Cliff, The gang at Blue Sierra are pretty good with all that and they have lots of both new and used parts for a the lighting. http://www.bluesierraexotics.com/about.htm Larry Litten Wilbur-Ellis Co. (206)310-5530 llitten@wecon.com -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Clifford Miller Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:02 PM To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat Subject: [GSAS-Member] New Salt tanks? Just curious if any other GSAS'ers have taken the saltwater plunge since hearing Phil's talk? I'm getting ready to re-seal the new (very old) 90 gallon tank I picked up last week, which is going to use my 50 gallon as a sump/refugium (I hope). Today I picked up 50lbs of live rock, a nice big bucket of live sand, and about three buckets of random goodies from craigslist. Still looking for a skimmer... Unfortunately it appears many of the critters didn't make it through being compacted in the sand bucket (which is where the sand was when I got there)...but there are at least a few super-tough little crabs and snails that successfully ran the gauntlet. One of the random goodies is a very sparsely labeled ballast with an 18-pin "quick connect". It says 4x48, which I assume means four fluorescent tubes? I'm guessing that's not enough for fancy corals, but it's a start. (the guy had said it would work with a variety of lighting types...I had always thought ballasts were specific to the type of light/bulb?) Any ideas about where to search for the bulb caps that attach to the quick connect? (ie, pet shop vs. lightning supply?) Cliff _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member