Sorry to read about everyone's losses. Another low-cost option: I had the air hose from my Penn-Plax battery air pump feeding into the base of a small, 12w powerhead. The powerhead was attached to a 750va UPS. The powerhead fractionated the air, keeping the DO high for many hours. It would run for a...

I agree that a lot of light isn't needed. On my 75 gal. fuge I cut back from 110 watts to 55 (pc daylight bulbs). Despite halving the light levels, macro growth didn't seem to change much. It just got greener.

Hi, I met some of you at the meeting at John's last year. Scott has kept me informed about other meetings (thanks Scott), but I've been unable to make any more because of my weekend schedule, and that includes tonight's meeting, unfortunately. :cry: Anyway I do want to ultimately attend another meet...