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if you need to connect to your router, i'd recommend the following: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Actiontec---500-Mbps-Powerline-Home-Theater-Network-Adapter-Kit/5215483.p?id=1218625358741&skuId=5215483
works great and uses your existing powerline to send data... plug one end to your router and the other end into the location where your tank will be... and it's plug and play, no programming necessary. For the router, you'll need to access the admin page on the router and configure port forwarding... not to complex if you read the manual.
for your extra credit question, the short answer is yes, but i wouldn't waste a slot on the EB8 for the Radions... they have their own great wireless control and it would be a shame to not use it. Save a slot on the EB8 so your apex can control something else.
by the way, you can use the same ethernet over powerline to resolve the issues you mentioned with your TV and DVR
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yes, it's safe to use in the DT
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Mike,
sorry to hear this... emerald crabs are opportunity predators so there is a potential for this to occur. take he crab and put in your sump if possible.... although spearing it and steaming with some old bay might not be a bad idea.
you can use malafix to help speed up the fin growth and healing of the jaw. If you have a skimmer, make sure to turn it off first or it will go crazy with foam.
with time, it should recover nicely.
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If you get the Razor, go with the 16K version, not the 10K. The 10K will be a bit more yellow. We've got several customers with the Razor 16K and they are absolutely stunning. Sleek, thin and bright.
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We just received a huge order of Giesemann Powerchrome T5HO bulbs... For this week only, 20% off all Geisemann T5HO bulbs. Prices below reflect normal price. Just take 20% off. Load up on those bulbs at the best price around. You won't find a better deal. Sale goes through Inauguration day until midnight 1/14
36" 39W D-D Giesemann Powerchrome T5 High Output Fluorescent Lamps
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 36 Inch 39W AquaBlue+ T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $25
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 36 Inch 39W Midday T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $22
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 36 Inch 39W Actinic+ T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $22
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 36 Inch 39W Pure Actinic T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $29
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 36 Inch 39W Aquapink T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $27
48" 54W D-D Giesemann Powerchrome T5 High Output Fluorescent Lamps
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 48 Inch 54W AquaBlue+ T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $26
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 48 Inch 54W Midday T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $23
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 48 Inch 54W Actinic+ T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $25
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 48 Inch 54W Pure Actinic T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $30
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 48 Inch 54W Aquapink T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $28
60" 80W D-D Giesemann Powerchrome T5 High Output Fluorescent Lamps
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 60 Inch 80W AquaBlue+ T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $29
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 60 Inch 80W Midday T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $27
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 60 Inch 80W Actinic+ T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $28
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 60 Inch 80W Pure Actinic T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $34
D-D Giesemann Powerchrome 60 Inch 80W Aquapink T5HO Fluorescent Bulb $31
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4 Blue Reef Chromis
Pair of snowflake clownfish : I already have them in another tank
1 Flame Angel - potential coral nipper, but otherwise awesome fish with great colors
1 Flame Hawkfish - I see empty snail shells in your future, but othewise cool fish
black cap basslet - Better shot with orchids from ORA
Yellow Tang
Kole Eye Tank
Yellow watchman pistol shrimp pair - You have yellow tank, for variety, get a yasha haze with candy stripe pistol, the perfect combination
Pair of neon goby’s - the new hybrids look really nice
Bicolor blenny
And after a year or so a pair of spotted mandarines
if you are going to have a top on the tank, fairy wrasses, so many varieties and the colors are amazing
anthias
other notables with great color: royal gammas, helfrichi firefish, blue spot jawfish (need a top)
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Bring these questions and and whatever else you have on Friday and we'll go over them.
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is it good enough to grow sps?
Plenty good.
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if this helps, we ordered 2 of the 350W to see what they would look like a couple of months ago. They are hanging above our large frag tank. it's enough to cover a 48x36x16 tank... 16 inches above the water surface. Yep, 2 pendants covering that size tank... all the corals have responded very well since we switched out from our previous led fixtures, great color and shimmering... The Kessils, along with Acan LED Fixtures, have become our LED fixtures of choice and both are highly recommended. We will be stocking both the 350W and the 150Ws (Sky Blue, Ocean Blue, Deep Ocean Blue) along with the goosenecks (which we definitely recommend for a nice clean look). They are on route and should be here by weeks end or early next week. If you'd like to come by and take a look, let us know. We'll have the various units on our tanks so you can determine if they suit your needs as well as they exact color to get.
they also have a calculator you can use on their site to see how many fixtures you would need to provide full coverage, although we've seen generally the 350W coverage area is around 30x30 and the 150W is around 24x24 if hung about 12-16 inches above the water surface.
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Large order of ORA corals just arrived. Pair of really nice Black Ice Snowflakes, Neon Gobies, Joe the Coral, Miami Orchid Staghorns, Plum Crazy, Birds of Paradise, Verde, Stuber Staghorn, Verde Acapora, Blue Voodoo Staghorn, and much much more.
Nice shipment of ultra rare corals arriving Wednesday.
Pods. Fresh shipment of Tangerine and Tisbe pods from Algagen. Get them while they are fresh.
Lots of equipment ordered and arrived as well. Drawstring mesh filter socks, mesh filter socks, TLF magnet veggie clips, TLF magnet cleaners, Thrive supplements, and much much more.
Looking for a new pump? RLSS Wavline DC pumps. Great for skimmer pump or as a return pump. Variable speed control with a controller.
Instant Ocean 200 Gallon Mix Box: $34.99 with purchase of $100 or more
and now, for the stocklist:
Lyretail Anthias
Tailspot Blenny
Midas Blennies
Green Chromis
Blue Reef Chromis
Yellow Mimic Tang
Yellow Lemonpeel Tang
Yellow Eye Kole Tang
Blue Hippo Tang (small)
Yellow Tangs
Sailfin Tangs
Blonde Naso Tang
Bristletooth Tang
Flame Fin Tangs
Lavendar Tang
Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse
Six Line Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse
Five Bar Mystery Wrasse
Marble Wrasse
Melanarus Wrasses
Radiant Wrasse
Rhomboids Wrasses (females)
Porcupine Puffer (eating frozen & freeze dried krill)
Magnificent Foxface Rabbitfish
Foxface Rabbitfish
Two Barred Rabbitfish
Yash Hase Watchman Goby
Diamond Watchman Goby
Yellow Target Mandarins
Yellow Clown Gobies
Golden Head Sleeper Goby
Twin Spot Goby
Randalls Goby
Red Saddleback Clownfish
Royal Gammas
Flame Angel
Coral Beauty Angel
Bicolor Angel
Multicolor Angel
Humu (Picasso) Trigger (small)
Blue Gudgeon Dartfishes
Green Gudgeon Dartfishes
Panther Grouper
Scarlett Red Hermit Crabs
Nassarius Sand Snails
Cerith Snails
Mexican Turbo Snails
Zebra Stripe Turbo Snails
Bumblebee Snails
Trochus Snails
Tiger Sand Conch (Fantastic diatom and red slime eater)
Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimps
Tuxedo Urchins Blue
Skunk Cleaner Shrimps
Green Bubbletip Anenomes
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you shouldn't have an issue at all. all the weight will be distributed so the toggle bolts will be fine.
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Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year. Very busy week last week, but we've still got plenty of freat stuff. To kick start the new year, we're gonna extend our current holiday sale and add some more specials. See below.
Reef Crystals Salt Sale 200 Gallon Mix Box: $45.99; purchase over $100 and get 1 box for $39.99
Hanna Checker Super Sale:
- Phosphate Checker $41.99
- Phosphorus Checker $41.99
- Calcium Checker $41.99
- Marine Alkalinity checker $41.99
Giesemann Powerchrome T5HO Bulb Specials - Call or PM for info
ATI T5HO bulb specials - Call or PM for info
AquaticLife CO2 regulator with integrated solenoid valve: $119.99
Super Special Of The Week: The perfect couple to ring in the new year: Yasha Haze Watchman Goby & Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp. $49.99.
All Livestock (Fish, Corals, Inverts) 20% off, no exclusions (except for the Yasha\Pistol Pair sale)
Bicolor Anthias - Absolutely gourgeous
Lyretail Anthias
Tailspot Blenny
Green Chromis
Blue Reef Chromis
Yellow Mimic Tang
Yellow Lemonpeel Tang
Yellow Eye Kole Tang
Sailfin Tangs
Blonde Naso Tangs
Bristletooth Tang
Flame Fin Tangs
Lavendar Tang
Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse
Six Line Wrasse
Red Tamarin Wrasses
Mystery Wrasse
Marble Wrasse
Porcupine Puffer
Magnificent Foxface Rabbitfish
Foxface Rabbitfish
Two Barred Rabbitfish
Yash Hase Watchman Goby
Diamond Watchman Goby
Green Mandarin Gobies
Yellow Target Mandarins
Yellow Clown Gobies
Golden Head Sleeper Goby
Pajama Cardinals
Red Saddleback Clownfish
Royal Gammas
Flame Angel
Coral Beauty Angel
Bicolor Angel
Multicolor Angel
Humu (Picasso) Trigger
Blue Gudgeon Dartfishes
Green Gudgeon Dartfishes
Scarlett Red Hermit Crabs
Mixican Turbo Snails
Zebra Stripe Turbo Snails
Bumblebee Snails
Truchos Snails
Tiger Sand Conch (Fantastic diatom and red slime eater)
Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimps
Tuxedo Urchins Blue
Skunk Cleaner Shrimps
Plenty of corals - frags & colonies
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Steve... we've got several in stock. give me a call if you need them
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Sailfin Tangs Desjardini (Small)
Blue (Hippo) Tang Small size
Yellow Tangs
Bristletooth Tang
Yellow Coris Wrasse
Foxface Rabbitfish
Bartlett's Anthias (Females)
Copperbands Butterfly (Small & Medium)
Green Mandarin Gobies (Males& Female Pair)
Green Spotted (Target) Mandarins (Males)
Purple Firefish
Helfrich's Firefish
Humu Trigger (Small size)
Porcupine Puffers (small\medium sizes)
Dogface Puffer
Rainfordi Goby
Yellow Clown Gobies
Yellow Citron Gobies
Yellow Watchman Goby
Diamond Sleeper Goby
Midas Blennies
Tailspot Blennies
Lawnmower Blennies
Blue Gudgeon Dartfishes
Green Gudgeon Dartfish
Flame Hawkfish
Tangerine Albino Clownfish Pair
Inverts
Blue Leg Hermit
Scarlett Red Hermit Crabs
Bumblebee Snails
Nerite Snails
Truchos Snails
Astrea Snails
Nassarius Snails
Margarita Snails
Tiger Sand Conch (Fantastic diatom and red slime eater)
Porcelain Crabs
Ruby Red Emerald Crabs
Green Emerald Crabs
Peppermint Shrimps
Tuxedo Urchins Blue
Fire Blood Shrimps
Skunk Cleaner Shrimps
Blue Linkia Starfish
ORA OrdeORA Ocellaris Clownfishes
ORA Black\White Ocellaris
ORA Platinum Percula
ORA Premium Snowflake Bonded Pair
ORA Indigo Dottyback
ORA Caramel Clownfish Bonded Pair
ORA True Percular Clownfishes
ORA Misbar Percular Clownfishes
ORA Neon Cleaner Goby
ORA Yellow Stripe Cleaner Goby
ORA Yellow Sharknose Cleaner GobySilver Xenia (Xenia sp.)
Pumping Xenia (Xenia sp.)
Micronesian Green Sinularia
Blue Voodoo Staghorn (Acropora sp.)
Purple Capricornis (Montipora capricornis)
German Blue Polyp (Montipora digitata)
Purple Montipora Undata (M. undata)
Pink & Green Damicornis (Pocillopora damicornis)
Hyacinth Birds Nest - (Seriatopora sp)
Ponape Birdsnest (Seriatopora sp.)
Purple Stylophora (Stylophora sp.)
Marshall Island Purple & Green (Acropora sp.)
Marshall Island Hammer Coral (Euphyllia sp.)
Micronesian Mauve Acro
Marshall Island Lantana (Montipora sp.)
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Bartlett's Anthias: Female
Bartlett's Anthias: Male
Flavoguttatus Anthias - Beautiful
Tribal Blenny
Diamond Goby
Helfrich's Firefish (Pair)
Purple Firefish Goby
Firefish Goby
Green Mandarin
Royal Gramma
Red Scooter Blenny
Scooter Blenny
Cryptic Sixline Wrasse (Rare)
Harlequin Tusk
Banner (Bangai) Cardinal
Orbic (Pajama) Cardinal
Glass Cardinal
Yellow Tang
Naso Vlamingii Tang Juv
Blue Eye Kole Tang
McCoskeri Flasher Wrasse (Male)
Melanurus Wrasse
Yellow Coris Wrasse
Red Coris Wrasse
Six line wrasse
Cleaner Wrasse
Proaquatix bred black ocellaris clownfish
Proaquatix bred ocellerais clownfish
Proaquatix bred albino tangerine
Foxface Rabbitfish
Copperband Butterfly
Aiptasia Eating File
Monday:
Regal Angels
Japanese Swallowtail Female
Japanese Zebra Swallowtail Male
Flashing Goby (must see)
Blue Ribbon Eel
Lubbocks Fairy Wrasse
Pink Margin Wrasse
Green Algae Urchins
Rose Bubble Anenome
Maxi-Mini Carpet Anem
Cleaner Shrimp
Blood Fire Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimp
Candy stripe pistol shrimp
Coral Banded Shrimp
Fire Shrimp
Red Band Trochus Snails
red-leg hermits
blue-leg hermits
Cerith Snails
Nassarious snails
Bumblebee Snails
Zebra Left Hand Hermits
Turbo Mexican Snails
Dry Goods Specials: Our IM Nuvo Display (Nuvo 4, Nuvo 8, Nuvo 38 gallon) tanks are up. If you haven't seen one in person, these are beautiful. Sleek, Contemporary look
Reef Octopus: DB-XS225 "Octopus Diablo 8"" Skimmer Rated up 200gal." Reg $385, Sale $360.00. Our customer ordered the wrong size, so you get this for less and we don't have to send it back
D-D Nanoscopes: Reg: $113; Close Out Sale Price: $55
D-D Refractometer: $59.99
NextReef Coral Viewers: Reg $21.99; Sale Price $14.99
Millionaire auto ac\battery operated air pumps $14.99 - Don't let lightning strike twice
Nutramur Ova - no more fear of your green mandarins, pipefish or seahorses not having enough pods. All fish love this stuff.
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Welcome Dave. Thanks for stopping by and chatting with us last weekend. It was a pleasure to meet you. Urging sounds like such a forceful word
. I think the better word to use would be advised 
. Pics look great and your well on your way. You'll find that there are lots of folks in the Manassas\Gainesville area that are very helpful. Looking forward to seeing the progression of your tank... and eventual upgrade to a larger one 
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I only see a green one which looks to be a ricordia.
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Don't tighten when it's already on the nozzle since it won't be able to tighten all the way. the trick is to secure the zip tie to the the tube a tad bit smaller than the nozzle, than force it on the nozzle afterwards. I've been able to secure a tubing almost a quarter in larger by doing it this way
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I use zip ties to secure the tubing. Works great and holds tightly
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Thanks all for your suggestions. It looks like there is a number of options. My tank is 36 inches wide, 15 inches depth and 26 inches in height. I have a t5ho retro (4x39w) and 2 vho super actinic right now that my friend is lettin me use. I can use it till I figure something out. No hurries, but since it's in my living room, wanted something nice
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I like those Mr. Aqua tanks. Cheaper version of the ADA tanks. There's actually a member doing a tank build with one. Obviously the biggest issue is the size and the fact that it's not drilled but for a nano tank, I think they're among the nicest looking tanks.
Very cool. is there a link to the tank build. I'd like to see it. Also wondering if it can be drilled.
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My friend let me borrow his T5HO lights for my new setup until I can get new lights. I was wondering if I should just look solely at LEDs since I hear that's the latest craze or stick with T5HO. I don't want to go metal halide since I have an acrylic tank and am afraid it may melt or warp the tank.
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I have a few of these tanks and wondering if they were good for reef tanks. I was going to part them, but maybe hold on to a couple for future use.
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Welcome. The folks on this list have been very helpful to me. Make sure to read the posts that interest you and attend the meetings.
Thanks. I'm planning on being at the Frag Fest next week so hope to meet everyone there.
new Quiet One is LOUD!
in General Discussion
totally understand... that was the same situation we were in... it was like was hoping that it would die out since couldn't justify purchasing another pump... 13 months of pure agony