Recent content by scooter268

Yeah, I have Quick Strips which does hardness, ph, alkaline, nitrate, nitrite, and another. They are separated color charts for fresh & salt. Now looking how white portland is made via google, its the same process except: White portland cement is made from raw materials...

A place near New Orleans, La called Coral Connection makes their own Live Rock using the following. White Portland Cement, crush coral, and acrylic shavings. They sell it for $2.50 per pound. So, do the math if you needed 100lbs. I couldn't find the white so I tried the gray. After making some...

The lights are ballast, it came with the fixtures. Now, just like one response about the ballast- These light fixtures came stock w/ 21 watt bulbs, I put 39 watt bulbs on there not flickers and when its turned on, its an instant start up.:gangsta: Softies are doing fine:cool:.. but later i will...

Never heard of that. But as of now I have a total of 6 T-5 bulbs and two T-12s. Now, I"m going to go with 12 T-5 bulbs total or maybe 10. The heat isn't too bad. Now the way I wire the lights is as follows: I bought the biggest gauge extension cord and cut the female end off. I hard wired my...

I bought my T-5 fixtures from Home Depot. Double strips. Now I bought my bulbs from my LFS, 39w each. So, my fixtures are 36" long. I placed aluminum A/C duct tape as a reflector. Some may dispute the where I got the fixtures but I'm running 10k and actinic with no problems. I'm just started...