freetareef
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Starting my propogation business...
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chewitback
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ok, here is the update. I found out a friend of mine will be able to help me along on the needed repairs. we took measurements, and he is going to price the garage door, and bring out a concrete saw to take care of the drain. things could be fitting together quite nicely in a short ammount of time...
chewitback
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So here is an update! I got a great construction guy who is helping me out! The double doors are being replaced with an insulated garage door that is on order, and the old garage door on the other end is going to be ripped out shortly and boarded up and insulated! He already has replaced a door and a window at the place, and things are on the up and up.
I looked at an old picture of my main building, and the mechanic's garage that is going to be the farm site didn't exist but there was a road there! I confirmed this with a pickaxe in the gravel drive out back, so cutting the floor drain is out. However, there seems to be a slope that goes under my main building (seriously its a hole into my crawlspace) that appears to be an old drain. We will see. I have a plumber coming out this afternoon for an estimate on hooking up the sewer system since that should be ready as well. Pics to follow.
I looked at an old picture of my main building, and the mechanic's garage that is going to be the farm site didn't exist but there was a road there! I confirmed this with a pickaxe in the gravel drive out back, so cutting the floor drain is out. However, there seems to be a slope that goes under my main building (seriously its a hole into my crawlspace) that appears to be an old drain. We will see. I have a plumber coming out this afternoon for an estimate on hooking up the sewer system since that should be ready as well. Pics to follow.
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chewitback
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ok, ask and you shall receive! I can't find any pics of the tanks system as a whole, but i do have several photos of corals im working on in those tanks.
the first is a pic of the supplies we brought in, which will be used to board up the garage door area (pictured behind the supplies) after we rip out the garage door. the next couple are pics of several of the rose bubble tips i am holding as brood stock until the tanks at my place are ready, as well as one of the clones of the all red one (who seems to have made a friend with a maxima clam in the tank). Also note my friends GIANT mushroom corals (no, not elephant coral; they are seriously 12-18in rhodactis!) behind the RBTA in the middle thumbnail.
the first is a pic of the supplies we brought in, which will be used to board up the garage door area (pictured behind the supplies) after we rip out the garage door. the next couple are pics of several of the rose bubble tips i am holding as brood stock until the tanks at my place are ready, as well as one of the clones of the all red one (who seems to have made a friend with a maxima clam in the tank). Also note my friends GIANT mushroom corals (no, not elephant coral; they are seriously 12-18in rhodactis!) behind the RBTA in the middle thumbnail.
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Here are some specimens that i have also been growing, to include a green and pink frogspawn that i have groomed all the green out of (pink with hot pink tips!). the last is an old WYSIWYG photo of some ULTRA-neon green mushrooms that i purchased a few years back, but really photographed their growth. They grow pretty well and i have sold a lot of the clones over the past two years. Can't remember what website i got them from, but i remember i paid less than $100 after shipping for the entire rock (which had 6 or 7 of them on there). No picture i take can do them justice like this one since they aren't under 20k radiums in the tanks. Also, the candy cane corals pictured belong to my friend Spencer who owns the system currently holding my tanks. He has a knack for making those things huge and they grow like wildfire.
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That is seriously their true color. They are currently under 2 old vho bulbs, so they don't pop as well as they did in the pic (under radiums) but no, there was no photoshop done to that pic.
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@ Ahenson: no, i'm not a part of anything local, really.
@ reefcupid: Thanks!
@ reefcupid: Thanks!
chewitback
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The tank system currently holding the anemones and other coral have a homemade skimmer and live rock and sand for filtration. However the tanks that I will be using will each have 4 or 5 large pond sponge filters attached to a large blower. There will be no protein skimmers on the grow out tanks. Water changes are all that will be required; with frequent harvests of up to half the tank every couple weeks, I will be replacing substantial water anyway, and "dilution is the solution to pollution."
jimmy frag
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hi chewitback, i have been following your posts from the start and its all vary exciting. if i may add my .02 cents here. dilution is not the solution to pollution. you will be fine for a while but over 1300 gallons of stock, just to start out with plus what ever size the sump is with sponge filters will only build up nitrates over time. to keep nitrates in check you will be doing 50%-75% water changes. thats alot of money. also, once your alk. is out you will be consumed with fighting that as its such a large water volume. evan if you end up doing weekly water changes its a minimum of $200 a week just in salt. im only going on bin there done it. once prams are out, nothing grows. you need to have a system that can deal with and correct all prams with minimum fuss. jimmy
chewitback
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Jimmy, you may be right on the nitrates, which i don't mind. You may also be right on the Alk, IF it were an issue, but it shouldn't be.
I WILL, however, be doing about 50% water changes every two weeks. When i harvest the anemones, I have to transport them in saltwater. Each one gets individually wrapped, just like at the fish store. The cost of the salt is added in, which isn't nearly as high as you state (I buy salt wholesale from a distributor, not retail). I won't go into prices, but its far less than what you pay retail. By my math, a 100% water change for a system that size would run me maybe $150 in salt and RO water (and thats on the high end). And who said anything about a sump?
I WILL, however, be doing about 50% water changes every two weeks. When i harvest the anemones, I have to transport them in saltwater. Each one gets individually wrapped, just like at the fish store. The cost of the salt is added in, which isn't nearly as high as you state (I buy salt wholesale from a distributor, not retail). I won't go into prices, but its far less than what you pay retail. By my math, a 100% water change for a system that size would run me maybe $150 in salt and RO water (and thats on the high end). And who said anything about a sump?
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jimmy frag
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i was basing my figures on 0.22 cents per gallons worth of salt. have you run a system like this before (sponge filter) on a prop system. when you say you will harvest every 2 weeks, does this mean you will be cutting shrooms and anemones by knife. how long do you project to (once your system is complete) have a full rotation from frag to out the door and number of mother colonies and number of frags.
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50% every 2 weeks, so assuming 4 nems or shrooms per gallon. is that about 1500 pieces every 2 weeks. ?
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