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    Front pics:

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    Ricordia section:

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    The majority of the zoas are in here... growing really well, but the PITA bubble algae! Ugh....

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    Acan echinatas; not really a great pic, the color is too blue. The large one used to be the size of the smaller one!

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    Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too.
    http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/

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    Tank is doing ok, I have solved the bubble algae issue but now dealing with cyanobacteria. Reality is that I need to add a skimmer. Corals and the one fish are good. Here's a tank video:

    http://static.photobucket.com/player...ps8c39a889.mp4
    Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too.
    http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/

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    Quote Originally Posted by pjr View Post
    Tank is doing ok, I have solved the bubble algae issue but now dealing with cyanobacteria. Reality is that I need to add a skimmer. Corals and the one fish are good. Here's a tank video:

    http://static.photobucket.com/player...ps8c39a889.mp4
    I didn't notice in the video, what are you doing for flow? Love that LED unit Tank looks great pjr


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    Quote Originally Posted by MizTanks View Post
    I didn't notice in the video, what are you doing for flow? Love that LED unit Tank looks great pjr
    Thanks for the kind words! The flow solution was a nifty (if I say so myself) DIY solution...

    It uses a surface skimmer box for the CPR BakPak hang-on skimmers. The CPR box is rigidly held to the back of the tank via an Algae Free 100 magnet. I installed a MaxiJet 600 powerhead inside the box; does a nice job with surface skimming!
    Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too.
    http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/
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    Great job Pat!

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    Thx jim! I made a change this weekend... the tank is no longer an 8 gallon... it is now a 10 g cube!! I accomplished this magic by filling the former turtle tank higher to the top. I also removed the reins from the power head, which created too much flow with only 8g in the tank. This was done to help throttle back the cyanobacteria issue... and so far, it has helped quite a bit!
    Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too.
    http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/

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