JapanReef - 450 gallon In-Wall system
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Snowboarding does to shoulders what American football does to knees. I dislocated my shoulders so many times I lost count. I pounded my left shoulder once - completely snapped all the ligaments, broke collar bone, and did serious damage to the ball joint. I still have what the doctors like to call "free bodies" in my shoulder which are little shards of bone. Sometimes one will work itself into the joint and when that happens I'm out of action completely. They suggested another operation to "look for" and and remove these shards but the first operation was a complete failure so I don't have much faith. They failed to find the ligaments, I had pins in my shoulder for 6 months and the outcome was the same if I'd never even had an operation. Grrrrr. Oh, and that's my good shoulder. 
Don't get me wrong, it hurt like hell. I came down hard, completely inverted, on the lip of a half-pipe after getting lots of speed and lot of air. But I still picked myself up and rode down to the bottom of the mountain. When I woke up after the operation I was on zero painkillers - now that was the pure definition of pain.
Hey Spiffman, do you agree on the lack of flow causing STN on SPS?
So I got the mandarins. They are happy in QT and picking at the rocks. Hope to have them on normal foods with a week.
Hey Spiffman, do you agree on the lack of flow causing STN on SPS?
So I got the mandarins. They are happy in QT and picking at the rocks. Hope to have them on normal foods with a week.
So got a few new shipments coming. The pods have been shipped and I ordered 10 sticks of epoxy from MarineDepot. Five of the aquastick and 5 of the Tunze type. All my acros are too loose and in places where they fit instead of places where I want them. So I'm going to crazy with the epoxy and do some acroscaping.
Also getting some types of pellet food that was recommended by Steven Pro and a few other people. New Spectrum pellets and some spirulina based flake.
Also getting some types of pellet food that was recommended by Steven Pro and a few other people. New Spectrum pellets and some spirulina based flake.
Bebo77
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7180714#post7180714 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NexDog
So got a few new shipments coming. The pods have been shipped and I ordered 10 sticks of epoxy from MarineDepot. Five of the aquastick and 5 of the Tunze type. All my acros are too loose and in places where they fit instead of places where I want them. So I'm going to crazy with the epoxy and do some acroscaping.
Also getting some types of pellet food that was recommended by Steven Pro and a few other people. New Spectrum pellets and some spirulina based flake.
nextdog do not use 2 part epoxy on SPS frags it may damage and or destroy the frag use super glue gel.
Bebo77
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i thought you were getting frags..
in that case it should not be a problem.. Deltec sells some epoxy that is better than the aquastik(dont like those at all)
its not cheap but it bonds alot better than anything else that i have seen... http://www.deltecusa.us/aquariummedia/aquascape.php
in that case it should not be a problem.. Deltec sells some epoxy that is better than the aquastik(dont like those at all)
its not cheap but it bonds alot better than anything else that i have seen... http://www.deltecusa.us/aquariummedia/aquascape.php
Jonathan - yea, if I put them where I want to put them. All 10 acros are about that size or bigger. Some are alot bigger actually and only a few are wedged in tight.
grallster - I'd rather use something that I know is safe. Plus it's on its way now. The MD order and Reef Nutrition shipments were sent 30 minutes apart and both being in California they should travel up to Alaska together and then into Osaka.
grallster - I'd rather use something that I know is safe. Plus it's on its way now. The MD order and Reef Nutrition shipments were sent 30 minutes apart and both being in California they should travel up to Alaska together and then into Osaka.
jnarowe
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dgasmd, Why is that?
Also, I finally went to your web site and checked out your system. Have you already installed the powerheads? I am curious if you have numbers for electrical savings yet. I couldn't believe your bill got up that high. Maybe a neighbor has tapped your line??
I am planning on using Vortechs but the wait is killing me...I figure maybe $200-$300/month for my tank, but I have designed it initially to be fairly cost effective.
Also, I finally went to your web site and checked out your system. Have you already installed the powerheads? I am curious if you have numbers for electrical savings yet. I couldn't believe your bill got up that high. Maybe a neighbor has tapped your line??
I am planning on using Vortechs but the wait is killing me...I figure maybe $200-$300/month for my tank, but I have designed it initially to be fairly cost effective.
Feeel free to post any info like that in this thread. I'd be VERY wary of breaking off a coral and reattaching it (scare me _____). I've had zero problems with algae so far and my RODI is now oushing out water at 0.28 TDS. I simply refuse to spend $$$$$ in membranes every 3 months. I actually only get 0 readings for about 3 weeks anyway. Even when I used tap water when I started with a 20g I didn't have algae problems so maybe our water doesn't have the impurities that cause algae issues....
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Purple Haze
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Dgas is correct. Ditch the plugs. I can see some some growth on one of the plugs. You don't want any of that reattaching somewhere else in that tank.
I'd put them in, let them acclimate a week or two, then break out the dremel.
I'd put them in, let them acclimate a week or two, then break out the dremel.
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