wildcrazyjoker81

Well be careful on your selection of LPS if you go with the RW15's. I am not sure what you mean about the power supply making it an RW8. I know you can vary the voltage and dull it down yes, but they are different in size and GPH. Jebao RW8 Wireless WaveMaker (185 - 2113 gph) and Jebao RW15 Wireless WaveMaker (317 - 3962 gph). If anything go with the RW15's and if you find out they are too much flow then sell/trade them for RW8's.

bean animal link for coast to coast http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1310585

+1 on the bean animal. A nice coast to coast would work well.

My RW15 and WP40 rock my 150G. That is a ton of flow in a 48 inch tank. What are you planning to keep? Sand or bare bottom?

On a bigger scale, what can we do with MACNA next year to help?

So my friend was able to use his contacts and found out JF only has one frag left of this beach bum and it is about to hit the street at $699. This coral may stay out of reach for a while sadly.

Sadly I hit up John via text and he lost his JF Beach Bum, however he is hitting up a few of his friends on R2R who have them finding out what they have. To be continued.....

I met a guy named John up in White Marsh yesterday who has a frag of this. He has a ton of the high end stuff from JF, WWC, RR, etc. He is not on any forum though. Maybe the same person Justin is referring to.

I love my RLSS DC12000. It is nice being able to turn it down and up again. Feed mode is nice to. I have heard good things about the sicce syncra pumps too.

Just saw this in person and it is a flawless design and grows chaeto extremely fast. Thanks again for the chaeto you gave me.

+1 on the Exotic Reef Creations (ERC) note. I love the quarantine process they have in place . They can also get fish based upon what you want vice having to settle for what is in stock. (Not saying your LFS store won't do this as well though)

Seaclone = money wasted. Think more Reef Octopus BH, AquaC Remora Pro/Pro-S, AquaMaxx Hang on Back Series HOB-XC, Bubble Magus BM-NAC5E (I run one on my 55 and it does an okay job), etc. If memory serves DaveS has a very nice Deltec HOB for sale still. That is a heck of a skimmer. It will be like getting a Mercedes for honda pricing.

+1000 this is great advice

Never heard of them, but you couldn't pay me to put those in my tank. First suction cups are a lose - lose situation 95% of the time. Most decent pumps these days use magnets. Second your trusting a 10 dollar pump to not destroy hundreds of dollars of sand, rock, fish, corals etc by leaking materials in the water and or breaking. That is risky business right there. If your trying to be a bit more frugal then go for some Koralia pumps. I am sure people on here have some laying around for cheap.

Pumps is determined by what your housing. If mainly Softies/LPS then a ton of flow is not needed. Maybe one RW8/WP25/MP10, just the opposite with SPS/Acro's. Many people just experiment with what works best for them. I run one WP25 in my 55 Softies/LPS and it does a good job for flow, but does leave a couple of dead zones due to my rock work.

I gotta see this one in person. And guess who lives down the street...THIS GUY!

Great Dame? Is that a cheap shot at Amanda? JK HA HA!

I am literally able to hand feed my entire tank with LRS Reef Frenzy and Herbivore Frenzy. Guess I am just lucky.

No evergrow fixture to cover 48" long. Here are the break downs of each fixture information: d2040 - the replacement to the d120. it has 55 3-watt LEDs, 2 potentiometers controlling two channels. two power cords, one for each channel. it measures 16" x 8.5" x 2.5". the d2040 includes heatsinks, comes in black or white, and comes in the IT series sleek case design. it2040 - includes an intuitive controller which has an LCD and is a touch interface. it allows intensity changes in half hour or one-hour increments and one can program a sunrise, sunset, and a moon cycle if they choose. it has 55 3-watt LEDs and measures 16" x 8.5" x 2.5". this fixture comes with one power cord for clean wire management and a remote for control at a distance of the 3 channels. it2060 - includes an intuitive controller which has an LCD and is a touch interface. it allows intensity changes in half hour or one-hour increments and one can program a sunrise, sunset, and a moon cycle if they choose. it has 51 3-watt LEDs and measures 24" x 8" x 2.5". this fixture comes with one power cord for clean wire management and a remote for control at a distance of the 3 channels. it2080 - includes an intuitive controller which has an LCD and is a touch interface. it allows intensity changes in half hour or one-hour increments and one can program a sunrise, sunset, and a moon cycle if they choose. it has 99 3-watt LEDs and measures 32" x 8" x 2.5". this fixture comes with one power cord for clean wire management and a remote for control at a distance of the 3 channels.

Ahem. Back on topic gents! Led's will save you tons of money and the D120's are a great bang for your buck. MH and T5's IMHO are a better total lighting, but replacing bulbs yearly or more adds up fast. So lots of good options.

Are you a paid member?

Perfect excuse for an upgrade too. Just saying lol.

What are the dimensions of the tank? Manufacturer?

I run the 250W Radium with Galaxy ballast and they look pretty blue to me. But then again I haven't tried a 400W so don't have much to compare to. You put in a lot of work for sure and it is a lot of good information. I too am sticking with MH/T5 route over LED's. Just makes more sense as I start to get ramped up more and more on SPS.

If it is the one behind the duncan that is a toadstool leather coral. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+600+753&pcatid=753