Hey Clint. Sorry I forgot to reply to your message. I did use those fiberglass reflector rods for years without an issue. Cut them with a hack saw for the best success.
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I wanted to give a short update on the build. This past Sunday I ordered a few corals from a seller on eBay. I also picked up a green slimmer frag and Montipora setosa frag from Ostentum. Here are pics of the ones from eBay:
Full tank shot taken today:
I also picked up a custom piece of glass to cover 1/2 of my sump. I am hoping this will help reduce the moisture that I am seeing in the stand. Here it is in place:
Full tank shot taken today:
I also picked up a custom piece of glass to cover 1/2 of my sump. I am hoping this will help reduce the moisture that I am seeing in the stand. Here it is in place:
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My family did christmas early this year and I got a new toy. A JNS Alpha 1 Biopellet Reactor and some Warner Marine EcoBak pellets. Here are the pellets in action.
http://youtu.be/HHv24CMNiRM?hd=1
http://youtu.be/HHv24CMNiRM?hd=1
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I picked up a new piece of equipment today. I got a JNS FR-1 in sump media reactor for running carbon. I was very happy with my JNS biopellet reactor and went out of my way to try and track down a FR-1 to go with it. I ended up getting it online from www.reefconcept.com in Canada.
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I really like how there are no hoses and that it is so compact.
Stock photo:
Photo of my unit:
I really like how there are no hoses and that it is so compact.
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Time for some updates. I have added a few fish so now the tank has two ORA spotted mandrins (male and female), two ORA yellow assessor, and two of my tank raised true percula clown babies. I was having problems with salt spray and humidity in the stand so I designed and built a cover for the left side of the sump. Here are some pictures of what I built.
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Well this tank is starting to fill up with LPS which was not my original plan but I just can't help myself. I am a LPS/soft coral fan at heart. I picked up this nice elegance on sale at Fish Gallery on 4/14/12.
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I am not really sure but it is a beauty.
The most recent (male) Mandarin was not keeping up his weight so I removed him to an isolation tank with a bunch of left over pods from my frog fish. The other (female) Mandarin is doing great and is very fat. Last Sunday I went by Fish Gallery to pick up some snails for my 12 gallon nano and ended up getting a small black spotted boxfish. She is eating pellets and seems to be doing well. I was shocked when I cam home Monday and could not find her. Low and behold she went surfing over the overflow weirs and down the overflow pipe into the sump! I moved her back to the main tank and she has not repeated the trip.
