Reef Tank

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Got a new light which should make it look nicer and provide enough light for the anemone and coral I plan on getting.

current_usa_lighting_metal_halide_sunpod_single[1] The light is a Current USA SunPod. It has one PowerPaq 14,000K HQI metal halide lamp to provide a lot of daylight. It also has both blue and white Lunar Lights mounted on the bottom side of the fixture. There are 6 each and I use them at night.

It's a great light, but the fan is too loud for our living room area. I think it's something like 25db. I've found some replacement fans that can provide almost as mush airflow but only run at 9db. I will have to order one and try it out. The other thing that I wasn't prepared for was the that the amount of heat it gives off made it impossible to keep the glass hood on it. The heat from the light caused the salt water on the tank to dry out on the hood which really looked bad. Plus it kept all the light from going thru it. I had to remove the glass top permanently. Now, because of evaporation, I'm topping off the tank every few days to keep it full.


June 28 2007
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bright-fish 052 Got a nice red starfish which seems to be doing fine.


June 20 2007
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pets 015 Got a blue damsel fish as my third fish. He seems to be doing just fine.


June 20 2007
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pets 018 Was able to exchange for a smaller angel. This one got along very well with my clownfish.pets 020


June 13 2007
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Got a larger pygmy angel fish. He didn't get along with my clown fish and had to be removed. I was able to exchange at That Fish Place.


June 09 2007
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