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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/11/2008, 06:35 PM
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Overflow, Hang-Ons Or Drilled?
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Hal
Drill it. I run a Lifereef overflow, and as...
Drill it.
I run a Lifereef overflow, and as good a product as it is, I'm routinely cleaning the siphon tubes, otherwise their flowrate slows. Air bubbles occasionally get trapped in them (as with...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/11/2008, 06:32 PM
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Lifereef prefilter box
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Hal
Ditto to both thoughts.
Ditto to both thoughts.
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/10/2008, 01:44 PM
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Precision Marine Phosphate reactor: what pump/flowrate?
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Hal
Precision Marine Phosphate reactor: what pump/flowrate?
What do you have driving your PM phosphate reactor?
I need to buy a pump, and want to do it right the first time.
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/09/2008, 12:19 PM
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Flowrates for carbon and phosphate removers
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Hal
Flowrates for carbon and phosphate removers
I'm looking to get a Precision Marine media reactor. 1 for carbon and 1 for phosphate removers. What flowrates are recommended?
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Reef Discussion
01/09/2008, 12:03 PM
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Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread
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Posted By
Hal
Mark, You had posted 2 informative links...
Mark,
You had posted 2 informative links somewhere on reefcentral: 1 for cyano and 1 for dino's. I can't find it here, or on your website. Any chance you can put it up on your website or point...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/08/2008, 09:36 PM
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kalk reactor q's MRC maybe?
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332
Posted By
Hal
There are lots of good things said about both MRC...
There are lots of good things said about both MRC and Geo. I opted for a Geo because of concerns that stir bars eventually bind and fail. Granted the Geo doesn't have a built in timer, but I have...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/07/2008, 08:08 PM
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Phosban and carbon reactors: rec needed
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718
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Hal
Has anyone tried the AquaC reactors? Are they...
Has anyone tried the AquaC reactors? Are they still for sale?
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/06/2008, 05:09 PM
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For those with a kalk reactor...
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279
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Hal
I haven't cleaned mine in the 1 year I've owned...
I haven't cleaned mine in the 1 year I've owned it. I just keep dumping in more kalk. I figure everything will eventually dissolve.
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/05/2008, 07:06 PM
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Phosban and carbon reactors: rec needed
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Hal
Phosban and carbon reactors: rec needed
I'm looking for 2 reactors. 1 for Phosban and 1 for carbon. If possible I'd like to link them together so I only need one powerhead to feed them both.
Any recommendations?
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Reef Discussion
01/04/2008, 01:07 PM
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what does it take to keep a COPPERBAND BUTTERFLY alive/thriving?
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Hal
I've had mine for 9 months. It's my third...
I've had mine for 9 months. It's my third attempt, and at 5-6 inches, is the largest one I've had. Seeing it eat at the LFS is a must.
The other secret: P.E. brand mysis shrimp. They're much...
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Reef Discussion
12/31/2007, 01:17 PM
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Buy one get one free!!
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Hal
Yep. It's normal. This is how they reproduce. ...
Yep. It's normal. This is how they reproduce.
They'll keep doing it as long as the food supply is available.
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
12/09/2007, 10:34 AM
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best skimmer for my 225 gallon system??
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Hal
Oh boy, this question comes up all the time, so I...
Oh boy, this question comes up all the time, so I recommend that you research the various threads that discuss it.
My take: it all depends on how much money you want to spend. IMHO, the best bang...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
12/09/2007, 10:21 AM
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Gluing flex pvc and hard pvc
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Hal
Ditto on the clear pvc for hard pipe. I've never...
Ditto on the clear pvc for hard pipe. I've never glued spa-flex, so I can't chime in on that.
Just remember to:
1. lightly sand the two hard pipes in the areas to be glued. This gives the glue...
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Fish Disease Treatment
11/26/2007, 01:15 AM
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How do you handle your new fish additions?
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Hal
I'm not sure, but I don't think hyposalinity is...
I'm not sure, but I don't think hyposalinity is effective against all parasites. Keep in mind you're only taking it down to 1.009, so it's not the same as a freshwater dip. I would guess that...
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Reef Discussion
11/25/2007, 10:07 AM
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Petco 1$/ gal sale
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Posted By
Hal
Stepping up onto soapbox: I'm pretty tired...
Stepping up onto soapbox:
I'm pretty tired of so many people painting with such a broad brush. I buy most of my fish from Petco in South Bend, Indiana because it's one of the BETTER stores...
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Fish Disease Treatment
11/25/2007, 09:57 AM
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How do you handle your new fish additions?
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655
Posted By
Hal
Put them in a Quarantine tank. No exceptions. ...
Put them in a Quarantine tank. No exceptions.
If no signs of trouble, 4 weeks. If I see a disease or other problem, I reset the 4 week period to day one after I've fixed the problem.
...
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Fish Disease Treatment
11/24/2007, 07:00 PM
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White stringy feces and brook?
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Hal
White stringy feces and brook?
Do the two often occur at the same time? I have a new clown that has a long white string of poop. It also has some whitish coloration on its skin, almost as if someone stuck some dust bunnies to...
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Fish Disease Treatment
11/24/2007, 06:45 PM
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True Perculas not looking good
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Posted By
Hal
Well, stringy poop is usually an internal...
Well, stringy poop is usually an internal parasite, although I'm investigating whether brooknylla (or however it's spelled) could also cause it.
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Reef Discussion
11/19/2007, 10:07 PM
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plumbing question hard vs flex
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Posted By
Hal
Having hardplumbed my tank into the basement...
Having hardplumbed my tank into the basement fishroom in 2 different houses, the next time I do it I'm going to use spa-flex tubing.
Hard pvc is tedious, and frankly unless you have some really...
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Reef Discussion
11/16/2007, 11:41 AM
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Snails vs. diatoms and cyano
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Hal
Snails vs. diatoms and cyano
One of our sponsors lists the following diets for snails:
Nerite snails. . .filamentous algae, cyano, and diatoms
Queen conch . . .film/diatom and slime algae
Margarita snails. . . film/diatom,...
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Reef Discussion
11/15/2007, 12:01 PM
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Snails and their diets: diatoms and cyano
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Hal
Snails and their diets: diatoms and cyano
I was reading descriptions of seveal snails and their diets at one of our sponsors websites and was surprised that they listed nerites, margarita's, and baha snails as eating diatoms and cyano (one,...
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Vendor Experiences
10/08/2007, 11:58 AM
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Oceanus Systems topoff - thumbs up for customer service
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474
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Hal
Oceanus Systems topoff - thumbs up for customer service
I've got an Oceanus Systems auto-topoff. I paid a little more for it than other topoffs, but it's built like a tank, and as a former engineer, I can appreciate that. It also came standard with...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
10/08/2007, 11:48 AM
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Controllers: which one did you buy, and why?
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461
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Hal
Controllers: which one did you buy, and why?
I'm in the market for a controller. My timers are junk, and rather than buy 4 news ones at $20 each (for the digital ones that I have picked out), I thought I'd put the $80 towards the price of a...
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Reef Discussion
09/15/2007, 04:10 PM
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Auto top off?????????
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853
Posted By
Hal
I've got the Oceanus Poseidon hooked directly to...
I've got the Oceanus Poseidon hooked directly to my RO. It works great and I like it very much. It's built like a tank (and as a former engineer, I don't say that lightly), with a redundant float...
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Reef Discussion
09/12/2007, 07:45 PM
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2
anyone ever think the screeching noise the aglea scraper makes is bad?
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356
Posted By
Hal
That's not the scraper making the noise. That is...
That's not the scraper making the noise. That is the sound of millions of algae cells crying out as they are forcibly ripped from the glass.;)
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