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I found this site at Oak Ridge National Lab. This link indicates that a square meter system could cost just $2000. http://www.ornl.gov/sci/hybridlighting/table3.htm

But there is a new bulb made by enlux that is meant to replace a regular (edison base I suppose) floodlight. There is very little product description, so I can't tell if they have a small cluster of the regular tiny LED's or if this is one of the new, anticipated, large size LED's. At any...

Check Ebay. there are always a few sellers on there and the price is right.

Maxi-jets are inexpensive, quiet, efficient and extremely durable. I would never use anything else.

He was out of fully cured stuff so he sold me some partially cured stuff. 3.99 per pound. It's only been in the tank for a week, so the life hasn't rebounded yet. The shapes and pieces, however are truly spectacular. I asked for mostly large pieces and I got exactly what I wanted. I highly...

A week still isn't very long. Reduce the flow a little and make sure the nozzles aren't pointed right at the sand. Add whatever live sand you are going to add and some Carbon and then chill. It will settle out one way or another or else the ocean would look like milk. :lol:

My new 120 is finally coming to life. I would like to post some pics but I need a little help. The FAQ says I must use another site to upload the pics to. What are some good choices so that I don't wind up with a bunch of red x's where the pics are supposed to be? Thanks.

I'm late joining this post, but I'm firmly in the camp that siphons are just disasters waiting to happen. Some people have had snails crawl in and disrupt flow, but I've had several overflows occur simply because the siphon was interrupted. The primary cause was that tiny bubbles in the main...

The HOB is great. Ithink it would be hard for it to overflow. Once in a while mine seems to not drain as efficiently as it should and just put a small air tube up into the overflow drain and suck out some air. Once every few months seems to be fine. Or you could do what Baseman said and...

I have to say that it sounds to me like they have done pretty well. No retailer, especially one that deals in living marine creatures is going to be perfect. Also, I am one of those "environmentally concerned" customers that requested they switch to the biodegradable peanuts. I wish every...

I also know that Dr. Mac and Sons will hand pick pieces for you.

Thanks for the advice. I think I will use it and just leave it to cure for a week. I used some household goop on another project a few days ago and it doesn't smell at all anymore so I think it should be safe.

I got the MSDS. I'm not really sure how to use it, however. It doesn't have an ingredients list. It shows two "reportable components" to be Toluene and Naphtha. What else should I look at?

It seems to be extremely durable and bonds acrylic while filling gaps. I'm just wondering if it might leech toxic stuff into the water over time. Any insight out there?

Sorry to say it, but you made a mistake with the powersweeps. :( They are nearly worthless. The output is poor, reliability is horrible, and you'll have to thoroughly clean it about every two weeks to keep the "sweep" action from freezing up.