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John, try a filter bag or panty hose with a rubber band wrapped around it to hold it in place. Should help with the micro bubbles. Garrett.

Carl, that was my old setup. The turnover now is much higher. Steve, I'm sure some pods make it into the tanks, I just believe my old gravity fed system was better as a 'refuge' for pods. IMO - gravity fed is better, unfortunately it is easier to run a fuge in-sump. G.

Jamie, I've used 2 different refugium's in my set ups. 1 - had a 30gallon long which was gravity fed into my 42 hex. The water was pumped up to the fuge by a minijet and the fuge was lit by a LOA fixture from HD. Very slow turnover. My thoughts were that this would allow the algae plenty of time to absorb nutrients. Tank was drilled for a bulkhead and returned back to the display, no need for a standpipe as the flow was so slow that the noise was negligible. To me, this is definitely the way to go... gravity fed, slow turnover, 24 hr photoperiod. 2 - now I use a 100gallon stock tank for a sump/refuge. The thirty is plumbed into the 42 and now houses zoas. The refugium has a couple hundred pounds of sand and 30# +/- LR. I like the additional volume, but I definitely prefer the gravity fed system of old to establish/maintain pods. The macro does it's job and, through all of my other struggles, my NO2, NO3, PO4 are all undetectable using Salifert test kits. Garrett.

Are you going to the winter meeting this weekend? http://www.wamas.org/bp/next.htm Garrett.

Chip, even better, you could just put the link in your signature. Garrett.

Where are you located? I could certainly give you a cup of sand, but I'm down in Fredericksburg. If you are in the area, let me know. Garrett.

Probably as our reach and membership increase, it will happen. Happens frequently enough at RC. G.

Thanks Phil, sure am. Must be grumpy this morning. Garrett.

Joined yesterday and first post is to promote a website. Hmmmm..... something don't smell correct in Denmark me thinks. <_<

Dave, gastone aka jimcroce21. Little bit of a name change there. So I should be accounted for as jimcroce21. Got it? Me neither. I'm certainly Garrett though. I believe Tim and jimcroce21 were slated to share a bag. In which case that would be Tim and gastone, or Garrett. Settled then? Garrett.

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Dave, where is this coming in? I've got a fairly large vehicle and can transport to the meeting if need be. 'Sides, I wouldn't mind checking out your system if it works out. Garrett.

Tim, I'm your huckleberry... I mean lime buddy. Garrett.

Dave, what exactly are we ordering? Is it just the kalk or are we adding magnesium and calcium chloride as well? Garrett. If we are including Mg, I'm in for 1 bag of that as well as my 1/2 bag of kalk.

Craig, when will we find out if Dr. Mac will be attending the winter meeting? Garrett.

Byron, I think I've got some Interceptor for you... though I might just have one dose left. I haven't forgotten and I'll check when I get home. Garrett.

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Charlie, It might take a day or two for everything to get processed. I seem to recall that I had a 48 +\- hour wait. Garrett.

Thanks Dave. I've got plenty of room for the reflectors. I'll just have to figure out a way to mount them. I don't have to go with bulbs from aqualux, I could get them elsewhere if there are other bulbs that are better. G.

I've got a 30 long which is currently lit by 190W VHO URI super actinic and 190W VHO 10k. As I'm about to replace bulbs shortly I thought, why not switch the 10k to T5? So, based upon some research at RC, I can get these reflectors which are comparable to the IC reflectors, but signicantly cheaper http://www.aqualuxlighting.com/39ultra.html My question is, what color bulbs would you recommend. I'll continue to use the VHO actinics. I'm running an IC660 ballast and for the time being this is a zoanthid tank, with a few echinos and some other various LPS mixed in. Garrett.

What lighting and how much flow do you have running? G.

Rik, how big are they? Beautiful by the way. Garrett.

Funny.... I didn't realize the Brittish had a sense of humour. G.

Alright, being a math teacher entitles me to be verbally challenged. I googled lesdistic and came across only three hits. What in God's name does lesdistic mean? G.

Rik, did you mean the 5700? Garrett.