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    Posted: September 23 2010 at 10:43pm
Does anyone do a NPS coral tank? after seeing the TOM on the RC I'm tempted to try a nano at home. Thoughts?
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not that I know of they require alot of feeding from what I have seen I would be happy to help get a way to get that sorted out you would want some kind of auto feeding system I think it would be a cool setup to do I have thought about doing it
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NPS are simpler than PS Coral but this require daily feeding, If there a Auto Feed System that would be cool
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There are different DIY auto feeders for these tanks. Usually they use some sort of dosing pump since the food is for the most part small particle/liquid form. Of course those pumps can get expensive. I'm tempted to figure out a drip method similar to dosing a 2 Part or something like that. 
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I would think you could use some aqualifters they are cheap they don't have nearly the consistent flow rates as peristaltic pumps used in 2 part but I don't think they would need to be although some of these foods need to be kept refrigerated if you have room for a small fridge near by
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Eric made a fridge for the food. I would talk to him
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I saw a cool auto feeder for this type of set up that won reef of the month on R2R I think last month. Anyway the guy had a mini fridge with the dosers and foods inside and the dosers dosed through a return pipe that he ran straight through the mini fridge so everything stayed cool. It was way cool. http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/reef-month/45090-reef-month-july-2010-a.html Anyway I am probably confusing the whole thing check it out here. 
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