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12-17-2007, 04:45 PM
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Yeah your right, I probably don't need more excuses to visit more stores!
The lighting actually is for the 28g. I found I have more space then I thought and now I have the choice. I have 175w MH now with two actinics, but I find that the 175w is too far from the water surface to get all the areas I need with just the batwing reflector. If I could do t5s I would, but I already have the PCs, and I don't really want to put out any $ for T5s at this very moment. I also have a PC size that is just perfect for my system 13", so I want to stick with them for as long as I can get bulbs! What would you do? Go 2x 175w MH in batwing reflectors, one on each side of the tank, or o 1x 175w MH in a luminarc? With the luminarc the light hits the tank in all the right places, but I worry that it isn't bright enough on the sides. 
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12-17-2007, 05:01 PM
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LOL - what you need is two mini Lumenarcs over that tank.
 I dunno, maybe two batwing reflectors? Seems to me two big lumenarcs would be overkill.. Maybe try the single lumenarc. Unless it looks horrid having the sides dimmer, it could just be a zone for things that like less light (brain corals, maybe some monti's, etc. - that sort of thing).
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12-17-2007, 06:05 PM
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Here is the FTS, and some other photos.
I'll start with the lighting photos because I really want to sort this out before boxing day. With the single batwing I have lots of shadows from the lockline, and if you put your hand in, its a PITA to see anything below your hand.  Before today's clean up  After  Post Cleaning left side  Post Cleaning middle  Post cleaning right side  View from the left side:  View from the right side:  The good thing is that the microbubbles will be solved on Thursday, so I hope to have a nice clear tank by Friday. Some final shots: The detritus that I found under all the remaining skeletons. I siphoned some out, and I hope to take care of the rest later today or tomorrow.  Shrimp!  The last bucket of skeletons to be pulled out. A lot of them had GHA on them so everything just came out, and I am deciding how to deal with it. 
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12-17-2007, 11:59 PM
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Caught in the act!
 
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12-24-2007, 02:05 AM
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A week worth of skimmate;
 The tank is chugging along. Things seemed to have plateaued at this point. No improvements in anything, water parameters included. Its a bit disheartening not to see any changes in what was supposed to be my dream nano system. I'm still plagued by microbubbles, and while I was hoping to have the problem solved last week, plans changed. I now need to make another trip to the hardware store as I'm going to replumb my skimmer as well as using filter socks in the future.
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12-24-2007, 02:20 AM
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good to hear Catherine, I will make ya a deal once i'm back from Afghanistan if you are looking for a bigger tank you come down to manitoba and I will give you my 120 gal with tank and stand if you want too.
If ya want too. since I will have my cube going I hope by then .....next summer once I get back but your going to have to give me ahand to load the other tank...
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12-24-2007, 07:48 AM
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What do you think your snapper pumps head loss is with that manifold you built? I am thinging of doing something similar, though maybe half around tank instead of full. But my overflow is 1300-1600 gph...so i might need to go up to a dart...just trying..quite unsuccesfully to do the numbers in my head.
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