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Should have (3) new couples sign up for membership to INDMAS and should be attending this there 1st meeting. Vince should be joining the club tonight. Vince & Katie Roberts Paul & Janet Rhonda & Curtis Bowen

Well the break is over. Bought a tank this week, I’m thinking of doing a build thread if anyone would be interested.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Club!

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, whatever it is you celebrate I hope you make it the best!

Welcome back

I went ahead and ordered the Reef Brite 175 watt Metal Halide/LED Hybrid. Also got the dimmer controls for the leds so I can have sunrise/sunset ramp up and down times on the tank.

I have used Dr Tim’s a few times with good results. I’d imagine that most of them are pretty equivalent but you might do some reading on the “bigger ones. I flunked out of med school, and that makes me a doctor in New Jersey, so take my opinion as such.

You can also consider the flip side a Kessil a500x / T5 combo

I’ve got 3 xr30 pros and a 2 bulb t5 fixture to take care of shadowing on the 180.

I've been running Halides again for 3 years. I use the Reefbrite XHO for my blues and I love the look!

Amanda. I had amphidinium dinos before my switch to LED. It never got too out of control even when the tank was lit with only the LED. I did manage to get rid of it now. Not sure which nail it the coffin it was. Only thing I was strict about was bi-weekly water changes with sand bed siphon, and weekly microbactor 7 dosing (now bi-weekly)

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

Seasons greetings to everyone !! Adam

Chanel said she would start with the Achilles. Lol. Happy wife happy life.

Burn out can happen. Sometimes breaks are warranted. I’ve had saltwater for 43 yrs. (Thats not a typo!). Literally, The inception of the hobby. Experienced burnout from time to time myself. Sometimes life becomes more complicated limiting the time with a system. The once enjoyment becomes something else to do, and then it turns into a job taking the fun out of it. Happened to me. I can’t see myself without a tank, but i have reinvented what i keep to ignite the spark. Have had macro algae tanks with mangroves and different livestock. A Caribbean biotope. I found reinventing and simplifying a system can help, however, breaks can be good to refocus until the next system.

Hey all, As a follow-up to the meeting, here are the promised links to Dr. Randy Holmes-Farley's articles: His article listing on reefkeeping: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/author/rhf.php Dinos: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php Iodine: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-04/rhf/index.php#17 Silica: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-04/rhf/index.php#14 The last two links are just a portion of one article. I think the entire article is worth reading (it is about most of the things we "dose" in our tanks). Brian