OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef

[Bax]

It seems weird that the comm lines would be the issue after running without a hitch for so long, no?

But, hey, if it gets you back on line, whatever ....


As far as the financial markets go .... ugh! Not that it will happen ... But, as long as the fed nixes golden parachutes, maybe even seizes a few of the insane CEO bonuses written over the past few years, and maybe even jails a few basteges for putting us in this position, I'll get over the bail out ... what's another trillion or so in nation debt?

... As a middle class shlump, living the "American Dream" of owning my own business, and struggling every day to cover the toxic debt that I incur, (payroll, payroll taxes, corporate taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, insurance, and $4 + dollar a gallon fuel) I can hope, ... right?

 

[erics3000]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13413580#post13413580 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hop
Sure I like to know I follow the thread, just don't have time to post or anything worthy to add

Yeahhh...What Hop said..

 

[jnarowe]

Thanks Hop. Nice sig. and avatar!

And Eric too.

Regarding the comm lines, I am just trying to deal with this via the process of elimination and installing new comm lines is a cheap way to take them out of the equation. I still have not made it around the room to the electrical unit we believe is bad.

More discussion here:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1475326

And Bax...I am not buying into this bailout. It really miffs me that it's happening in the first place, but I think discussing it may be on the edge of what is allowed on RC.

 

[Bax]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13415105#post13415105 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe


And Bax...I am not buying into this bailout. It really miffs me that it's happening in the first place, but I think discussing it may be on the edge of what is allowed on RC.

I try to keep my politics out of my posts ... just venting

The whole buisness really steams my clams! :mad2:

 

[blange3]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13415254#post13415254 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bax
I try to keep my politics out of my posts ... just venting

The whole buisness really steams my clams! :mad2:

Then keep away from that Derasa of yours, Bax!

Great thread by the way.

I can't believe what I'm thinking of doing in the future while I'm still in the process of upgrading from a 75 to a 180 that I bought 4 months ago!

 

[Bax]

Bill

Carful hanging out with these big tank guys ... they're a bad influence on those of us with small systems. My significant other hates the Large Reef Tank Forum!

Seriously, when planning your system, who doesn't search this thread? Tons of great info and discussion here thanks to J's efforts.

 

[jnarowe]

:lol: well I have done OK but it certainly is better to learn from my mistakes than to make them all over again.

 

[jnarowe]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1477876

 

[Bax]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13417950#post13417950 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
:lol: well I have done OK but it certainly is better to learn from my mistakes than to make them all over again.

It is certainly cheaper to watch you mess up first! :rollface:

 

[jnarowe]

Don't I know it.

BTW, I have regained control over most of my system due to re-routing my comm lines. It turns out that there's something wrong with one of the DC4HDs so I will be sending it back to Curt.

And here is where I shine: I have more plugs than I need, so moving some equipment around and I should be comfortable until I get the DC4HD back.

 

[jnarowe]

One Chinese Australian brought to my attention that I have been remiss in my forum duties:

I have full control of my system since the weekend and one DC4HD is on the way back to Neptune. I cannot say enough good things about the customer service at Neptune.

Water parameters are good, although there was a dip during the controller snafu. Things are looking well but a couple of corals have shown some stress due to teh fluctuating alkalinity and low Ca levels of late last week.

The lavendar tang did not make it. So sad but they obviously came in either with disease or perhaps having been pinched during collection. The tomini tang is holding on and actually looks better tonight. Again, here's why a QT/Hospital tank is so important in this "hobby". Had I popped these fish into the display, they could have easily infected the other fish. If you don't have a QT tank, get one!

The kalk testing is continuing and oddly enough, the controller incident happened at the time I was planning to swap media, but what I have found is that the Warner Marine seems to be doing fine right now. Alk is slightly low, but I am going to let it go for another week and see what happens. I did dose alkalinity and calcium during the time the system was down, so perhaps I am seeing residual effects of that, but only time will tell.

 

[Bax]

Too bad about the tang, the lavender was a very good looking fish.

... An, it's always nice to find good support from a manufacturer.

 

[jnarowe]

well I have heard that lavenders don't have a good survival rate, but it still bums me out.

 

[jnarowe]

OK everyone (or just me?), I swapped out media yesterday. I am now using the Custom Aquatic "Bulk Kalkwasser". This is the product I used originally with decent results so we will see now if the added coral mass uses this one up fast now too.

I was hoping to get Caclium Oxide from Warner Marine but they have told me they no longer sell that. I see it is still listed on their web site as "Kalkwasser Plus" but they must not have had enough interest in it.

So now I am on the hunt for high grade calcium oxide and would appreciate any tips on suppliers, whether within the aquarium hobby or in some other industry.

 

[jnarowe]

Well, I lost the Tomini in QT today. Not cool. It was hiding in the rocks yesterday, but still came out and ate like a pig last night. Today, I found it wrapped around a rock. It would be heartbreaking if I wasn't so loaded.

 

[scapes]

sorry for your loss

just a month ago they looked great, what happened??

 

[jnarowe]

some sort of disease I guess. The poor tomini really hung in there but it was like he got more and more see-through. I could never get pics unfortunately. My original suspicion was marine velvet, but not knowing enough about marine diseases, I really can't give more than that.

 

[Bax]

Sorry to here that J!

 

[Hop]

Sorry J... I've had a bad run of fish luck lately too.

 

[jnarowe]

Well, at least it happened in QT. When I put those two in, they were fine. Then the tomini developed what appeared to be some kind of rash. It spread to the lavender and it died first. Imagine if I had popped those fish into my display!!