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  1. Mark_C

    Veterans Day

    My wife dug out a box of photos a few days back and I was surprised to find this 30 year old pic... That's a HH3F Sikorsky Pellican. Best rotary wing aircraft ever made, complete with old school desk (behind me) to lay out my maps on and clip your pen to - analog all the way, baby. Bet its...
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    Full 2.5g pico setup

    Soz folks, received an email late last night for a pickup today. If the pickup doesn't occur I'll let you guys know.
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    Full 2.5g pico setup

    So, having helped organize the 'Drink Tank Challenge' and gone a bit overboard on my design, I'm unable to continue. Here's the build post... DTC Build - Mark_C Up for grabs is everything pictured ('cept the uke). Custom stand, light, light timer, air pump, tubing, air stones, jar (drilled)...
  4. Mark_C

    Welcome To NJRC! Take a minute to introduce yourself

    Dear Lord you guys need to meet my wife. She's got the masters degrees in acupuncture, oriental medicine, and herbology stuff. Always on about mushrooms, ginger tea, blah, blah, blah. Me, I'm simple. Like zoas with the odd shroom in the tank. Got a few zoas, single head, freeish, can easily cut...
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    Loose collection of disparate questions for the club

    Cheato needs a good light source to survive. I dropped the bags of cheato to you at the meet. At tank move they were pretty much dead and were probably leeching phosphates into the system, but, with the size of your tank, the phosphates probably weren't enough to cause any concern. This is...
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    DTC Build - Mark_C

    Going to have to withdraw folks. Had to shift a few tanks around and there is no space for the pico. Willing to trade the setup for a frag. I'll still moderate, happily, and I look forward to seeing whats building. My pest tank (GSP, xenia, kenya) I started last year has grown like nuts and is...
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    Pico Challenge tank up for grabs

    As in... DTC Build - Mark_C Tank, sand, live rock, air stones, heater, tubing, pump, home made stand, and full spectrum light (with timer). Plug and play. There's even one or two mini brittle stars in there. I bought a 'rehab machine' to get back post surgery and it requires me to shift my...
  8. Mark_C

    Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

    I'm hoping it was TOS (the original series), as we all know it had the best sci-fi writers of the time and is currently consider a classic to be enjoyed with a fine snifter. Hope everything smooths out and stabilizes with your wife. MS is a crap draw of the deck. Hoping she has a good pain...
  9. Mark_C

    Planning ahead for the Holiday Meeting...

    OOOOOOO! That first one has GSP, flower anems, and SPS on it! $10 is a steal!
  10. Mark_C

    Returning To Reef Keeping After 10 Years

    Welcome back. :) Seriously, watch Craigslist for a couple of weeks. There are a lot of great deals on good tanks.
  11. Mark_C

    Finding a tank sitter

    You're about an hour away from me. Saying that, I know how a simple pump fail can cause a catastrophic event, and what may be a cause of anxiety to a tank owner can be an easy fix for a fellow reef keeper. We have a number of members closer to you, but if no one is available let me know. I can't...
  12. Mark_C

    Getting out of the hobby.

    Hi Cvec! Welcome aboard, sorry its under the circumstances you describe. Couple of things... We do have a 'for sale' section, as well as a 'for trade' and 'free' section, but these are only available to paid members... $12 a year, no big deal. Sure at your prices they'd sell fast enough here...
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    90g reef ready For sale or trade

    Chris doesn't know what he's talking about. Getting rid of the stove is stupid. Put it on top of the stove, you wont need a heater.
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    RAY'S REEF sps (i hope) thread a work in progress

    Nice set up. What settings are you using on the Hydra to pull those colors? Running a 25g with the same lights.
  15. Mark_C

    90g reef ready For sale or trade

    Lets all pressure Trio! Yoooouuuuuu nneeeeeedddd thisssssss. I'd snag it myself if I we're still into the big tanks. Now a days I have to find places for the small ones.
  16. Mark_C

    hey guys new here

    Hey, welcome aboard. Start a build thread!
  17. Mark_C

    10/29/2017 - Poll Of The Day - Bare Bottom of Sand?

    Depends, I have both. Running a 10g pest tank (GSP, Xenia, etc) that was constantly in need of maintenance, got rid of the sand and all is groovie. Had a 25g softie reef that was bare botttom and kept having diatome probs and algae ggroowth, dropped in 15 pounds of sand all all well there. Just...
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    DTC Build - Mark_C

    Finally got to filling and rockwork.
  19. Mark_C

    House Fire - Tank Help needed

    No worries, and welcome to NJRC. We're always interested in helping those in the hobby and we're often restocking each other post disasters. Sorry if my doubts are offensive, but we've seen a number of folks who sign up and immediately post for equipment. (Just got your PM) Lets see how it works...
  20. Mark_C

    Livestock sale, sadly I’m done for now

    Dude! Sorry to hear. Had the same problem and my 65 and 90 had to go. BUT, a 25g IM shallow reef, with softies, a small few non-demanding SPS, and a couple of fish, takes me about 15 minutes a week for full maintenance, no dosing, no computer, no testing... just a 2.5g water and filter floss...
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