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02-25-2007, 02:00 AM
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2 x 250W heaters running all night didn't even warm the tank up from 67 F. I cranked the heaters to maximum, added another 150W of heaters, and turned the MHs on all day...
After 10 hours, I'm up to 76 F. I may need bigger heaters, but once the lights are hitting rock things might behave differently.
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436 
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02-25-2007, 10:14 PM
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Black Box
Today, I built a black box. (Yes, I know what you are thinking...this just gets more exciting everyday!)
Soon, this black box will actually be interesting because it will house the tank's Aquatronica brain....and I have some pretty cool plans for this...trust me.  I think I may just be building stuff for no reason just to avoid taking the possibly heartbreaking step of actually putting life into the tank!
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436
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02-26-2007, 12:01 AM
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Is it an acrylic box?
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02-26-2007, 05:46 AM
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Yes, smoky black acrylic. I'm no acrylic expert, that's for sure...but it will do the job I need it to do.
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436
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02-26-2007, 11:46 AM
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Well that's a darn nice black box
 Now get on with the process of getting some life in that tank! Why should you be spared the heartache that the rest of us have to suffer through with this dang hobby Seriously this is a great thread and your tank is going to be amazing with life in it.
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02-28-2007, 04:47 AM
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Here's the results of the salt measurements:
Mg: 1350ppm Ca: 440ppm Alk: 3.0 meq/L or 8.3dKH Those are certainly better numbers that I ever got from Kent. The water is clearing up. Tonight, I added 4 large, very dead, tiger prawns. There is a bucket of bio-balls under one of the overflows. I'm going to cycle the tank using these bio-balls, so that when the LR comes in, there will be some bacterial support for the new rock. Once the tank is stable following the LR addition, I'll remove the bio-balls. Meanwhile, I've solved most of my skimmer problems. Capping my gate valve mod made it a lot quieter, and had the side effect of lowering the foam level to the point where the gate valve could now control it. I've never seen it recommended that you cap off the top of the gate valve mod, but it is working perfectly in this case. I'm going to have to glue the cone to the skimmer body because that seal just leaks too much for my taste. Since I'll have some time to wait, I can start working on that black box...
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436
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Hybrid Mode
