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Nice thanks. Where did you find yours? At this point, I'm considering just going with a Mag18 or similar since it won't run very often.

Most people have trouble keeping heat down more than up (though LEDs and DC pumps are changing that). I would not thinking using your tank water as a heatsink is a good idea. However, it would work very well for defrosting food as the heat extraction from the water would be minimal. I'd greatly prefer to have a system that looks clean that can be used on top of/beside the tank. Though under will work, but there is a lot of moisture/salt and heat down there.

Not a great composite, but it gets the idea across. Ignore all the blurry fish. Can't do anything about that with the low light levels and slow shutter speeds. I'll post some closer shots soon.

Unfortuantely, I lost that wrasse when the power flicked off one night. It went head first into something and brained itself. I still have the female though.... but I also now have a trio of flame wrasses. The scraper is great. And no, its designed for glass, so it doesn't scratch (unless you get sand or something under the pad).. and yes, it takes off corraline very well.

Funny. I was just thinking about that. I had a setback when my return pump failed and I didn't get a replacement fast enough, but luckily only lost a couple of things (gold torch was lost, darn!) and half the corals bleached, BUT! They are now colored back up, and possibly even moreso than they were prior. I'll scrape the tank today and give it a shot. Thanks for the prod. >.>

This is actually the normal behavior. In the wild, most stony corals do NOT push their polyps out during the day. In tanks, the lack of predation lets them do so - in most tanks. In mine, my flame angel does enough nipping that some corals are afraid and do not show any extension while light. Once the lights are off, however, they come out big time.

I picked up a new, fancy, RO/DI with meters and a booster pump to increase and keep my water quality. My intent is to put it in the basement - which means I need to be able to do water changes from a volume of water (ideally) stored down there. Which means I need a mechanism for bringing that water up around 12' at enough speed that the tank isn't low for hours. Does anyone know of a high volume peristaltic pump? Failing that, I guess I will look for a standard pump (something like a mag18) to do this. Thanks

From what I have seen, they require a great deal of oxygen (possibly including high water energy). Generally, temperate critters don't live long. Once, long long ago (somewhere around 1997-98), I tried cochina clams collected from SC beach... they died within a day or two. It caused major issues as I didn't realize how much badness they would release.

You might need to update your firmware. Are you using the native html (your.ip.address:port) or their fusion website? I think Rob may be right... if you have it set for the wrong timezone, it may be updating itself somehow.

To be more specific the two less than statements are interfering with each other. They are giving two parameters both of which may be true. Drop the less than 60. If you have another concern related to the less than 60, set up a virtual outlet and apply it.

Why have this line at all? You also don't need min time and defer statements for a heater. If you are concerned about it flicking on and off, use only the min time statement (that will make it only turn on if stable reading for x amount of time below your set point). Mine is simply (below) and works just fine. No problems with it flicking on and off as the probe isn't that fickle. Fallback OFF Set OFF If Temp < 78.0 Then ON If Temp > 80.0 Then OFF

A new article in Advanced Aquarist that outlines many of the details you should consider associated with building your own LED fixture. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2014/4/lighting I had no idea about the binning of LEDs by quality. Seems to be another reason why high end fixtures hold up so well.

Nice! I say let the efflo grow - they look more natural when they run up against barriers (and other corals). Did you use epoxy or cement?

A pull cord for self feeding would rock! Of course, the fish'd empty the thing in an hour and be so fat they'd get stuck on the overflow due to food coma.

Defrosting chamber?

Seriously. Being able to feed small volumes 5+ times a day would be amazing for fish health generally, and for water column feeders specifically. One thing I would worry about, and don't know if its worth addressing with the device or not, is getting the food into the water column/dispersed as it hits the tank. That way, the "pigs" (most tangs, rabbitfish, etc) don't get it all each time.

Thanks! That is why I wanted to post the pictures. I think a lot of people really don't understand the interactions and density that happen on real reefs.

From what I recall - higher chlorine counts can very seriously eat up RO membranes. It is a very good idea to have a carbon filter in line prior to the membrane.

Here is the whole set. I've seemingly forgotten how to make them all appear on the site and scroll. https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/

Here are some of the reef scenes (still images). You can tell some of the reef is just inundated with particulates... makes for spotty and hazy pictures. However, it gives you a feel for what a real reef looks like. https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13698994263/in/set-72157627944618038 https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13698963145/in/set-72157627944618038 https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13698993083/in/set-72157627944618038 https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13698962355/in/set-72157627944618038 https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13698992303/in/set-72157627944618038 https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13698991483/in/set-72157627944618038 https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13699310344/in/set-72157627944618038/ THE original pink lemonade https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13699309504/in/set-72157627944618038/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/68956031@N08/13698990233/in/set-72157627944618038

Yeah, I took them all back in 2005. Hence the poor quality! Thanks!

Thanks Tom. I will pull out more of my stills (they are better quality than the videos - digital cameras were not what they are now for video) and post some of those as well. Just need to spend a little time selecting out those that show full reef scenes and cool critters.