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I just got 2 new 250w mh ice cap ballasts and when i try to turn them on they trip my gfci? the bulbs are 10k xm and they start to fire but the gfci trips, any ideas? do these need to be plugged into a gfci? I have had my blue wave 175w magnetic ballasts running on the same outlets and they...

I woke up this morning to a faint beeping. My 135's gfci had tripped and the pumps/heaters/everything I need to sustain life was off. I thought I had a maxi jet on a ups, but it must've run down. I turned on the lights and so far nothing in trouble but my two year old mandarin. He looked...

Do you ever have days where you despise your aquarium? I had one of those days today. I have a relatively new system, maybe 2 months old, Its all DIY, except for the 40g breeder display tank. I have been battling micro bubbles since the beginning. I am a firm believer that there is no such thing...

I have an electrician at my disposal for a week. The laundry is going upstairs and I'm getting that for my extended fishroom. I currently have three circuits for the 240 and only one for the 135. I'm running extension cords all over the place because of the high amp equipment I'm running...

With the wife and me recently relocating to Ann Arbor, I have the rare opportunity to actually do things "right" - so to speak. We bought a house with a beautiful fully finished basement. But in an evil twist of fate, the basement wasn't plumbed for a bathroom as best as I can tell. So I will...

Well the dreaded nightmare happened, I lost 99% of my tank and I'm just sick over it. On 6-17-09 I left for vacation to Florida with the family and was only planning 7 days to be gone. I did all my pre checks of the tank before I left and thought everything would go smooth. Tank has been up...

When you have a power outage what is the thing you worry most about and how do you combat it. Mine seems to be temp. In the summer it doesn't matte as much but in the winter it's a different story. I use the old hot water bottle trick (float a bottle of it in the tank). How about everyone else?

After the bobbit worm thread I spotted this worm one night after the lights were out. It would duck back into the rock at any sign of light so I wasn't able to get a picture previously. Tonight I went downstairs to turn off my RO before going to bed and took a peek in the tank, and there he...

I'm thinking a collection of little 'hints', do's/dont's, for the beginning as well as the experienced amongst us. Many on here know the story, I lost all my fish once -some I've had for over 4 years, when the power outlet tripped and my tank was left without water circulation for an entire...

Who knew this would be such a pain! I have been at this fro a few days now. I have just been using the Novus system but some of the scratches were so deep the Novus 3 was not touching them. I started Wet sanding tonight with 1000 grit (by hand) to get the really bad ones out, followed up with...

Well since I have the tank up now and it still has no fish, this should make for a good journal from the start. LET THE PICTURES BEGIN!! Lighting and canopy - DIY Canopy with a mostly open top to dissipate the heat and give some breathing room for the overdriven bulbs. only the tips of the...

I am trying to figure out my electrical for my new sump set up. Here is the thread i have going- http://michiganreefers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=668964#post668964 My question to you is, how much should i expect to pay to have an electrician do the work for me? I know you can't be exact, but...

I am in the building stages for my new tank. I am putting in a basment sump and want to run some outlets. The breaker box is a pushmatic 100 amp. I bought the house in june and it had an electic stove, so i replaced it with a gas one and now i have 2 open breakers. The 2 breakers are joined...

i was reading over old and new forums and i keep finding that people have have lots thier entire tank do to going on vacation and or power loss. I my self have had this issue and have now learned do not trust a non-reefer to watch your tank for more than a day. 1.Find a freind that lives...

Fair Warning to those of you using the Coralife Power Center/Strips of any kind like these: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=11379 I've had them fail on me numerous times (I used to own three), and one of them even caught a small fire on my old frag system in the...

For sale is A 23 gallon acrylic bow front (24"Lx14"Wx16"H) with stand! The light is A 4 bulb current nova extreme with white lunar light's. The T-5's are maybe 8 month's old! This tank has been great just need to get it out of here for space. Asking $300.00 OBO pick up only!

I came home today from running some errands and went to feel the tank water's temp and I got poked. How do I tell which items is giving off stray current? Everything that is water is unplugged besides the skimmer and I still seem to get a poke. At first I thought it was the power strip and...

Looking for a good power bar to plug all my stuff into. Want to start cleaning up all the spagetti under the tank. Looking for something good. Any web sites out their?

Been reading about a few people who have had a bad experience with shocks because they don't have one of these. Can someone tell me what the GFCI stands for? Can I get these from any hardware store? Do they just plug into your wall plugs. I have a 28 gallon Bio Cube. Not set up yet, been...