Altohombre
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J,
Could you please PM me more info on your steak recipe and what that meat vacuum thing is. Thanks a lot!
Could you please PM me more info on your steak recipe and what that meat vacuum thing is. Thanks a lot!
OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef
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chenzo1099
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Nice setup
jnarowe
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Altohombre: PM sent.
Hop & michika: I am once again flat on my back with a debilitating spasm. I can barely walk. I do have the camera though and plan to take some pics today but we'll see what happens.
tbittner: nothing new on the tank design. I still haven't built my test wave box, and I want to do the plumbing part in sketchup, which will take some time.
chenzo1099: Thank you. And you now have enough posts to get an avatar!
Tank update:
1. I am still having trouble keeping alk at a steady level. It seems the powder I am currently using is not very "pure" and is leaving quite a residue in the reactor, as well as not doing much for the tank alk levels or pH. I just need to find the time to troubleshoot and perhaps switch to a different supplement.
2. Local electrical issues have yet again blown a powerhead power supply as well as fry a plug on a DC4HD. I have two more power supplies on order so I have a backup, and I guess I really need to look into whole-house surge suppresion.
3. I got in a live order this week which included 1 lb. of Ogo to experiment with, 1 CBB, 1 Maculiceps Tang, 40 red spot cardinalfish (7 alive), & 100 nerites (75 alive). All are in QT.
4. Because I built my skimmer body out of extruded acrylic, it now needs to be replaced. It had a major blowout a couple of weeks ago and I discovered that the fillets and joints are turning to dust. I have 1/2" cast sheet on order.
I am contemplating what if any changes I want to make to the skimmer. Sherman is pushing for a downdraft but I feel that will require too much work with quite a bit of uncertainty about its final performance based on my water flow etc.
I am seriously considering making the body and neck both a bit shorter. The shorter body would (IMO) create more water flow since it is fed by gravity. All I am considering is just in a range of 2 - 6 inch reduction in height.
Making the neck a bit shorter would also help skimming I believe because it would decrease the down-time due to feeding the tank and perhaps produce a more dense foam in the neck. I am really not sure I will make these changes, but it something I am thinking about right now.
5. I still have an unkown-to-me algal growth that I hope to get pictures of today. I have greatly reduced my water changes over the last two months as an experiment, but I don't think I am learning anything from it. Water parameters except for the alkalinity are all where they should be.
Hop & michika: I am once again flat on my back with a debilitating spasm. I can barely walk. I do have the camera though and plan to take some pics today but we'll see what happens.
tbittner: nothing new on the tank design. I still haven't built my test wave box, and I want to do the plumbing part in sketchup, which will take some time.
chenzo1099: Thank you. And you now have enough posts to get an avatar!
Tank update:
1. I am still having trouble keeping alk at a steady level. It seems the powder I am currently using is not very "pure" and is leaving quite a residue in the reactor, as well as not doing much for the tank alk levels or pH. I just need to find the time to troubleshoot and perhaps switch to a different supplement.
2. Local electrical issues have yet again blown a powerhead power supply as well as fry a plug on a DC4HD. I have two more power supplies on order so I have a backup, and I guess I really need to look into whole-house surge suppresion.
3. I got in a live order this week which included 1 lb. of Ogo to experiment with, 1 CBB, 1 Maculiceps Tang, 40 red spot cardinalfish (7 alive), & 100 nerites (75 alive). All are in QT.
4. Because I built my skimmer body out of extruded acrylic, it now needs to be replaced. It had a major blowout a couple of weeks ago and I discovered that the fillets and joints are turning to dust. I have 1/2" cast sheet on order.
I am contemplating what if any changes I want to make to the skimmer. Sherman is pushing for a downdraft but I feel that will require too much work with quite a bit of uncertainty about its final performance based on my water flow etc.
I am seriously considering making the body and neck both a bit shorter. The shorter body would (IMO) create more water flow since it is fed by gravity. All I am considering is just in a range of 2 - 6 inch reduction in height.
Making the neck a bit shorter would also help skimming I believe because it would decrease the down-time due to feeding the tank and perhaps produce a more dense foam in the neck. I am really not sure I will make these changes, but it something I am thinking about right now.
5. I still have an unkown-to-me algal growth that I hope to get pictures of today. I have greatly reduced my water changes over the last two months as an experiment, but I don't think I am learning anything from it. Water parameters except for the alkalinity are all where they should be.
Bax
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Yeah, are they sending you more?
And as for the electrical, I have three Tunze PHs that, I think, may be fried because of power surges, they are the only component on "normal" non-tank-dedicated house lines so that they would run if something "in system" fries.
Hope your back improves soon. I can totally relate. I've spent many a day laying flat on the floor praying for death as mercy :rolleye1:
jnarowe
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well, feeling better today but I didn't actually get out of bed until 4 pm. Took some pics but none of them came out very good.
Down to two red spot cardinals already. And they looked so good yesterday schooling together.
As far as the electrical goes, UPS are great for small systems but in my case, there's just way too much equipment to protect. I hope someone reading this with electrical experience can point me in the right direction for whole-house supression. I know it was posted before but I can't remember which friggin' thread it was on what forum.
Down to two red spot cardinals already. And they looked so good yesterday schooling together.
As far as the electrical goes, UPS are great for small systems but in my case, there's just way too much equipment to protect. I hope someone reading this with electrical experience can point me in the right direction for whole-house supression. I know it was posted before but I can't remember which friggin' thread it was on what forum.
sherm71tank
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There's another forum?
Bax
Premium Member
I may be the perfect example of an oxymoron!
I drill to sample soils and groundwater at potentially, environmentally impacted sites. If they are impacted, I inject "stuff" to clean up the soil and groundwater.
J, my nephew just moved to Portland, as close as my wife is to him, I could knock on your door any minute!
I drill to sample soils and groundwater at potentially, environmentally impacted sites. If they are impacted, I inject "stuff" to clean up the soil and groundwater.
J, my nephew just moved to Portland, as close as my wife is to him, I could knock on your door any minute!
A quick search turned up this:
http://www.hgtvpro.com/hpro/np_products/article/0,2623,HPRO_20179_4484609,00.html
http://www.hgtvpro.com/hpro/np_products/article/0,2623,HPRO_20179_4484609,00.html
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