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About fchidsey
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married to the love of my life with two kids
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Southern Florida
Interests:
Reefing, Fishing, DIY, Scuba Diving, Wakeboarding
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an employee of the city

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Are my lights killing my corals??

by fchidsey on 05-29-2010 at 09:45 AM
I know this is a really dumb question but I really just have not other Idea what could be going on here.

I have tested the parameters in the tank 160 reef 30 - 40 gallon sump. the tank has been running for 10 months now reading over the last three weeks
sg 1.027 read with both hydrometer and refractometer
am 0, nitrite 0 nitrate 10 ppm
cal 385 - 400
alk 9.6 - 10.5
mg 1350
phosphate 0.00 - 0.05
tank temp between 76.7 and 77.9

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NEED HELP STAT! , ‎ Lighting

Reef Results Phosblaster super nuker liquid phosphate remover.

by fchidsey on 05-10-2010 at 05:35 PM
Ok today I picked up a couple things that I have been neglecting to test in my system. I have never test phosphate until today I am going to begin testing with an ELOS expert line PO4 test kit and I am going to use reef results phosblaster super nuker liquid phosphate remover to remove the phosphate in my system.

the claim of this product is 1 point per treatment, the treatment is 10 ml per 50 gallons. I am going to be dosing 40 ML to treat 180 gallon system. the pictures taken

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Updated 05-23-2010 at 10:34 PM by melev

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NEED HELP STAT! , ‎ Water Chemistry

Fred's 150 Build

by fchidsey on 05-07-2010 at 02:33 PM
Hi I'm New here sort of. I have used many of the great articles posted on Melevesreef.com for a few years now, and The DIY section for building Sumps.

So here is a little back ground. I began keeping salt water aquariums around 1995. so for the last fifteen years I have had several FOWLR tanks and Three reef tanks two with moderate success.

My Current tank is a 150 gallon reef tank that has been mostly DIY. The tank is glass 72x18x28 I drilled the end of the tank and installed

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Updated 05-07-2010 at 02:53 PM by melev

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