nemodan
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Some people think our dogs are spoiled.
I don't think that's true at all....
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FANTASTIC !!!!! Love this picture !!!
Daniel
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FANTASTIC !!!!! Love this picture !!!
Daniel
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Wiener dogs and acros doesn't get much better than that[emoji106]
slavetonet
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Looks like the tank is full - Are you going to let it grow out?
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Thanks Perry, besides being busy in general I read. I read a lot. So far this year 63 books, almost 34,000 pages, and I've been caught up in a few really good book series that have been hard to put down.Stunning Matt, I especially love the last shot(FTS) showing all those purdy colors, looking really sweet, and growth seems to be taking off too. Good to see you back posting, seems we have all been a bit busy latelyCheers!
Add to that I haven't had much to do as far as the tank goes, just watching it grow out mainly. I generally try to keep up with the threads but I haven't had much to post about that is new. I'm down to a few AF additives a day, Flatworm stop, feeding fish, dipping the occasional coral, and pruning here and there. Nitrates are holding under 5ppm, Phosphate is 0.00ppm. Other than that I got a Flipper magnet:thumbsup:
Love those pups! Dinky always very politely asks to be served at the table, so we thought, "lets serve him dinner there". One of my coworkers has three dogs that all eat every time at the table, so I have more work to do on my Wiener dog craziness...
Thanks Mark, there is actually a lot more room for growth than it looks like, due to the 3' depth of the tank. From the front the layers stack up visually really nicely. Don't forget that there is a tank full of flubber that could be vacated to provide more real estate if needed:rollface:
Pretty much letting it grow for now, things have really taken off recently. I haven't seen any "gotta have it" acros in a while.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Thanks very much! I tend to like Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and occasionally horror but recently took a turn toward "Urban Fantasy". I burned through the 15 Books in the Dresden Files Series by Jim Butcher, then I was craving something similar and tried out the absolutely outstanding Monster Hunters International(5 books) series by Larry Correia. I just finished his Grimnoir series(3 books). Now I can't decide on which I liked better
I typically like more traditional epic fantasy above the others but these two authors really surprised me. What genre do you like?
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I still run it but I uncoupled it from the calcium reactor as the flow rate I need for alk was passed by the flow rate required by the sulfur denitrator to prevent Hydrogen sulfide from forming. I may take it off line soon as my Nitrates have been below 5 ppm for a few weeks now.
Pife
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I wish I could get mine to kick in. I can't get the effluent nitrates down. Any tips?
Edit I need to test my nitrate test kit. It has had the same reading for months.
Thanks very much! I tend to like Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and occasionally horror but recently took a turn toward "Urban Fantasy". I burned through the 15 Books in the Dresden Files Series by Jim Butcher, then I was craving something similar and tried out the absolutely outstanding Monster Hunters International(5 books) series by Larry Correia. I just finished his Grimnoir series(3 books). Now I can't decide on which I liked better
I typically like more traditional epic fantasy above the others but these two authors really surprised me. What genre do you like?
Thanks, I'll have to check those out. I'm mainly into thriller type stuff. Right now I'm reading Independence Day by Ben Coes.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
With the denitrator, remember that if the process doesn't make it to completion, you will see nitrate tests that look like nothing at all has happened. This is because the bacteria break the nitrate down to nitrite to get oxygen, then scavenge nitrite for more oxygen until only Nitrogen gas is left. Nitrite and Nitrate together can give you test readings that look like the reactor made more Nitrate!
Basically you need to get the water in the reactor completely stripped of Oxygen then only allow enough flow through to feed the bacteria with nitrate. Its easier for the bacteria to take oxygen directly from the water rather than breaking down Nitrate, so as soon as the flow is too high the reactor just pumps out nitrate or nitrite, which just gets converted back to nitrate.
So turn the flow down to 1 drop per second and leave it for a few hours. if your test kit reads zero color, you know it's working. The smell will be sulfurous, like a match. As long as you aren't smelling rotten eggs, you are good. If you still don't see an absolute zero reading turn it down even lower, one drop every other second. Once the reactor is stripped of Oxygen, very slowly increase the drip rate, wait 3 or 4 hours, and test again.
If you are getting zero Nitrate on the test, you may be able to increase it. If you are getting rotten egg, it's too slow. if you go too fast and start getting nitrate, turn it way down, wait, then repeat the slow increase again. Its better to have a steady, nitrate free drip than a faster drip that keeps failing.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
If you don't mind supernatural elements added in to the mix I'd give Monster Hunters International a spin. The first book exposes the author's overwhelming knowledge and love of firearms a bit but he lets up in the books after that and it doesn't damage the story. Its basically mercenaries that go after monsters for government bounties, and I loved every minute!
biggles
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Looking awesome Matt
Wish i had a PB and a CBB........... they'd behave terribly in my tank though, all my fish turn weird :hammer:
What chromis are they Matt, i might try killing a school of those when the ich has gone back to sleep in my fish death camp reef.....:twitch:
I see your rose colored acro grows as slowly as mine does lol.
Wish i had a PB and a CBB........... they'd behave terribly in my tank though, all my fish turn weird :hammer:
What chromis are they Matt, i might try killing a school of those when the ich has gone back to sleep in my fish death camp reef.....:twitch:
I see your rose colored acro grows as slowly as mine does lol.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Looking awesome Matt
Wish i had a PB and a CBB........... they'd behave terribly in my tank though, all my fish turn weird :hammer:
What chromis are they Matt, i might try killing a school of those when the ich has gone back to sleep in my fish death camp reef.....:twitch:
I see your rose colored acro grows as slowly as mine does lol.
Thanks Andrew
Those are just plain "Green Chromis" - One of the cheapest fish and they are still one of my favorite. I also have Sapphire damsels which are inexpensive as well, and are an intense blue.
When I bring larger fish to the tank like the CBB I tape a mirror to the glass for a few days so the Powder Blue spends his time kicking his reflection's butt. After a couple of days he is much less aggressive toward the new fish. This CBB is an extra special one - an Aiptasia destroying weapon who eats Mysis with no problem. Otherwise I had to keep live California Blackworms to feed CBB in the past. As long as I kept the worms coming, they were not particularly hard to keep.
reefwiser
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Matt, did you see the recent report that cam out saying that 13 out of 16 green chromis tested positive for Cyanide poison. Might be one of the reasons. That green chromis tend to go down to one fish in a tank.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/fishing-cyanide
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/fishing-cyanide
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