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I'm going to be hanging with the former nightlife editor of the Fort Liquordale paper, we can probably have some fun times!
Those Iwaki pumps are amazing, I tore down the hung up one and the motor is perfect, there is a lot of calcium in the volute but I think It will cleanup okay. the spare...
I meant my MACNA ticket, I'm way too disorganized to have flights yet! That time of year they should be really cheap in any case. If I feel flush I might take an Amtrak sleeper, I really like that, and it goes pretty close to the site. Plus you could tote a ton of frags without a hassle. I might...
Skimmer pump failed, which ticked me off a great deal, since I am almost ready to switch skimmers but not quite. I got out my beat up spare Iwaki 100RLT and hooked it up. It's noisier than the one that was there, but it works fine. I don't know why these things get me angry: I set myself up to...
The 1000W works very fast, I was impressed. It's titanium, maybe heats faster than glass?
The messed up thing is this: I now have three thermometers on my system, and they are all giving different readings!
New heater controller (at sump inlet) 82F
Aquacontroller probe (at sump outlet) 78F (I...
Wow it's cold in the garage! 11F outside, probably 50F in the garage. Set up my new 1000 Watt heater and controller, doing a great job of holding 78F in the tank.
I want to chime in here with a couple things. (1) I have driven myself nuts feeding PE Mysis, which all fish love, but I think PE stands for "Phosphate Explosion!" When I get another copperband, I am going to use an actual thimble to does the stuff, I got my tank in trouble before. (2) I now...
Changed the stock pump on the 29 Biocube for a much quieter powerhead with about the same flow. It got noisy, I think it was going to fail.
It's funny to think you can make a tiny invertebrate happy. I bought some carefully sized cone shells on ebay for my Halloween (cone shell) hermit crab, and...
Nikki, AEFs! Yikes! I do not want.
Bax, going to feed with one of those blue externals I have PCX 40? I think. Not the Iwaki 100RLT if I can avoid it due to power consumption.
Getting ready to plumb the MRC skimmer to the new sump, need to ask you a couple questions about best plumbing and feed pump setup.
As for care packages... Probably like to wait until I complete the changeover to LEDS.
Things looking pretty good in the reef. My tiny patch of pink and blue Millie is stating to branch, it will be a colony again. I had a chance to pick up some of ORAs poor offerings and added purple stylopora, plum crazy, blue voodoo stag and green velvet. So much for restraint. They don't seem...
I think it's great to take a break from the grind every few years! Good luck Bill (I wonder where I can fit a Tetra Paradise??)
Is my old Ocellaris Female still kicking around your reef??