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08-17-2009, 05:28 AM
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Hush hush
So my overflow is/was rather noisy for a herbie. The herbie part of it was working fine but what ended up happening was the eggcrate grill of the overflow created 15 streams that poured into the overflow causing quite splash. It wasn't so bad when the water level in the overflow box was higher up, but when it was half way full it was quite noisy. I had to take action and this is what I came up with.
 It is simply a cut piece of filter floss that I draped over a sheet of egg crate inside the overflow box. The water flows over onto the filter floss and then gently flows down. It is quite an effective silencer. No matter what the level of the water is in the overflow box, it is dead silent now.  Here you can see all those little streams that used to gush into the overflow box. Now they gently flow.  
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08-17-2009, 05:35 AM
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Here are some full tank shots with the new light fixture. It is a 72" Maristar with three 250 watt HQI Ushio 14Ks with four 39watt HOT5s Aquascience 22Ks. I'm quite happy with this combination. The Ushios to my eyes are nearly pure white, then the Aquascience 22Ks give it that extra punch of blue, but not too much blue. The are driven by Galaxy ballasts.
South View..  South East View..  East View..  North East View..  North View..  Yes.. that is a heck of a lot of glass to clean 
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08-17-2009, 05:40 AM
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Some random shots around the reef..
      
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08-17-2009, 05:43 AM
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08-17-2009, 05:50 AM
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And finally, this is what the tank looks like in my haus.
from the living room..    from the dining room..    from the stairs..  from the foyer..  
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08-17-2009, 08:35 AM
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Possibly a dumb question, but keeping in mind Im still only setting up my first ever SW tank, which of the corals in this latest post of pics are SPS?
Also, what special requirements do SPS need? Im trying to figure out if, after my tank has a few months to develop, I can get some SPS corals? I have an coralife aqualight pro with three 250W MH and four 96W blue actinics along with moon lights. I do not have a UV sterilizer or calcium reactor yet. Are those required? Let me know what else SPS needs including dosing if any?
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#9
08-30-2009, 10:08 PM
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love your tank man looks really good . love the floors too im a hard wood man too.
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