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I have been running the Ecoback Biopellets for about two months now. It has been able to keep my phosphates about where they were when I ran GFO, but now dropped it down any less. With the GFO, I was at .03-.04, and that is where I am at now on the Hanna meter. The directions on the biopellets say for a tank my size, I need 750ml or more. I have about 180g total water volume, and it states 250ml per 50g. I started with 500ml as not to overdo it, but have realized if I want to drop my phophates even ...

After several attempts at new lighting, I think I have settled on something that will work for me. I have been running 150w Phoneix DE for about a year now, and have decided since I have eneded up primarily SPS, that I would move up to 250w Radium halides. At first I tried LumenArc reflectors, which blocked too much airflow in my canopy, they were too large in there as well, forcing me to take out my VHO's that did sunrise/sunset. For my 18" depth, they were heating up the water in my short ...

LOL, I am Reef Addict challenged. I understand what Marc is trying to do and be different, but I am so used to forums that I cannot find my way around RA. I am so confused. I can make a post (blog) and find them on my profile, but everything else seems so random on the site. I need someone (Marc?) to come to Memphis and show me how this place works...... LOL I guess old forum habits die hard.......

I have decided to abandon the Oceanic Salt that I have been using since my 150g tank has been set up. I have found that the calcium levels are just too high for my tastes. It is staying up at around 460-470ppm, even with my calcium reactor turned down to bare minimum drip and bubble count. Oceanic is known to have high calcium levels, so to bring it down I am switching to a new salt that has come onto the market in the last year. It is Seachems AquaVitro Salinity. The unique thing about their ...

Since I have decided to go all SPS in my 150g, I decided to toy with going from 150w halides to 250w. I ended up adding a 250w to the middle and leaving the pendants on the ends at 150w.

The new 250w in the middle is a Lumen Bright Mini pendant, with a SE Radium 20K bulb. Now that I have seen how much brighter and better my colors look in person, I think I am going to change them all over to 250w Radiums.

We had a local frag swap yesterday and I made enough money to ...