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Forum: SPS Keepers 01/11/2008, 12:47 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,283
Posted By Kip
dont corals grow in rusty, sunken ships?

dont corals grow in rusty, sunken ships?
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/11/2008, 12:45 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,900
Posted By Kip
no sock here

no sock here
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/11/2008, 12:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,942
Posted By Kip
if you make a big change like this, then the next...

if you make a big change like this, then the next day you can see ill results. I have no personal experience with that skimmer, but can you turn it down? If not, can you just run it part time so...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/11/2008, 12:39 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,528
Posted By Kip
how long ago did you change the lights.. and how...

how long ago did you change the lights.. and how long ago has this been a problem?

there is a remote possibility that the t5 are more intense than the halides causing issues... but i'd think you'd...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/10/2008, 08:53 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 881
Posted By Kip
Ca - sali dkh - sali and LaMotte (soon to get...

Ca - sali
dkh - sali and LaMotte (soon to get elos)
Mg - sali (soon to get elos)
NO3- dont test, but have a sali
po4 - hanna
pH - ac3, milwuakee, and pinpoint controllers
and soon to look into...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/10/2008, 08:46 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,607
Posted By Kip
i never dripped using large amounts or a wide...

i never dripped using large amounts or a wide open container... i just played with a half-gallon to see if what i thought (and what others had told me) was true. i never saw a definite layer of...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/09/2008, 11:12 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 830
Posted By Kip
i have a flame hawk in my work tank and i've...

i have a flame hawk in my work tank and i've finally quit giving him cleaner and peppermint shrimp for snacks :(

there are success stories (just like above)

.... roll the dice and cross your...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/09/2008, 11:10 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,855
Posted By Kip
heavy, but not full time heavy thanks to vortechs...

heavy, but not full time heavy thanks to vortechs on reefcrest mode

i also did this with my oceansmotions setup

maw-nature has pretty heavy surface agitation.... i figure i should too
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/09/2008, 01:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,379
Posted By Kip
i've stayed on top of Mag levels and po4 levels...

i've stayed on top of Mag levels and po4 levels and still have had blistering issues

i've only ever had it out of one type of acro (stoddarti)
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/08/2008, 03:36 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 25,562
Posted By Kip
wasnt a tubs... i had a tubs, but that wasnt...

wasnt a tubs... i had a tubs, but that wasnt it.... but yeah, i miss it too

there is a slight chance i may be able to get a piece of it back... but the guy has been a little incommunicado :(
Forum: Southern California Reefers 01/08/2008, 10:54 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 964
Posted By Kip
interested in large turaki anything else...

interested in large turaki

anything else available? (particularly acros)
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/08/2008, 10:19 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 25,562
Posted By Kip
i already posted one from JB's past collection......

i already posted one from JB's past collection...

but here are some fave's from my own collection

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee69/Kip4130/DelsPlan-1.jpg...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/07/2008, 11:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 992
Posted By Kip
adding Ca... that will force precipitation (if...

adding Ca... that will force precipitation (if your pH is high enough, you could get a major precip event that will crash your chemistry)

i'd do a large water change... test again... and maybe do...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/07/2008, 11:14 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 27,748
Posted By Kip
looks pretty neat to me i love tanks with...

looks pretty neat to me

i love tanks with open looks... i went with a more open look a little over a year ago and have been happier.

the good thing about "open" tanks... you find places to put...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/06/2008, 11:12 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 759
Posted By Kip
i use it as well... low dose i use to try to...

i use it as well... low dose

i use to try to keep up with it exactly, but keeping that ORP probe in tip-top shape was a PITA
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/04/2008, 10:32 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 536
Posted By Kip
Dripping Kalkwasser 101...

Dripping Kalkwasser 101 (http://www.kipsreef.com/forum/showthread.php?t=224)
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/03/2008, 12:19 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,607
Posted By Kip
to see that decline in efficacy over time with...

to see that decline in efficacy over time with the kalk container.. take a pH reading (fresh should be right at 12)... then take another reading after 5 days.... (will have dropped marginally)... but...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/02/2008, 10:40 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,607
Posted By Kip
kalk container has to be vented to drip......

kalk container has to be vented to drip... sucking in ambient air reactor with the salution making it less potent over time
Forum: Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment 01/02/2008, 10:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 261
Posted By Kip
just get an RO/DI unit with an auto-shut off...

just get an RO/DI unit with an auto-shut off valve.. then you can put a float valve (not float switch) in the reservoir. when the reservoir is empty... turn the ro unit on... and you can go to work...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/02/2008, 05:04 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,607
Posted By Kip
i run several pH controllers in my system 1)...

i run several pH controllers in my system

1) to keep from over kalking

2) to keep pH in the c-reactor chamber from getting too low

3) to shutdown the c-reactor if the whole system pH gets...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/02/2008, 03:47 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,607
Posted By Kip
yeah.. keep the c-reactor the same... dose...

yeah.. keep the c-reactor the same... dose saturated kalkwater

kalk does more for Ca than dkh
C-rx does more for dkh than Ca
... so they really work well in tandem
+ the pH balancing thing
...
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/02/2008, 02:34 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,607
Posted By Kip
these should help ...

these should help

http://www.kipsreef.com/forum/showthread.php?t=224

http://www.kipsreef.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225
Forum: SPS Keepers 01/01/2008, 07:32 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 8,905
Posted By Kip
thin sand with thin rubble bottom here

thin sand with thin rubble bottom here
Forum: SPS Keepers 12/31/2007, 04:11 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 25,562
Posted By Kip
the purple monster is awesome... cool growth...

the purple monster is awesome... cool growth pattern, rich-purple color

oregon tort.. yeah... definitely a fave.. $500 efflo-timeless...

there are way too many for me to list

but my all...
Forum: SPS Keepers 12/30/2007, 11:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,253
Posted By Kip
and here is mini-colony of the tubs crayola in my...

and here is mini-colony of the tubs crayola in my frag tank that i grew from a frag off the parent in the display

most people kept the inner body kinda lime green and i saw it that way a few...
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