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Also, you can use cheap Chinese bulbs from eBay. They are OK. Some of them will die an early death. Don't try and mix bulbs from...

Just AquaBright and ReefBrite for DE stuff. You always have to use the fixture glass with DE stuff since they have no shield for the...

Does it come with an Oscar and Arrowana?

I also find it fine to use DE bulbs for 2 years. Most SE bulbs are fine to use for 2 years too, but for some reason Radium 20k seem to...

The only difference is that DE bulbs are made to HQI spec, so you need true HQI magnetic ballasts to run them to full potential at...

I just shut down a tank that was 30 years old. Oceanic 210 made in 1988. Here are my tips: No controllers or electronics on major...

You can use hydroponics ballasts for standard 250w or 400w stuff - most are better than the typical reef hobby stuff outside of some...

Something like 250w Radium 20k on real HQI ballasts have about the same output as a standard 400w system. They are about 330w though...

I have a bunch too. Just took it down a few weeks go. Longmont.

With the Red Dragon, you have to take the restrictor plate off and give it a little more juice, but gotta keep it on the down-low since...

I’ve got this older model bubble king skimmer. I think it’s a 200 ext. The pump has issues at start up, needs at least a new impeller...

They can live as little as 2 years. If they were big when you got them, they could have been near end-of-life. In any case, always...

You could fillet him/her. That one really hurt me to see it go. :( I am sure that you can handle the names, but the Galapagos Sawtail...