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Maybe not a flop. It will just be hard to see something so small in a very large tank without the fantastic voyage ☺.
My first name is Barbara. I've been in the aquarium hobby for 25 years but just in the last 2 1/2 Years starting getting into the salty side of things. I have had a lot of help from people like Paul, sniper, seaweed, and autumn and i try to give help back when I can. Its been a blast chatting with all of you. I've learned a lot as well.

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Barbara., imo the " salty side " just seemingly adds soooo many more challenges than the freshwater setups.
Plus you can show off all your weird equipment as well . Protein skimmers , all the reactors etc makes one feel like you could or should be talking to Sheldon on the Big Bang theory... :)


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I have a cheap blue laser that can burn them if your glass is clean. Will send it to you if you want, but it comes with a pair of goggles and I wouldn't want anyone else in the room as you use it.


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I've seen them used on YouTube. They make it look so easy and they don't mention anything about safety. That's very reckless in my opinion. I would be to scared to use it myself.

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Barbara., imo the " salty side " just seemingly adds soooo many more challenges than the freshwater setups.
Plus you can show off all your weird equipment as well . Protein skimmers , all the reactors etc makes one feel like you could or should be talking to Sheldon on the Big Bang theory... :)

Yes it has been challenging but well worth it. It just takes someone with a little experience to give you a helping hand. I'm sure Sheldon would have a few comments about what we do with our tanks and what we go through to make our critters happy ?. My husband and I watch that show all the time. ☺

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Barbara., imo the " salty side " just seemingly adds soooo many more challenges than the freshwater setups.
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I don't know about that, you ever see all the stuff some these guys do/have to keep those awesome planted tanks looking good?
I know I have personally had more luck with saltwater than freshwater, at least planted tanks.

We'll see how well I do with corals now....:fish2:
 
I don't know about that, you ever see all the stuff some these guys do/have to keep those awesome planted tanks looking good?
I know I have personally had more luck with saltwater than freshwater, at least planted tanks.

We'll see how well I do with corals now....:fish2:


That was just a generalization ., I do realize that some fw setups are pretty complicated too...., saltwater systems as a whole just boggles the mind


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Not doubt there's some beautiful tanks there .... A long time ago I had a gorgeous 100 gal freshwater tank but was always in awe of the saltwater world so a few years back I decided to make the switch and have never looked back .
Either world is cool :) but I just find the saltwater one more appealing


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I don't know about that, you ever see all the stuff some these guys do/have to keep those awesome planted tanks looking good?
I know I have personally had more luck with saltwater than freshwater, at least planted tanks.

We'll see how well I do with corals now....:fish2:

I'm sure you will do fine. I have a freshwater planted tank and it does take some effort. Although I do need to clean it and prune some plants.? the aquarist job is never done. Its like owning a house, there's always something that need fixing tweaking or upgrading.?????☺

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Thank you Greg,.... Watched a bunch of videos on em ,... Was Expecting a much higher price :-/. if they work as shown it'll be a wonderful addition
P.s. New Hanna alk regent came in and I retested my alk level and she's spot on wonderful !!


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Anywhere in the blue range works fine. These are a purple color and aren't as dazzling to the eye but does a fine job of nuking about anything you hit it with. Distance, focus, tank clarity all contribute to how effective it is. It takes more power if you use a green laser because of the absorption colors underwater organics are.

The 405nm laser led concentrates a very small dot so it's energy density is higher than some others. In a perfect world you would use a C02 UV laser at about 20 watts with a visible guide laser, but that's out of most hobbyists rang, thank heavens.


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Me too... Ordered the one Greg suggested and ordered the same one that they had featured on the u tube video complete with the metal brief case .... I'll be bopping them soon :) .. Just curious if going thru acrylic would be any different than glass ?


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Acrylic can really zap the beams energy. Try it. You might have to go after them with the laser in the water if you got a waterproof one. You have to focus it to a tiny dot if you can. Be careful.


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Not doubt there's some beautiful tanks there .... A long time ago I had a gorgeous 100 gal freshwater tank but was always in awe of the saltwater world so a few years back I decided to make the switch and have never looked back .
Either world is cool :) but I just find the saltwater one more appealing


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I've been considering that with my 125 planted. If I do, it will be in the next 2 or 3 year.

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Why wait ? Let's start the party now :)


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I wish Dary. I would have to sell off all of my fish and plants first and that would take time. I would need the profits from those sales to upgrade equipment. I am seriously thinking about though.

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