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  1. Ecotech

    Well, I decided I had enough of the noise from my 2 mp60's so I upgraded both to the new quiet drives. What an amazing difference! One is now almost silent and the other is at least 80% quieter. Here's where things go a bit sideways. Neither driver will remember night mode. While not a big deal I think all features should work properly. I reached out to Ecotech and basically the new drivers need a firmware update. I tried contacting the retailer I purchased them from to see if they could do it for ...
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Electrical , ‎ Equipment , ‎ New Additions
  2. magnesium

    Marc recently posted about raising mag in his tank. That got me thinking I haven't tested mine in some time. Well, today it is 1050. According to the reef chemistry calculator I'm going to have to put 20 cups of Randy's 2 part to get it to 1400! Can that be right?
  3. Calcium reactor

    I've had a fair amount of trouble in the tank over the last several months.In that time I lost a 5 gal pail of sps so I pulled my reactor offline as it wasn't needed. Now that things have recovered nicely and things are once again stable with frequent water changes, I'm ready to restart the calcium reactor. In the past I've had difficulty keeping the effuent flow rate consistent and have had to tweak it daily. I will be ordering the same regulator as Melev and a controller of some kind. I'm thinking ...
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Tank Entry , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ Equipment
  4. Nature has it's way

    Right then.Float sensor stuck on due to little white snails.Ato thinks water is low in sump.Pumps ro water into system untill sump overflows dumping i"m guessing 20 gal onto basement floor.And the external skimmer pump.Then gfci for that room pops.No pwr to system for several hours.Thats what I discovered at 10:30 am.Scrambling all day doing damage control and cleanup.
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry , ‎ Electrical , ‎ Equipment
  5. Big changes

    Fts from today. Changed out my lights to 2 Orphek Atlantik units a while back. Super happy with them and the changes in the tank.

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    Updated 01-03-2014 at 04:39 PM by melev

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    Tank Entry , ‎ Lighting
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