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That will be a great project. Good luck with the build. I' in the Wheaton area of Silver spring, close by. If you need some extra muscle send me a PM. will be happy to help

This for letting us know. I will put a prayer in with the big guy above for you. On the bright side, you will have no excuse to sit (or lie) infront front of your tank and just enjoy it. Its very relaxing, Doctor's order. Be well

Certainly! they want more of your money

unable to send PM, can you look into that

pm sent

I did the same thing to my 180G tank. I have 3 maxspect razors. I added a pair of 80 T5 fixtures to the front and back of the tank with the LEDs in the middle. I started by running the T5s for 4 hrs and slowly ramp up to 8 hrs (9-5). I think my sps frags like it. They are really starting to grow and color up

I heard BRS will be recording the talks. I am definitely looking forward to watching them

I am thinking that the temp is not the problem, as some of the colonies have been at that them for over 2 yrs. Certainly they could be starving. Will look into feeding them. Any suggestions besides KZ Amino Acid LPS? Many thanks

The tank temp is averaging 79 degrees but low of 78 and high of 80. I do not usually target feed the corals, but i do broad feed them when i feed the fish (LRS, Rods, Mysis). I usually feed the fish every day and i change 35 gallons of water (system volume @250G) every 2 weeks. I am seriously thinking nitrates may be too low. I will be adding two tangs to the system by the end of the month. That should help. I am having a hard time determining nitrate levels. By API test kit, it has always been 0. Just got a Salifert kit, but I have a really hard time reading that thing. I would guess <10, but i am not betting a finger on that. What are people using out there for nitrate? I have not thought about doing any supplementation. Perhaps i need to start thinking about that. As for flow, I have 2 MP40s and a gyre 150 (running at a max of 50%). I noticed some dead spot that i will address this weekend. But the hammers are not being blasted

I do not thing fragging is the issue in my case. I have had colonies that have been growing for over two years just start dying one head at a time. I thought it was an issue of shading, but even colonies that are directly under the light would start to dissolve away. I have also had newly fragged pieces also die of my. I thought it was some kind of disease but even after dipping in Bayers, I did not see anything (other that a few pods) fell off. I am also running a UV 24/7 on my system. The bulb is only a few months old. the mystery continues. Thanks all for the suggestions

My salinity is 1.025. It may fluctuate up to 1.026. I use a refractometer

Ive thought of that too. I feed about once a day. between LRS, Rods, spectrum pellets and PE mysis. I do have plans to increase the bio load (kole and naso tangs) soon. They are in QT

The tank is a 180g with a very light bio load. only about 15 small fish. Not sure how to check for voltage leak, but all the equipment are fairly new. As for the magnet, I can take a closer look at the flipper i use. Looks pretty good though. I did thought it was some kind of disease. In fact i considered Brown jelly disease and proceeded to take out all the euphyllias and dip them in Bayers insect killer for a good 15 min. Not sure it made a difference as i just loss another head yesterday. Did not considered euphyllia eating flatworm, but reckon the dip would have taken care of them too

I have spent many a hrs at nite looking at the tank, the only thing i have seen are a few bristle worms. Nothing on the corals. Regarding the alk, I use a Hannah checker and I test every week. The range is between 7.8 and 8.5. I recently re test using the Red Sea Pro kit. That reading was about 8.0

So over the past months I have been loosing my hammer corals very slowly. One head at a time would just "melt" away. At first i thought nothing of if, but it has continued and i have loss several colonies, including some very expensive gold and orange hammers, both wall and branching. The tank has been up for about a year and parameters are stable Alk ~8 Ca ~500 (a bit high) Mg ~1300 Nitrates always read 0 (API) if fact, I have been having problems grown LPS ( acans die, welso, lobo all struggle) I have a few SPS frags that are really looking good Any suggestions? If fact, I would love to have an experienced refer (s) stop by and take a look at my set up. I am in the Wheaton area of silver spring many thanks

Try quantum reefs

I have a DC 1200 on my 180g tank. I have been running it for about 8 months without any issues.

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Here is what i did. http://forum.neptunesystems.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=852&d=1381707379 I have 2 EB8s that i put on separate circuits and i made sure to put my return pumps and some power heads on separate circuits just in case one of them trips. Also, i got a battery backup for one of my MP40. This will keep things going for up to 24 hrs. As for backup power, I got 2 UPSs, one (small one) for my cable router and the other one for my Apex (see link) I also have 2 Deep cycle marine batteries (I think they are about 750 Ah each), a battery charger (tricky charger), and a 1100 watt power inverter. The marine battery and the power inverter can easily last 2 days. You can certainly go with this set up for a while. Of course, a generator will be the next best thing. You can certainly get a really small one to charge the batteries if power is out for a very long time. good luck

I just brought mine on line tonight. I have a 180g tank and in the design of the build, i planned for it with the plumbing. One of my fish was looking a bit sick, so i decided to bring it on line. It can't hurt, right?

Way cool Nice job WAMAS family

Thanks for passing the info along. Mine has to be replace

Looks like sponge to me. They are friendly. Good filter feeders. If you really want them gone, remove the rock and scrape/brush em off. You can use a tooth brush or a razor blade I have lots in my tank

I too feel ready. Bought another marine deep cycle battery from costo this morning. Charged them up and they are ready to go. My neighbor has a whole house generator and will allow me to recharge my batteries at her place if needed. Also got D-batteries for my air pumps plus the battery back up for my mp40 is ready to go. Now let it show. Looking forward to taking my son out to sled in the winter wonder land.

very nice tank