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  1. Lighting - filling up an empty light rack with MH and VHOs

    In a previous blog, I showed how I assembled and secured a light rack (using EzTube) to the ceiling. Here's the link: http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...t-rack-project

    With the livestock in the 400g, it was time to get the lights placed overhead, and everything that entails. I use Lumenbright reflectors, and have had them for a few years. Every couple of months I take them down, remove the glass to clean both sides, and reinstall them. This keeps them nice looking ...
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  2. Final leveling of the 400g - Saturday, Feb 5

    After looking at my tank full of water, I decided the tank had to be 100% perfectly level. It was down on the left end 1/8" for some reason, even though it was level every which way I'd measured it previously. It was a little frustrating to see this, but what can you do? Go out and buy another jack, that's what you can do. And get Wes to come over to help.

    A club member lent me some 1" tubing.


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  3. Couple Macros

    Shot a couple macros tonight. My friend let me borrow his 105mm 2.8

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  4. Found Copepods in refugium

    Not sure why but today I can't sleep, so I decided to check out the blogs... after reading melev's http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...ter-I-saw-life I felt a little frustrated that I hadn't seen one pod in my refugium yet... It has been about 5 months since I changed my sump to add a refugium and I hadn't seen any pods.

    So tonight I decided to stare at the refugium again... can't sleep, so... got my LED flashlight, a magnifying glass, and went pod hunting.
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    Updated 02-09-2011 at 10:37 PM by snorkeler (typos)

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  5. Two days later, I saw life...

    The tank was set up with rock and sand for a week, then we drained it down to nothing, moved all the sand, installed a support system with acrylic rod (the entry will be posted in full detail very soon), refilled the tank, fixed the sand, added the rock, adding eight 10 lbs trays of Tropic Eden Live Sand and by Sunday night I had the livestock in the tank. From Sunday night to Tuesday night (two days), life appeared on the glass before my eyes. I was working the cleaning magnet across the front ...
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