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Drifty

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  1. I got the wire initially with my icecap ballasts(no longer use) the new stuff I got from an electrician. You should be able to get it from an electrical store
  2. t5 wiring for speed I cant get a decent shot of the endcaps, but they attach the same way as the ballasts do.
  3. growth is good, havent much to compare to as I have only ever used t5
  4. lol just started heating the water in the new pool, 400,000l will make quite some gas bill I am sure
  5. Updated photo, not a great one butu get the idea of how the tank is coming along
  6. $230 last month, 1 reef tank, 2 adults, 2 kids, gas bottle water heating. Go the heat pump and good insulation
  7. Its a red sea sailfin tang, nice fish very peaceful
  8. Hey charles, tank is going ok. I am happy with the ballasts, 6 bulbs put off plenty of light. I will try to get some photos later today
  9. I have always cycled my tank with the sand in it.
  10. If your planning on having a reef with metal halides you will need both a chiller and a heater, if you run t5's you only need a heater.
  11. you can try manual removal, or if your tank is big enough and you can keep one you can try a sailfin tang. I have heard sailfins eat it but its not a definate answer as some might eat it and some might not
  12. sounds like bubble algae
  13. wow they are cool, nice video.
  14. wow nice looking tank, loking forward to what it looks like in a few years time
  15. wow looks very nice
  16. Drifty

    Who set you up?

    I lived in the states for a few years and was into tropicalfish which lead to salt, I lived on the road at the time always travelling so couldnt get a tank till I moved home to NZ. Dave at HFF was very very helpful in my early years of keeping a tank, reef has been helpful as have a number of reefers who I have met over the years
  17. By basic I'm meaning something like ours, not something like witherspoons totm last month, his backroom looks more like a laboratory than a fish tank room
  18. I seriously doubt that its the lights that make any system that nice, much much more to it than that. His tank would probably look amazing with t8's. It is a very basic setup also
  19. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... id=1362596
  20. durso's do bubble in the sump, or at least all of mine have. Only way to get no bubbles is with a full syphon
  21. Thats a really nice loking tank, well done
  22. Drifty

    Miracle Mud

    Yeah I think your correct puttputt, I am not sure how my tank would look without it. I am happy with it though.
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