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11-29-2010, 11:55 AM
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WO that is looking great Tony.
Start date 1-08-08 life date 11-29-10 man time flies when your building addy boy buddy
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11-29-2010, 12:27 PM
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Hey! good to see the pics man.....and lookin saw weet
 ....ps......I didnt take a dolli home 
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12-06-2010, 03:05 PM
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"La la la la I have this hobby because it helps me deal with stress la la la la la la la la la!"
deal with or cause lol i think i had them mixed up when i started i thought also it helped you deal with stress not be the MAJOR cause of it lol  hope it works out for you man
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12-06-2010, 03:17 PM
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 Probably shouldn't add the lol smiles because really it's not far from the truth  I remember my wave box was pretty touchy, there was a few times we thought it was broken because it didn't seem to be working. If you don't tweak it just right and get it to the "sweet spot" it doesn't work very well or pretty much does not work at all. Did the pumps fail on them or are they just not dialed in right?
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12-06-2010, 05:37 PM
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I'm thinking it's the controller because both waveboxes are controlled off the same unit. The controller powers on and you can see the little LED's switching on and off but the pumps themselves, both of them, remain off. I tried bumping the impellers in case they were just having trouble starting but that didn't do anything. To actually remove the waveboxes and take them apart will be a bit of an effort because of the tight spot they are mounted in .. but at least taking them off the controller to see if that is the problem should be an easy enough first step. If they power on and stay on without the controller in the equation then at least we know it's the controller and not the stream pumps themselves. And yeah all my Tunzes are the old style streams so I guess at this point if anything further on them goes then I just start saving the pennies for a Vortech.
Would a single MP40 be enough in a 6' tank? I think a MP60 would probably be too much? I was really hoping to get swish-swish wave effect with the polyps in this tank if/when I ever get to the point I'm comfortable trying corals in it...
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12-06-2010, 05:59 PM
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Tony I think all the 6101, 6201 etc are repairable but not the 6100, 6200 series. I think it's the old hockey puck transformers that are no longer made and if I recall correctly they are part of the pump. But for both to go at the same time...that's pretty much impossible. So the red and green are coming on opposite each other...what about the other red light that says the pumps are on?
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12-06-2010, 06:00 PM
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A single MP40 won't be enough to make a decent wave IMO, certainly enough to get some good water movement though. I've got two MP40's in a six foot tank and use them more for erratic current than a straight wave.
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11-29-2010, 12:28 PM
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I think it looks great Tony. Love the shelf!
I have really noticed that some fish definitely prefer hanging out under outcroppings, wherever they can find them. I think it's a behaviour one would want to try to accommodate. Mitch
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