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jimroth

jimroth

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

Baxreefs said:
Ya gotta be kidd'n me! :mad:

I walk in and out of the fish room (aka closet under the stairs) 5, 6 maybe more times a day, every day and never even so much as bump my calcium reactor.

Today, I was in a bit of a hurry and bumped into the CaRx pump discharge pipe and SNAP!!!! Busted the volute right off the Blue Line 20!
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Geez, Bax, I thought I was the only person who did stuff like that! I once took out 20 servers at once by walking across their power cords. I don't think (NAME REMOVED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY)-dot-com ever recovered!
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

There's not much worse a sound to hear in your fish room then ... SNAP! ... GOOSH! ... SPLASH! .... and so on ... :-[

... Except of course for where "snap" is replcaed by "crack"!
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

The tang looks great this morning, I am very pleased about that! ;D

I ordered the replacement volute from Champion, so that should be here by Wed or so, $35 and a lesson learned. The CaRX and the Kalk mixer will be under a shelf with much better protection form the bumbbling fish keeper in the new layout! :p

I think I am just going to wait and put the MTC CaRX back on line instead of fiddling with the MRC CaRX. I needed to recharge the Media anyway on the MTC, in the end no biggie just a bit frustrating when you do these things to yourself ::)
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

My volute arrived yesterday, so I topped off the media in the MTC reactor and went about reassembling the unit. But, the old volute discharge was stuck in the PVC fitting to the reactor, so off the Lowes I go, of course it was an odd ball 3/4" F x 1/2" M threaded adaptor that no one carries! So,$8.99 and one #6 tap later the pump is back on and the Ca RX is back in service.

I am really having some odd coral issue lately. My montis, caps & encrusters, and millies just just won't be happy. It's weird, other acros are very happy.

My Alk is a bit high, also weird as my Ca is over400, and Mg over 1250 yet my Alk want to run up to 12-14 dkh. I wondering if it's Alk burn, but I would expect low Ca & Mg ... no?

IDK, but if this keeps up I may go FOWLR :-\
 
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samksy

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

Baxreefs said:
My volute arrived yesterday, so I topped off the media in the MTC reactor and went about reassembling the unit. But, the old volute discharge was stuck in the PVC fitting to the reactor, so off the Lowes I go, of course it was an odd ball 3/4" F x 1/2" M threaded adaptor that no one carries! So,$8.99 and one #6 tap later the pump is back on and the Ca RX is back in service.

I am really having some odd coral issue lately. My montis, caps & encrusters, and millies just just won't be happy. It's weird, other acros are very happy.

My Alk is a bit high, also weird as my Ca is over400, and Mg over 1250 yet my Alk want to run up to 12-14 dkh. I wondering if it's Alk burn, but I would expect low Ca & Mg ... no?

IDK, but if this keeps up I may go FOWLR :-\
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Sorry to hear about that. Hope everything goes right back on track. FOWLR would be a little plain, maybe at least softies so you don't have to worry about alk and cal and mag. Good luck!
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

I am hooked, ... and I know it ( I can tell by the plethora of empty tanks and equipment that surround me as I wander through my shop)... it's just that some days, some days, are just really frustrating!
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

For sure equipement can be frustrating. From a burned out bulb to cracked tanks this hobby throws all sorts of curve balls at us.
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

I was drilling in Hillsborough today so I swung down Rt 22 to OG.

Picked up a beautiful Convict tang and a little frag of gomezi that is the bluest blue I have ever seen.
 
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ds4x4

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

Nice. i ordered and just recieved a pair of Yellow tangs and 4 CB Bangaii's $10's A POP!!! couldn't pass that price up! Monday my False percs ship
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

Nice Brandon! Those yellows will love all that swim room in the 220!

Here's the convict tang. These guys don't get nearly enough attention IMO. Very attractive, well manered, good grazers, not much not to like! 8)

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JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

Very nice Baxter...your right it is a really good fish. Guess the colors are not bright enough. It was one of the fish on my tang list when I got my fish. I got a pair of the Bangaii at $10 bucks too unbelievable for CB fish. Eating well, like little pigs actually.
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

Bangaii's are very cool! Glad to hear they are settling in. DID you get them from the same source Brandon did? I may try to pair up a couple in the big tank, we'll see there are lots of fish on my wish list and I hope to make smart choices and not go crazy just because it seems like a ton of room.

One thing I really want to do is get four more CB orchid dottybacks. A colony of these constantly bickering with one another would be quite entertaining!
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

OGII had a super great deal. Usually they are 30 bucks for CB. They are pretty tiny but in the QT I am fattening them up ;D. They were eating in the tank have to say I was pretty impressed with the kid there as he fed them without me asking and steered me towards the ones that had been in the shop for a while. Very professional I need to leave some feedback in their area.
 
Baxreefs

Baxreefs

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

I have been looking at Blue Zoo, they get pretty solid feed back eslewhere. I have never shipped fish before, only inverts. But I hear they get great angels!

As for the bangaii's I have heard they are iffy for the first few days and often die for no apperant reason. I tried one way back and it lasted four days and went belly up???

No hyjack bro, it's all about the fish! ;D
 
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ds4x4

Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax

yea i dunno they almost look like they have blood spots on them. I can see red veins or something but i dunno. I'd like the last two to be a pair but who knows. My OCGII order was mail and so's the one for tuesday and another order from Blue Zoo. lol I like blue zoo everything has been great from them so far
 
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