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You guys are right, this place is awesome. I've played golf every day, and its kind of embarrassing on a "reef" website - but I haven't even dove. It was too much of a pain and I know I'll be back soon. Just a lot of golf and a lot of partying.
Plantation was tough! Played Ka'anapali Kai (just ok) and Royal (pretty nice). Today is my last day and we're trying to figure out where to play as I type. On a reef related note - I don't know if I mentioned here but I was having problems with my Vortechs. The motor kept stalling. My wife has been checking and said there hasn't been a stall since I left. I can't wait to get back to finish this thing up! Mahalo!
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Dave you got to take some reef pics!!.
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Over the next month or so, I have the following coming in .... - New chiller (Ocean Geotronic 900) - New skimmer (H&S A200 2x1260) - New sump (Elos newer size for larger tank) - New light (I have to pull an Invincible on this. Its a very cool surprise ) - New controller stand and add-ons (Just ordered the B2 stand and the "Aqua Rescue" for the B2 which hooks up to a boat battery for backup. Has some other cool features that I don't quite understand yet) - New controllers for my vortechs (three total, held up by FCC due to the wireless frequency) Due to my OCD nature, I have way too many colors of way too many varieties of corals. So I have to choose. I really like Naka's mix - and I'll do something similar. Narrow down to 6 or so Acans, a few micros, 6-10 zoo/palys, a few larger LPS - and SPS. Others of course - I like the blue xenia, a few clams, etc - I want a CLEAN, nice selection of corals that are well balanced. I really hope to have all the stuff within a month, several (all?) are coming from overseas so timing is a challenge and a real PITA. I'll post pix as they come in and I get them.
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Spectra with dimmable ballast??
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No and no. And just an update on the Sfiligoi - since I got the dual fuse ballasts, I haven't had a single fuse blow. I think I still have six of the ten fuses Alessandro sent me from Italy. Its been a nice fixture with a VERY wide spread. After all that, I really have no idea why I'm replacing it. Its that OCD thing. One thing I found out, with these magnetic ballasts - you can actually switch down to 250W by moving a couple wires. You bypass the step up ballast and viola ... 250W fixture. Kind of a cool option.
Oh and even if someone guesses correctly - I'll probably still say no. I can't jinx myself until its in da howse! But it will have dimmable T5's ....
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Cool, keep us up to date
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Wow
Amazing tank, love the thermoelectic chiller! Def. some cool toys to drool over! Keep up the great work
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LOL. I just remembered that late last night (working after midnight) - I posted in the Zeo thread, and you all go there so ......
I got the Grotech Photon, its a 2x400W + 6x54W pendant. The MH ballasts are IC400's - and I'll be running Aquaconnect bulbs. I have a TON of extra T5 bulbs so I'm not sure what combo I'll run. I'm not sure how the T5 ballasts work that come stock - if its a 4x54W + 2x54W, I'll probably dim 4x54W and have two come on later. The pendant is coming with KZ Fiji, KZ Coral Light and Aquascience 22K. I have some ATI Blue+ bulbs and a few Aquablue Specials. I've read in Europe, running a single red spectrum T5 tube is popular - so I'm looking forward to doing that, and still having five more bulbs to play with. The AC bulb with the IC ballast puts out CRAZY par according to Sanjay's test. I only plan on running the MH for 4-5 hours/day. I really, really want to try the Elos light - as it works well with the B2. However - I'm really diggin the spread of mogul sockets - and I'm liking 400W bulbs for the 64" length and 32" width - I can keep the pendant 10" above the tank, get great spread and still have good PAR, without putting all that heat directly in there. The six T5's will be great, as I want some lower light areas. Gotta go make some money now.
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Cut all that bragging David you make me sick
Here is a good deal for you, you can save some $$. http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...eadid=1199215:
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Haha Steve. I can only afford one skimmer at a time, not like you with both your fancy Deltecs. Hope you're doing well - I remember reading you were having some issues - me too. Finally I think my tank is stable and most corals have their color back. But I lost a lot of nice SPS.
Pix, I promise. Next week though, I just got an emergency call and I have to head up to Prescott for the a few days. Arggh.
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I take my FOWLR tank down. To much for me .... i don't have the time any more, I have to take care my folks they getting old and need to much of my time . The large reef tank is full of dinos it is 14 years old now with the same fish and LR so i think almost fad it . I got all the high tech gadgets of my reef tank i'm going back to just basics so i don't rely on any thing. I only have two SPS coral left but about 30 heads of deferent LPS. My next move is unpredictable so you never know i may just throw in the towel some day.
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David, you always make me laugh with your posts. Im happy to see you getting all of that great stuff in! What color fixture did you order? Red? I cant wait to see all your new goodies! We need to have a nation wide tank tour! Who's in??
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Nationwide tank tour would ROCK!! You'd see some sweet tanks in a hurry
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I picked up a new Limited Edition frag up in Northern Arizona this weekend. I always love those LE names so I decided on Kai In The Sky. Or just Kai Fliger for short. Hopefully he won't be fragged for another 25 years or so. The transportation back went smoothly and he has acclimated very well and even made it home to catch the USC game. He's a little Hapa, just like Papa.
Grandma's proud Aaaawwww
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Congrats on the new frag...growth will be quite fast on this one!
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If the larger colony beside it in photos 4 and 5 are any indication, I'd say this one should get better every year. But despite your written intentions, I wouldn't recommend fragging it. Congratulations!!
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Congrats David! She looks so adorable! Great looking family as well!
The name kai means "wave" or "sea" in Hawaiian...pretty cool name....
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Congrats!!!!I am expecting my first. She is sooo cute.....
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Uh, guys, I'm pretty sure it's a "he." The baseball socks are a dead giveaway.
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Maybe everything in blue should be a clue too. Congratulations! I know your family is very happy.
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