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Nice LR you have there!

 

thanks! i tried to pick the best pieces i could find haha

 

looks like its coming along good. :D

 

Thanks!

 

tank looks good i like the lights alot how much for the bulbs ??? and where did u order from

 

thanks. the bulbs were about 6 bucks each from ebay. came out to around $25 total with free shipping. Only thing is that they ship from china so it takes about 2-4 weeks to receive the order...

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groovy man, yeah the GU10 are cheap on Ebay. I had the same bulbs you did but didn't see much growth in my corals. I switched to the 3x3w bulbs, just replaced what i had with them, and holy sh!t....things exploded in just a few weeks. I think the problem I was having with the 4x1w is that 1w LED's loose par pretty quick. And I did have them pretty far above the tank too. you'll have to keep an eye on things, at 6 bucks a peice though, if you did ever switch them out for the 3w bulbs it'll cost about as much as a dinner out with the girl.

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you'll have to keep an eye on things, at 6 bucks a peice though, if you did ever switch them out for the 3w bulbs it'll cost about as much as a dinner out with the girl.

I'll see how it goes. If I need to upgrade, I can sacrifice a date night :P

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lol, just make sure the girlfriend doesn't know you're sacrificing the date night to buy lights for your fishtank...that might be ugly :lol:

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yeah, mine said that once...I replied..so are your bra's...I'd rather have them bounce and giggle around for me to oogle over.

 

soon after I was applying an icepack to my right eye...

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yeah, mine said that once...I replied..so are your bra's...I'd rather have them bounce and giggle around for me to oogle over.

 

soon after I was applying an icepack to my right eye...

Hahaha

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I ordered an Aquahub ATO and aqualifter, should be receiving it on Thursday. Soon ill be doin some more DIY! ha ;)

In the meantime, the cycle has finished and my nitrates are at 10ppm. Tomorrow I'll perform a wc and might go check out what cuc the LFS has in stock.

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I'm putting a picotope together for a reef too and was planning the ac70 mod but was getting a little nervous about its bulk and how it would look. Your build has definitely eased a lot of my concerns. Is the picotope stock light working well for your refugium? Did you leave the stock bulb in or change it?

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I havent actually setup my refugium yet... need to go get some chaeto soon. The filter currently only has some floss and a heater. I left the stock bulb in though.

Good luck on your pico too!

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then the occasional trip to the lfs, "oh look how cute this is." and "can we get this and this and this......"

go figure

I don't know why this is so interesting to me. This is almost a daily/weekly conversation and it's always the same then, and on every post on NR. That is, unless the aquariast is a female. Some one should do a study 'Reefers: A Study of the Human Need to Buy More Corals; and the Women who Support Them' or is that a reality show?? Lol

 

Great pico. I'm doing the same thing right now. I'm debating whether I want an overflow into a 10g plastic tub with a refugium. Cheap and effective.

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I don't know why this is so interesting to me. This is almost a daily/weekly conversation and it's always the same then, and on every post on NR. That is, unless the aquariast is a female. Some one should do a study 'Reefers: A Study of the Human Need to Buy More Corals; and the Women who Support Them' or is that a reality show?? Lol

 

Great pico. I'm doing the same thing right now. I'm debating whether I want an overflow into a 10g plastic tub with a refugium. Cheap and effective.

 

haha i like the reality show idea :P

 

and thanks man! also, you should go with the overflow... it will give you so much more options to choose from

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yeah, mine said that once...I replied..so are your bra's...I'd rather have them bounce and giggle around for me to oogle over.

 

soon after I was applying an icepack to my right eye...

 

Dirty boy :lol:

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well i got an update for you guys...

i set up my ato from aquahub and got a defective relay. wonderful <_<

anyways, the float switches are installed, just waiting for aquahub to send me a replacement relay. In the meantime, one of my nerite snails keeps escaping every night... found under my bed this morning, still alive :lol:

i plan on going to the lfs tomorrow to exchange it for some other snail and pick up a frag of something that looks good

 

here are a few pics

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enjoy

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Corals...or a live replacement heart?? Those are the only things I'd put a seatbelt on. Oh an the kid... And maybe the wife. Lol. Joke.

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