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Old 06-20-2010, 07:59 PM
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So a little bit of an update of sorts I guess. So I've used Seachems reefers salt for several years so I decided to step it up a bit and go to their high end mix, Salinity. I've mixed a couple of batches now for my current system and really like the readings so far.They've been bang on to their claims. It mixes relatively nice so no complaints so far and mixes about 225g's. A little pricey so here in Calgary you have to watch, found price differences of over $30 from one LFS to another.



And I really like this locking ratchet feature of the lid, one finger to unlock it to loosen the lid, especially for a one armed gimp like me. But the carrying strap did come off on one side of the bucket while I was carry it while it was still full, so I'm not sure if this is a common problem. Not fun especially with how heavy it was.

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Old 06-20-2010, 08:13 PM
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And now the best part a little surprise



...a new skimmer - Vertex Alpha 200. Now I hope that it is going to be big enough as I was thinking of the 250, but was told this will easily handle what I'm after (but someone else on here was told the same thing and it didn't work out so I guess I'll see)



the pump





love the quility of this thing...



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Old 06-20-2010, 10:36 PM
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This is looking very nice, love the tank width and the skimmer looks great, looking forward to the next instalment.....
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Old 10-05-2010, 06:44 PM
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Forgot about this thread. We want UPDATES!
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You devil I'll try to take some pic's of stuff. Having issues with my Profilux not powering on at the moment so this is keeping me amused, so I'm in the middle of bugging Kien at the moment
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Old 10-05-2010, 07:09 PM
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While I'm at it...your sig. 33 gal sumpless. I'm always thinking...sumples...that's a sorta fairy-like nickname for a man's sump. This is serious bizz man lol.
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