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Ron

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  1. I'm interested in the 15,000 lumen light, do you mind sharing the company name or a link?
  2. They aren't that fragile, I currently have 6 Eheim canisters running with the oldest around 8 years and I've never broken a ceramic shaft.
  3. Decide on what you'd like to keep and it'll be easy to figure out a substrate to use.
  4. No offense to the salt keepers on this site but you should checkout Canreef, lots of people with experience keeping salt in all sorts of ways.
  5. Sorry, I assumed you'd be running a sump when I saw the outlet manifold.
  6. Are the outputs going to be below the water level? If so, you should add a check valve above your return pump. You could have made everything with black PVC instead of painting but to late now .
  7. You had shrimp in there already? Have you tested the ammonia/ammonium? ADA Amazonia will leech quite a bit for weeks, I usually cycle my Amazonia tanks for 4 weeks minimum with several complete water changes to get rid of the ammonium.
  8. Nice set up, I love the driftwwod with fissidens. I think you may be SOL on the Mist Type R unless you can find someone who has some old stock.
  9. You could always order a single lid for a 90-P and use one of each.
  10. Nice, you should check to see if the lids will fit with the dual filters on opposite sides. My 75-P and 60-H (45) lids are pretty tight fits with only an inlet and outlet on one sdie.
  11. I noticed you didn't have an ATO on your list; if you want small and less noticeable, have a look at the Smart ATO. If you want one with a back up float sensor, try a Tunze. I have an Avast Marine in the sump of my reef system which works great with my Apex but the back up float might be too big to have in a display tank. How many heads do you need for your doser? Neptune has theirs but it's only 2 heads. Jebao makes one with 4 heads and is only $100 USD.
  12. Awesome, I would have loved to set up a 120-P but the timing wasn't right. Looks like you got a great list of gear, good luck with the build!
  13. Ron

    Shrimp Setup

    I was wondering about that. I can see the need for going slow when acclimating, but if ph and temp and TDS etc are all similar, I wasn't sure if there was any reason to add water slowly during a water change. So if I reminerized my water it would be ok to pump it in, maybe with a valve to slow the flow a little? If your new water has similar parameters as your tank water, I see no reason you can't pump it in. I've never had a problem with it in the past but it's your decision at your own risk. My remineralized water has a fairly low pH and my UGF system buffers it quick. Oh and I don't heat it to tank temp either......
  14. Ron

    Shrimp Setup

    I dump up to 6 gallons at a time. Easy to prep a full 5 gallon pail with remineralizers. Definite advantage of larger tanks, my water changes are usually 5 gallons and sometimes 6 if my tank happens to be low from evaporation.
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