ADA 120-P + Elos Mini dual NPS tank journal
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stunreefer
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Those are the best nTOTM entries I've seen! Two NPS aquariums to boot!
Oh, uh... you got my vote Mike
Oh, uh... you got my vote Mike
uhuru
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Thanks biloulou and austin!
Guys! I need some advice. Phishy is having their anniversary sale and I'm thinking of picking up some stuff for FLOW in my ADA tank. Take a look at this quick sketch of what the tank will look like:
I've done something similar to this in the past to create semi-gyre flow and it worked great. Only thing is it needs something to break up the flow once in a while or stuff settles in certain areas over time. When I had a BB tank this was not a big deal (actually preferred since I could just vacuum it out every day), but I want to keep everything in suspension as much as possible.
The pumps I have are non-controllable. I'm thinking either get a nano wavebox or maybe a vortech to keep stuff from settling. If I get a vortech I'm not sure which one. The mp40w ES is probably out of my budget right now. I could do an mp20 or mp10 though. Or would the wavebox still be the best solution here? What do you think?
Guys! I need some advice. Phishy is having their anniversary sale and I'm thinking of picking up some stuff for FLOW in my ADA tank. Take a look at this quick sketch of what the tank will look like:
I've done something similar to this in the past to create semi-gyre flow and it worked great. Only thing is it needs something to break up the flow once in a while or stuff settles in certain areas over time. When I had a BB tank this was not a big deal (actually preferred since I could just vacuum it out every day), but I want to keep everything in suspension as much as possible.
The pumps I have are non-controllable. I'm thinking either get a nano wavebox or maybe a vortech to keep stuff from settling. If I get a vortech I'm not sure which one. The mp40w ES is probably out of my budget right now. I could do an mp20 or mp10 though. Or would the wavebox still be the best solution here? What do you think?
flying_dutchman
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IMO get a mp20, I believe you can upgrade it to a mp40 later on.
flying_dutchman
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quote from website:
ChadTheSpike
Reef Engineer
Definitely have my vote for nTOTM 
bring on the NPS tanks, they are they only thing I see in the hobby right now that is on the pioneering frontier!
bring on the NPS tanks, they are they only thing I see in the hobby right now that is on the pioneering frontier!
oldreefer76
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Definitely have my vote for nTOTM
I am pretty sure we can presume Mike (Uhuru) is nTOM...congrats..:celeb2:
Yep NPS are the only pioneering frontier currently in the hobby, and if current regulations pending pass that will come to an end unless we can find a way to aquaculture them in our tanks and pass them on to others, I attended a talk by Anthony Calfo this past week end and it was a sobering awakening of what we face import wise in the future and it does not look good
ChadTheSpike
Reef Engineer
With more than 60% of the vote, it is more or less a done thing... unless there is a 'hanging chad' that needs recount haha (been a few years since I have heard that one)
I have been keeping an ear to the ground there as well... sobering is indeed the right word for it.
I have been keeping an ear to the ground there as well... sobering is indeed the right word for it.
ChadTheSpike
Reef Engineer
I think you are referring to the Calfo talk and the current, I guess political climate concerning corals is the right way to put it...
Here is a link to a recent article in Coral Magazine that discusses some of it. And another article providing some rebuttal.
If it was the pioneering comment, IMO, the forward direction of the hobby has slowed somewhat in the previous decade as previous 'impossibles' became commonplace and the final goal. At the moment there are precious few 'pioneers' making headway into new ground. One of the groups that is blazing forward into new ground is the NPS folks. It is exciting for me to see
Here is a link to a recent article in Coral Magazine that discusses some of it. And another article providing some rebuttal.
If it was the pioneering comment, IMO, the forward direction of the hobby has slowed somewhat in the previous decade as previous 'impossibles' became commonplace and the final goal. At the moment there are precious few 'pioneers' making headway into new ground. One of the groups that is blazing forward into new ground is the NPS folks. It is exciting for me to see
ChadTheSpike
Reef Engineer
no porblem, I thought that is what you meant, I just provided both to save time in the long run if it wasnt flying_dutchman
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A more recent article from CORAL:
http://www.worldwidereefers.com/for...tition-is-Not-an-Imminent-Threat-to-the-Hobby
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