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  1. Video: Visit the 20,000g reef

    This week's video is about the Long Island Aquarium's 15 year old reef, and you will learn how it has been so well maintained over that period by the guy that cares for it personally / daily.

    I'm told it looks great on a TV, so port this to your giant flatscreen, select HD and enjoy.

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  2. 400g Install from the Summer of 2013

    This blog is long overdue. I was reading a blog on here about a dream tank and figured I would show mine. I'm sure everyone remembers Marc's (Melev) leaky Marineland custom 400g tank... Well, I am the lucky guy who picked it up for a good deal! I had a 100g setup for almost 7 years and I parted it out when I got a house back in 2010. After being house poor for a few years, I got that saltwater itch again and decided to just take a look at used tanks online. There was the tank of my dreams at ...
    Tags: tank build
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    Tank Entry , ‎ Tank - Full Summary , ‎ DIY projects
  3. Vectra pumps

    Now that I have the Reeflink I'm really thinking about the Vectra pumps from EcoTech. I am using a pair of BlueLine pumps ,one as my return that also feeds a manifold for reactors and the fuge. The other I have throttled back as my skimmer feed. While the noise reduction would be nice it's not the biggest draw for me as my sump room is in the basement.What does interest me is the control ability and monitoring. I wonder if the L1 would be able to deliver the same or more than a BlueLine 70HD at ...
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Tank Entry , ‎ Plumbing , ‎ Equipment
  4. Anemone spawning event, and Salinity Salt & Equipment update

    Earlier today, I noticed all the anemones looked strange, somewhat supersized. This one is my oldest anemone, purchased back in 2003. See how the tentacles look more like candle flames? That's not what I normally see, so I knew something was up.

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    No pictures of the event yet, but I did want to post about this evening. As the lights over the 60g Anemone Cube began to fade and turn more and more blue, I noticed the tank was looking a little ...
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    Tank Entry
  5. My new frag system is cycling, at last.

    As you know, for some time I've talked about setting up a stand alone frag system in the corner of the fishroom. In December I got everything built and last weekend I finally plumbed it in, got water circulating and a raw shrimp is now working its magic for three days to get the cycle going.





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    Tags: fragtank, vectra
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