So my efforts to clean reflectors are futile, there is tons of pitting and it aint worth it. So looking at buying new reflectors is gonna cost me about $60+ I would much rather just buy a new set. The one I want is $460 and I dont have that cash. So I was looking at http://cgi.ebay.com/48-4-ft-T5-Light...item45f536dbb6 Is this going to be enough light? I was thinking ...
So if you read my tank post you know that I got a used set of power compact lights. The reflectors that came with it are nasty. I soaked in CLR and nothing, soaked in vinegar and its still pretty hard. I was thinking of using the plastic brush attachment on my dremel to get the saltcreep off and then use the buffing wheel to bring it back to a shine. Any input on a good way to clean these up? any input on where ...
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 ...
Updated 10-02-2010 at 03:48 PM by OneReef
Ok, trying a new experiment since I am going all SPS. Trying to take the system to low nutrient and feed Oyster eggs, amino acids and the like. I just dumped all of my GFO out of my phosban reactor and added a can of the Warner Marine EcoBak ULNS pellets. As you can see I trimmed some embroidery plastic mesh sheets to make a circle to replace the sponges on the top and the bottom. Word is that the sponges gets clogged up with the bacteria and what not. Then it says ...