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Tell me about it. I was lucky I took my stealth heater out for cleaning and I have it soaked in the vinegar water on a bucket. I had the heater soaked for a few days and I took it out and clean it. I discovered there is a cracked on the black plastic stealth heater that I can see the stuffs inside!

When you guys are screwing the LEDs on the heatsink, I would highly recommend you to polish the heatsink with Mothers! It only takes like 15mins-30min of work and it's easy. You can use a cloth and a drill to do the work. Any question on LED built, you can PM me. I will try to answer whatever I know. I have mine running since Feb/March 2010.

Why not get maxspect if you going to pay for that price or even DIY

If you registered with them, they send out coupons once in a while. There are 2 coupons floating around right now. 30% off 1 aquatic/pet item - midweek only (Tues-Thurs) exp 6/30 5% off all purchase (valid on 6/20 only)

Not sure how AC3 works with the x10 but here is the schematic someone worked on http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6186739&postcount=51

Wally world sells distilled water for 78cents and purified water for 83 cents

how do you add corals in the bottom without going for a swim? very nice tank...

So you think I would have enough draining flow for just 0.5" bulkhead? or maybe 2 with a return on the top? Is there a guide for draining flow?

Yes i made another mistake in this thread lol....it was drilled to fit 1/2" bulkhead. I am trying to figure out which way is the best route to go which costing me arm and leg...:( From what you said, I need to check if I can drilled one of the hole to 1 3/4" hole and hopefully it will not interfere with the side wall. How big of the nut of the bulkhead (1") outside?

Thanks for the replies. So, having two 0.5" drains sufficient for flow in the sump? Someone told me before that it's not enough flow in the sump? I am at lost here.. As for return, should I use 0.5" or 3/4" return? Do you think a mag 3 or maxijet 1200 powerful enough for return? Any suggestion here? I think I can use a directional U-tube for return and attached a ball valve on it to prevent back flow. Thanks

I have this tank but I made a mistake by having only 2 X 0.5" hole drilled instead of 1" hole. What's the minimum size for a 10g sump? Tank size is 16"X16"X17"(H) 20g cube What is my solution here? I don't think I have enough room to fit a 1" hole? I dont know??? help me!

thanks Ya i heard about that. Did you have dimming on your system? I think the intensity sort too high for corals that are used to the lower light? Then again who knows..i aint expert either. I want to rescape... I just added a cheap ATO 1) float switch $6 for 2 from ebay 2) 1g container 3) plastic tubing 4) plastic around the house 5) clip will post picture later

Hi there There are couple places you can get the parts from: I bought mine from rapidled.com before they raise the price a little bit. There are a couple group buys at Nanoreef forum and also members selling the leds. As for buckpucks, you can order it from ledsupply.com. MPJA sells cheap power supply.

I figure i will post this here too lol since I am an attention *****! maybe will help someone as people help me. April 25, 2010 FTS Parts: Cree Q5 CW XR-E LED Qty = 6 $46.74 Cree RB XR-E LED Qty=6 $35 (price included 1 Buckpuck) 1 700mA Buckpuck Qty=1 $20 1000mA Buckpuck Qty=1 $included with the royal blue LEDs Potran 24V@ 6.5A Power Supply $15 Thermal Paste $9 (use like 10% of it LOL) 5k Potentiometer Qty=2 $6.50 Stainless steel 4-40 screws and nyloc nut Qty=24 $3.50 Project box - $1 box from Dollar Tree Cables - free 4-40 Drill and Tap $4 Mothers Aluminum polish -$5.23 (use like 10% of it too LOL) Heatsink $30 Total Cost $170.74 included shipping. Tips for myself in future: 1) Use W40 or any kind of non-flammable oil during drilling and tapping to make life easier. I spent approximately 2.5 hours to drill and tapped 24 holes. I broke one of the drill bit but luckily my friend has one extra. 2) Polish your heatsink with Mothers Mag and Alum polish. I use a power drill with a cloth attached to it and add some polisher onto the cloth. I spent only about 20 minutes total including cleaning the heatsink after. 3) Mushrooms and yuma hate LED lol Soldering wasn

I did... I will posted a thread up soon...

Wow..this has morphed into Mr Coral bashing. I was merely posting about why I see a lot Japanese corals for sale online when it's illegal..not just Mr Coral himself but other online retailers. However one funny note, I received an email about free Japanese micro from Mr Coral. Is Micro is part of faviina family and they are hard coral? p/s I also posted in CMAS but I saw the original post from N-R. I figured WAMAS is more active forum. Here is another interesting post from someone in N-R

darn...wasn't meant to create such a chaos here!...I thought it's interesting article and I saw people selling it

Interesting article about the so-called "Japanese" corals retailers claiming to be and trying to sell... http://glassbox-design.com/2010/5-reasons-not-to-buy-japanese-corals/

I am in process of making a battery operate ATO. I am waiting for my float switch to come and will be using Azoo battery pump. I am building based on Wet's guide from N-R.com

WOW!!! ..are you hiring? I will work for corals

For that size, you can either do a DIY which is probably cheaper but you can go for the easier way..it's not dimmable yet but Maxspect has some nice complete 3W LEDs http://www.fish-street.com/maxspect_programmable_led_aquarium_lighting?category_id=126

If you are parting the hardware, I m interested in Aqua Controller Jr w/ DC8 and temp probe Tunze nanostream 6025 thanks. PM, I live in Bmore