Mark's 180 Starfire upgrade
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It turned out that the prazi I ordered was not the right one and the wet side assemly that I ordered was a Gen 1, so that was a worthless order as I could of got the revive locally.
My friend John D of www.YourReef.com stopped by last night as he wanted to see the tank before I started my dismantle. It was nice to hear his responses, but he told me that I should think twice about what I am thinking of doing. I then took him out to see the QT system and he thought I might have a better chance
It should be a long couple of days and I can only hope that things work out.
My friend John D of www.YourReef.com stopped by last night as he wanted to see the tank before I started my dismantle. It was nice to hear his responses, but he told me that I should think twice about what I am thinking of doing. I then took him out to see the QT system and he thought I might have a better chance
It should be a long couple of days and I can only hope that things work out.
Underwaterparadise
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That's why mail order sucks 
Good luck Mark, I'm sure everything will turn out just fine. Your QT set up is better then most people's display!!!
Good luck Mark, I'm sure everything will turn out just fine. Your QT set up is better then most people's display!!!
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13436535#post13436535 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Underwaterparadise
That's why mail order sucks
Good luck Mark, I'm sure everything will turn out just fine. Your QT set up is better then most people's display!!!
Believe me Rob, I wish I had a local source, but sometimes you just have to do what is needed in a pinch. I am a huge supporter of LFS
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First of all, today was not fun especially since everyone that has come over the last few weeks have told me that I am crazy for breaking things down. That is still up in the air, but I do feel a sense of relief.
I do need to thank my buddy Tim (tfp) for helping me from start to finish. I own you mikunis bro We started around 3pm and finished around 8pm.
Before....
I do need to thank my buddy Tim (tfp) for helping me from start to finish. I own you mikunis bro
We started around 3pm and finished around 8pm. Before....
jtarmitage
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Dude!!!!! That is a ton of HARD work. Kudos to Tim for helping out. Did everything actually fit in the 125 or did you start chucking?
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13439292#post13439292 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
Here is a couple, I did set a couple out in the sun to bleach out as a reminder of this day
:eek2: That's more than a few! Now, where's the pic of the 125 now fully loaded.
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Well, now that the bulk of the work is done, I think it's safe for me to visit again!
Mandi and I are heading to Tahoe on Wed and coming back Sat. Maybe we can get together for some Mikuni's.
Mandi and I are heading to Tahoe on Wed and coming back Sat. Maybe we can get together for some Mikuni's.
That was a long night
That was a long night
So after going out to the garage a couple times in the middle of the night, I was finally able to get some sleep.
But all in all, things look pretty good.
Tim and I both have used levamisole for a couple of years and know that it is pretty harsh, but we also know that it does work.
We had three white rubbermaid containers that we used for dipping stations. Each one contained approximately 1.5 gallons of water and we used a 1/2 teaspoon of levamisole. We set the timer for 30 mins and about 25 minutes in, I started to baste the corals. When the timer went off, I took the corals and basted them in a seperate container of water that also contained Revive. We also checked the corals for eggs and bite marks with a magnifying glass. Towards the end of the process , we started dipping the corals in 1.5 gallons of water and 4 capfuls of revive for 15 minutes and then we added those corals to clean batches of levamisole. There were some corals that were in levamisle for 50 minutes as I was too busy talking and looking for aefw on every coral and in the container after every sqeeze or two.
I only found one clutch of eggs and they were laid on the rock encrusted under a surashoni. In total, we found about 9-10 adults/subadults and a few smaller hatchings as well. I clipped or dremmeled off most of the bases and I threw away about 20 different pieces.
Within 20 minutes of being in QT, Tim pointed out that some of the corals had their polyps out
I was very surprised that we were only able ot find the amount that we did and that I only found one set of eggs. The corals themselves are pretty healthy. We found only a few corals with bite marks and most of them went straight into the bucket of no return.
After every batch of dipping, I changed out the water and keep an eye out for any AEFW. This is ALL what we found
That was a long night
So after going out to the garage a couple times in the middle of the night, I was finally able to get some sleep.
But all in all, things look pretty good. Tim and I both have used levamisole for a couple of years and know that it is pretty harsh, but we also know that it does work.
We had three white rubbermaid containers that we used for dipping stations. Each one contained approximately 1.5 gallons of water and we used a 1/2 teaspoon of levamisole. We set the timer for 30 mins and about 25 minutes in, I started to baste the corals. When the timer went off, I took the corals and basted them in a seperate container of water that also contained Revive. We also checked the corals for eggs and bite marks with a magnifying glass. Towards the end of the process , we started dipping the corals in 1.5 gallons of water and 4 capfuls of revive for 15 minutes and then we added those corals to clean batches of levamisole. There were some corals that were in levamisle for 50 minutes as I was too busy talking and looking for aefw on every coral and in the container after every sqeeze or two.
I only found one clutch of eggs and they were laid on the rock encrusted under a surashoni. In total, we found about 9-10 adults/subadults and a few smaller hatchings as well. I clipped or dremmeled off most of the bases and I threw away about 20 different pieces.
Within 20 minutes of being in QT, Tim pointed out that some of the corals had their polyps out
I was very surprised that we were only able ot find the amount that we did and that I only found one set of eggs. The corals themselves are pretty healthy. We found only a few corals with bite marks and most of them went straight into the bucket of no return.
After every batch of dipping, I changed out the water and keep an eye out for any AEFW. This is ALL what we found
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Underwaterparadise
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Your braver then me. I would have fragged most of that bucket up! I have a tank just for stuff like that
I will say though your after shot looked pretty good for just tearing everything out!!!
I will say though your after shot looked pretty good for just tearing everything out!!!
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13442299#post13442299 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Underwaterparadise
Your braver then me. I would have fragged most of that bucket up! I have a tank just for stuff like that
I will say though your after shot looked pretty good for just tearing everything out!!!
Whats funny about that Rob is that there was once a time when I would of tried to save everything. Tim and I were joking about he never thought he would see the day when I would just throw corals away :eek1:
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