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Hey Tim - If you have any more I would love to take one off your hands. I will not be at the swap so let me know where you are at and I will swing by as soon as you are ready for me.

Oh OK good to know. I started a tank journal a few weeks ago for my own/others benefit as well as being able to participate in chains as that seems to be a common requirement. I will go check out the Zoa section. Thx!

Hello DBTC'ers - I am new to reefing and my tank has been up and running (sans corals) for four months now. I am finalizing my lighting selection soon and thinking about what types of corals to introduce first. I would like to become a part of your "chain" but obviously until I get some time...

I am 4 months into starting a new tank. All fish are thriving (light load). No corals yet. I am close to my desired water parameters after adding a dosing pump and have run a starter light on the tank 8-10 hours a day for over a month now. Coralline algae growing all over the new equipment...

Once you guys get time to play with the checker and build up some tribal knowledge as to how to use it best, if anyone is willing, I would love to borrow it to "test drive" before I shell out the cash for one of my own. If not comfortable, no hard feelings ;)

OK thx for the input. So maybe I'm looking for a pump now instead of a reactor ;-)

I could I guess. I'm just trying to design the filtration system as fire-and-forget as possible. Being at home all the time now is fine, I screw with something on the tank a few times a day. But theoretically... at some point... life should return to normal and I will be away from the house for...

Greeting Fellow BARFERS - Does anyone have an unused/unwanted reactor for biopellets that has worked well for them but is no longer needed. I have slightly elevated Nitrates (~40ppm) in a recently cycled tank I cannot bring down and wanted to try pellets as a low-maintenance, reliable solution...

I actually found this tank of Craigslist a number of years ago and thought it was unique enough that I wanted to try a reef tank with it some day. You are correct, it is an epoxy on the back then they embedded rocks and impregnated the epoxy with gravel substrate to fill in the gaps.

Yeah I was / am also but I took my time and hopefully did it right. By design, hopefully, if something fails it will dump in the back yard rather than inside the house. Time will tell. Anyway, thanks, I'm excited to get some stuff glued up on "the wall" and watch it fill in.

A brief history... I have been up and down with a little 30 gal fish only salt tank for over 10 years. A friend gave it to me when he was moving and I loved the idea of a thriving salt tank but knew very little about what I was doing and didn't have the time to take the hobby seriously with work...

Ah, I was looking at that one too. Was rated pretty well by BRS guys. Which generation or xr30 is it / how old? Let me consider this and get back to you.

Yeah, I have kept fish before but never did any corals of any kind. My new tank is near the end of cycling so my plan is to run this light with some easy, low light demand corals until I see how my tank / water reacts, how to feed... then I'm leaning toward the AP9X once I get things dialed in a...

I'm in Santa Clara so not sure which way you will be driving from Scotts Valley to SF but let me know you closest point to Santa Clara and I will meet you.

@svreef Yeah sorry but I'm new to the club and I'm not sure what the protocol is for exchanging stuff. Thanks again for the offer and let me know what I need to do.

Certified Open Water and Advanced Open Water in Monterey. Fiji, Cozumel, Hawaii many times, Caribbean... then I had kids. Still try to go out when I can but that is pretty rare these days. I have one dive pic I can share easily... see my profile pic. Night diving with manta rays in Hawaii. I...

Wow that would be awesome. I cannot argue with free! I can see how it works for me and it at least buys me some time. How can I pick it up?

Bumping to try to get some input on this.

Welcome, I just found this group recently also and agree it is great to connect and learn from others with the same disease ;-)

I am just past the 50% point of my new tank cycle and am considering what lights to purchase when I open shop for my new reef tank. Its a 50 gal. that is 48" long, 19" deep and 13" wide. I was going to lay out the $1,200 for two Kessil 360x but saw the Current IC Pro dual LED fixure for less...