgraded from a 24g to a 90g to the 150 and kept mostly all my corals along the way. Last year I decided to break down after a move and an outbreak of velvet I got from a fish I bought at Tong's (a LFS here in socal).
    FTS

    Living without the 150 Candyshop has been both nice and sad. I think ...

    Updated 01-03-2010 at 08:54 PM by Jessy

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