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RAP california coming up.

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I'm a lot jealous.

I often feel that way about the other RAP shows. I always wish I bothered to go to the shows in NYC and Florida but I don't particularly care about either state so I always end up thinking it's not worth it. It probably would be, I enjoy working the show it's a ton of fun. And no MACNA people, we don't get anything for volunteering ;)
 
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i can't join your club because I refuse to go to California. We appear to be at an impasse :)

Our traffic and housing is bad enough, I encourage everybody to stay away or move out.

You'll think i'm joking when I say you can find a 1 bedroom apartment to SHARE with a couple for under $1,000/mo and it's a deal. Sadly, I'm not. 400 square foot lofts are like $1400/mo
 

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no i really wouldn't think you were joking. There are a number of reasons you couldn't pay me to live there and that is only one of many.

We probably don't spend $1400 a month for all of our bills combined.
 
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Well I put a T5 fixture on the front of my tank. Just a little two bulb I have sitting around so why not. The sad thing is all I've got are B+ bulbs left... Otherwise I'd put in an ABS and a Coral+ or Purple+, or Actinic. Basically anything but B+...
 
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There ya go @Amoo, I found my ABS, Coral+ and Actinic bulbs. They're in. Love the color of both.

I'm still considering going with the 4 bulb Aquatic Life hybrid fixture, but really? I don't need it... I could use two bulbs up front, but don't need any in the back really. Maybe one.. But the top rock is being BLASTED by my radion already...
 

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Thumbs up for the T5 addition.
I ordered the iQuatics Aqualumi T5 to replace the GHL Lightbars with 2 or 4 bulbs.

Thumbs down for the CA living cost. I had no idea it was that bad.
 
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Thumbs up for the T5 addition.
I ordered the iQuatics Aqualumi T5 to replace the GHL Lightbars with 2 or 4 bulbs.

Thumbs down for the CA living cost. I had no idea it was that bad.

In some area's of California the poverty line is at $100,000 per year income.

Yeah I'm needing a bit more light, I'm debating so much about what to get I decided to just use the spare fixture I had. If I can't decide I may as well give up in the most economical way possible LOL
 

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In some area's of California the poverty line is at $100,000 per year income.

Yeah I'm needing a bit more light, I'm debating so much about what to get I decided to just use the spare fixture I had. If I can't decide I may as well give up in the most economical way possible LOL

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I honestly found the area below the T5 to be the perfect acclimation spot for my tank. Just another thing to consider. Also, whatever you do as a final solution I would DEFINITELY borrow the par meter from your club. The lowest spot on my glass in the front of my tank is actually higher PAR then about 3/4 of the way up due to LED spread, glass reflection...etc.
 
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I honestly found the area below the T5 to be the perfect acclimation spot for my tank. Just another thing to consider. Also, whatever you do as a final solution I would DEFINITELY borrow the par meter from your club. The lowest spot on my glass in the front of my tank is actually higher PAR then about 3/4 of the way up due to LED spread, glass reflection...etc.

Yep. But still not enough par for me. That's one of the few things I learned from the BRS lighting series, and it was pretty interesting to note. That's why I painted my frag tank white and it helped quite a bit when I had a lower par light.
 
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So not trying to count my chickens too quickly here. But I'm 114% positive I've picked up a great reactor in good shape.

Looks like I've stumbled into a Geo 612 Calcium Reactor..

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With my Custom regulator made by a friend
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So now I need a feed pump... my return is too weak to support this.
 

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