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Right now he has 2 175W lights, I agree on the no name..but the ballasts are warrantied for 5 years, and the fixture for 1 year. They have 2 4" cooling fans it says, and for 30 bucks they will put in some moonlights with a seperate switch. I cant really tell whats going on w/ the ballast, I...

This is what I was thinking of http://cgi.ebay.com/5ft-60-Metal-Halide-Power-compact-hood-light-3X-250_W0QQitemZ7702564211QQihZ018QQcategoryZ46314QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem I take it his corals are happy? they are still alive haha and they are growing.

Looking for a x-mas present for my brother. Currently he has a 60" hood w/ 2 175W 10K metal halide bulbs. He has a bad ballast, and me and my dad were thinking of just getting him a new good for x-mas w/ new ballasts and all. He has a taller tank, its 5 foot wide..id say maybe foot and a half...

Ive always heard good things about IO. And i have also heard about kent having problems so figured ill just switch. I could always use a buffer to get my Ph/alk up.

Alright thank you.

What kind of precautions do I need to take if any while switching brands of salt. I was gonna go from Kent, to IO..anything i should be careful with or watchout for? TIA

I know a TDS meter wont work in a saltwater tank because it messes up the reading. If i stuck my TDS meter in my freshwater tank that would work right? I just did it to one of ours and it came out at 421...Is that an accurate reading if my RO it comming out at 0? Basically i want to know if a...

I'm not feeding the tank right now becaues the fish havent got moved back in. So the tank hasnt had food in it for a about a 2 months. Can i use the digital TDS meter on saltwater too, would it being saltwater mess anything up? It has to be comming from my water because it seems everytime i...

I just got a TDS meter because i have been having algea problems..and was just wondering what my TDS was at comming out of my RO/DI Unit, I checked today and it is 0ppm comming out of my RO unit and around 150ppm comming straight out of the faucet so it seems it is doing what it should. If im...

I think mine said let 5-10 gallons run out first, i wouldnt recommend using it in any tank because you dont really know whats going to come out. Mine had some green water comming out at first because of the resin..so i would just dump it.

1. Not sure...its the Rea Sea..Reef Lab, that leads me to believe its only for saltwater but im not sure. 2. No, elbow comes straight out the DI into the bucket 3. Resin is still be good, You have your colors mixed up for good and bad this is what his site says "When the resin is used up, the...

I just got a 110GPD RO+2DI REVERSE OSMOSIS water FILTER from filterdirect about a month or 2 ago. I got it because my last one was so old i decided just to get a new one. My problem is im getting a phosphate reading of like .2 out of it. It should be zero im assuming...any idea why its like this?

You cant go wrong with RO/DI, it will end up saving you time and money in the long run. Id either purchase a RO/DI unit, or go to the LFS or Walmart and purchase your water from them if you dont get a RO/DI unit. I wouldnt recommend using tapwater but of course there are people that do it.

I just found 3 in my tank as well, im redoing the plumbing and drained my overflow sections to redo the bulkheads. In the bucket of water i found 3 3" worms in there. Atleast they couldnt do any damage since they were stuck in my overflow section but i know since i saw those there are more that...

Alright thanks alot