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  1. I love the Ocean ---- some friendly comments and suggestions on plumbing and lighting

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    Any thoughts you can share that would be helpful,
    I finally have time to complete my fish room, i would like some friendly comments and suggestions on plumbing and lighting, i have in the past completed 2 fish tank setups and leared alot but still looking for more ideas and innovation.

    At the present i have a 180g Oceanic "sleeping in the pics," and a 220g Oceanic ready to be born!

    I am looking at a Fowlr ...

    Updated 07-25-2010 at 09:01 PM by Deep Blue

    Categories
    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ Lighting
  2. Vortech your pendants

    I've been ignoring how the pendants were hanging at an angle over the SPS vat, but it bugged me. I wanted to direct the light down into the vat and get them level, so I thought about various options.

    The easiest solution was to use one of the spare Vortech magnets I use when building sumps to keep the two pendants straight. Simple, free, and it works.



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    Categories
    Lighting , ‎ DIY projects
  3. Ballasts???

    ok guys im am going to be building a canopy for my 150 gal and i have a 2 bulb t5vho light but i dont think it will fit in my canopy so i am looking into buying a ballasts to run 4 t5vho bulbs 48in, i am looking to get one at a good price i found 1 in my hunt it is the icecap one and it is 175 i think thats to much any ideas on where i could find one at a cheaper price and also i was thinking about doing the light in t12vho because of the higher watts but i was told by the people at icecap that ...

    Updated 08-03-2010 at 05:50 PM by melev

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    Lighting
  4. My Auto Top Off

    So I finally got around to setting up the auto top off. I do spend a lot of time away from the reef and decided that, though I love my wife dearly, she won't always remember to check on the tank. So I spent about 30 dollars on parts from http://www.aquahub.com. I actually got 3 float switches, the third I may add to the reservoir or just hang on to for a spare. I had a small sheet of 1/4 inch acrylic in the garage to use for the mounting bracket. I ripped off a two inch strip and and heated ...
    Categories
    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry , ‎ Electrical , ‎ Plumbing
  5. hello im new and this is my build thread "pic heavy "

    i do mostly pic's ask question if you have any





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    Updated 08-10-2010 at 11:17 AM by mayhem_audio

    Categories
    Tank - Full Summary , ‎ Electrical , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ DIY projects
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