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I have found that putting a fan on the sump so that the water is blowing over the surface of the water can keep a tank pretty cool. I just use a little 4" desk fan and it kept my tank below 80* with a 150 watt MH pendant over my 20L. It is much cheaper than a chiller too... DIY or not. Jesse

That's disturbing.... straight-up. Jesse

What size tank are you dealing with? What kind of lighting, powerheads, etc do you have? What temps are you working with? Heat is usually combatable with fans on nanos. I would consider doing something with them before getting into a chiller. Jesse

Agreed. Jesse

I actually use the water from OC Aquatics. I was told that it was just Catalina water, but its levels are just about where I need them: Alk is around 8.96 dKH, Ca around 375 (a little low but easier to fix), PO4 is almost non-existant. It's $0.35/gallon too. I tested the water I ogt from...

You are right in that Scripps is natural seawater as opposed to premade. I do use Scripps about 25% of the time. I got tired of driving up the 55 to get it every time! I mainly use it now when I need to drop my Alk or Ca. It is low in both of those areas. My testings show the Alk to be...

I got a sweet deal on a nice-sized red/orange cap frag (or small colony!)... With the flash it is an orange color... Under my lighting though it looks like this... I really like this piece even if I paid full price for it... for $15, I love it even more! It measures at least 4"...

Well... how much macroalgae do you have growing in your fuge? Personally, I would remove as much as I could. Some of it appears to me some sort of macroalgae or plant. I think with time, your fuge with have enough micro and macroalgae to compete for nutirents in order to choke out algae...

I have to dose to raise the Ca, alk, and occasionally Mg becauseI most of the pre-made waters are deficient on all of thsoe elements plus I have the two croceas and a dozen or so SPS... that tends to drop the Ca pretty quickly. I do not dose anything else like iodine, traces, etc. As far...

I'm doing daily 1-2 gallon water changes right now for a couple reasons... keep in mind that up until this point, I had no skimemr. That is the main reason. Another, I find it easier for me to keep up on. Lately the water changes have slipped to about 4-5 1-2g water changes per week. I also...

As long as you are staying up on your water changes you should be good. The general rule is do not dose anything that you cant/dont test for. Also, a downfall with the "all-in-one" additives is that if you do indeed test and find your tank to be deficient in something (which a water change can...

What happened to the eggcrate shelves? I was going to copy yours. And what the heck were you thinking getting those three fish for your tank?? The coral beauty *maybe*, but a lunare wrasse and a tang? Is it a sailfin or a yellow tang? :evil: lol Jesse

I may have been a popular term in the multitudes of spam we were receiving over the last few months. Jesse

That looks like the direction I am going right now. There will be one more shelf in there... the very light-demanding acros will be on the upper shelf, the other SPS like the milleporas etc will be on this larger lower shelf, and the zoanthids/palys will be on the lower shelf in the shade of...

No, no plans for a new display any time soon although I have an oak stand/canopy for a 40g... hmmm. LOL. Maybe someday. I will be keeping it like this most likely. Ill try cooking the rock that was in the display and we'll go from there. I'm going to try my hand and coral propagation. I...

Hows your tank doing Brandon?? You were an inspiration for my latest transition with my 20L. Jesse

Yeah I love the T5s. These were actually taken with only the ATI Blue Plus and a Geisemann Super Actinic though. Then I played with the WB a little bit/ I put the crate in there because I am converting the tank over to a propagation-style tank. There will be at least one more shelf on top...

Here are some pics from my fuge too... Jesse

Time for some update/growth shots! The pics on the left were taken around March 28 when I received them. The ones on the right were taken tonight, April 15... not bad for 19 days growth huh?? The tips have healed up well from being a little banged up during shipping. You may have...

Looks like a Calcinus laevimanus... dwarf zebra hermit. Jesse