henrystyle
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Just made the same drip line myself this morning....lol
drummereef's 180g in-wall build
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cromedogg33
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Have you found the galaxy's run the radiums to spec or are you getting a bit more blue out of them color wise? I'm looking at getting full M80 ballasts so that I can run radiums to spec. I know the galaxy's run close to 280w if I'm not mistaken.
I as well like the idea of being able to switch to 400w but running a M80 ballast is where I'm leaning.
drummereef
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:lol: Nice!
Thanks csharps42.
Where in MO are you? I'm not an expert on this but I believe if you run them on the 250 HQI setting it essentially runs them to 'spec'. I think it's the closest to spec besides running an M80. I'm currently running straight 250 since I have no corals yet so I'm trying to conserve bulb life. The M80 are definitely true spec but there's tons of guys out there that run Radiums on electronics no problem. It's nice to have the 250/250HQI setting in case you want to overdrive some other bulbs. Radiums are so popular right now and for good reason, the color is great. Unfortunately I can't tell you the difference in color from 250 to HQI but on straight 250 they have a nice crisp white with a hint of blue. My pics always come out a little dark otherwise they tend to overexpose on the sand and rock. Need to learn how to brighten up the pic without overexposure.
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drummereef
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UPDATE:
Pics of the new Lyretail Anthias.
I asked Mr Tang, "why the long face? You have a new buddy".
Already friends.
Pics of the new Lyretail Anthias.
I asked Mr Tang, "why the long face? You have a new buddy".
Already friends.
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Greenmaster
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Glad you finally got a tank mate for the poor guy... he's been all alone for so long... plus it's a nice looking one too
scaryperson27
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Thanks! I might end up going with what you did then. I will have to see which one has the best warranty.
BTW, your tank is really coming along nice.
Thanks,
Mike
BTW, your tank is really coming along nice.
Thanks,
Mike
drummereef
Team RC
Glad you finally got a tank mate for the poor guy... he's been all alone for so long... plus it's a nice looking one too
Ha, hopefully I'll get some more buddies for the tank soon.
Let me know how it works out!
reef_keeper
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http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/drummereef/180g Reef Tank/IMG_0825.jpg
what are these i have tons of it in my sump and on my rock in my DT?
what are these i have tons of it in my sump and on my rock in my DT?
drummereef
Team RC
As far as I know they are sponges. A good filter feeder to have around.
henrystyle
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Nice anthias...Why just one? Now you need like 3 females.
drummereef
Team RC
I figured instead of maxing the bioload with a couple different species of fish I'd rather have a variety of many different kinds of fish. I do want a small shoal of chromis or something small but I might add a couple different kinds of wrasses for more color. I want to keep the fish bio load rather low but just have a variety of stuff to look at.
henrystyle
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Are you running carbon or gfo during your algae bloom?
drummereef
Team RC
My reactors are coming tomorrow. :bounce3: I bought 2 Nextreef MR1 reactors, one for Carbon the other for GFO. The media already came last week, Carbon and GFO from Bulk Reef Supply.
drummereef
Team RC
:lol: Thanks Alysiak00, but I'm pretty sure it would say start with dinner and a movie first.
cromedogg33
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Brett,
I'm kind of curious to what you plan on stocking in the tank? Do you have a list of livestock that you are planning?
I'm kind of curious to what you plan on stocking in the tank? Do you have a list of livestock that you are planning?
drummereef
Team RC
Not exactly a formal list like some come up with. :hmm2: Just a short list in my head and I'm also learning what fish I really like as I go. My next purchase will likely be 3 chromis or a wrasse of some kind but who knows...!
Suggestions are always welcome. 
cromedogg33
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It appears by your avatar you like powder blues, do you plan on adding one of those? You should add 5 or so chromis, I've found they school much more with 5+ which is always fun to see. I have 3 in my 75 right now and they all just kind of do their own thing.
crvz
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Hopping into the way back machine, I've a question for the above picture. Stranded or solid core wire? I built an electrical panel of my own, and will continue to elaborate it, but I've yet to wire it up. I do plan on doing the same thing with conduit (running outlets throughout the room). I have 500 feet of each (green, white, and black) 14awg stranded wire, but I know that's not a great way of wiring up the outlets. I'm considering soldering the ends of the wires to keep the strands in place when screwing down the connections, but that's pretty labor intensive.
Any thoughts or insight here?
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