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  1. My 300Gallon Reef in Saudi Arabia - UPDATE 2

    Another one.....


    I lost this coral almot 60%..... it's regrow from very small frag.....


    See another comparison......Green Acro...
    10th August 2010


    09 December 2010
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  2. My 300Gallon Reef in Saudi Arabia - UPDATE 1

    UPDATE

    I is quite long I didn't post update of my 300 mixed reef.. want to share with RA......



    Maxima Clams......




    1.5 inch Acro frag. It was Start STNing a month before..... quite fine and growing...

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    Tank Entry , ‎ Tank - Full Summary
  3. lighting: what kind of light is this?

    The light that came with my 55g used tank supports two 55 watt power compact whites and two 55 watt blue actinic bulbs but has an additional light bar of some kind running along the back edge that I would like help identifying. It is a thin little tube and emits a bluish lite that almost looks like a black light but probably isn't. It is also wired separately from the main lights.

    The light has no labels but the guy I bought it from said it was a coravue knock-off and that he was ...
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    Questions - Need some input , ‎ Lighting
  4. Plumbing: Drain lines to the sump and refugium

    My 400g reef had five drains in the external overflow. They are equally spaced apart, and plumbing these into my sump was a little challenging. I'm sure I got a few gray hairs trying to come up with the perfect plan.

    First of all, it needed five Durso Standpipes. All five are 1.5" black PVC going into 1.5" bulkheads. The drainlines are 1.5" as well.

    Each Durso is drilled with a 3/16" hole in the cap to vent the drain. None of the Durso Standpipes were glued. They ...
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  5. The Manifold Assembly: Running multiple items from a single pump

    With the return section completed, it was time to build the second section that is called a manifold. It has its own pump, and feeds a few items. The beauty of a manifold is that one external pump takes the place of multiple submersible pumps, and a series of valves provides the user to control flow rates to each item.

    My goal was to run three reactors and a frag tank, and also have it available as a secondary back up to the main return pump if needed. I wanted to run the manifold ...
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    Plumbing