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mnat - Dropped a PM and got in touch. Dropped them the specs and they were on it. Hoping to have the lid by end of July.
And...
Update - a bit of a disaster
Wandered out overnight and the tank got pissed. Specifically a Jaeger 200W heater got pissed. It decided to turn itself on in anger and...
After that little sale I did I left myself with 20 or so heads of UC.
Today, I was cleaning diatomes from frag plugs by holding them up to a powerhead and blowing them off.
I was thinking that the UCs were weeding again, as I'm back up to 50 or so, and I needed to sort them out when, during...
I have a juvenile female homo sapiens myself. I've found they need some clear space on the sand bed for tantrums, and a semi-private corner region of the tank to sulk and glare from.
Potential approach...
Light - cut ramp times back to 1 hour, saves 4 hours of light that algae feeds off of (it will feed off the barest glow)
Nutrients - back that food way down, I've got 2 tangs, 2 clowns, 2 anthias, and 4 more assorted and they get about 1 1/2 cubes per day tops. For 3 fish...
In dealing with Ed from Sea-swirl.com and praising the heck out of his systems, which I bought 2 of, and which I find incredible compared to other wavemakers, I sent positive vibes and mentioned to him that I dropped a mini-review on the NJRC and R2R.
In discussing the club with him he's happy...
A few folks asked me how I go about this, and I'm doing it tonight and tomorrow.
I'll take pics tomorrow of the process if anyone is interested.
Dr. C's Food
Part 1, evening before - Meats
Finely chop (freeze meats for a while first, much easier to cut up fine):
1 medium to large talapia or...