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Jamokie01

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Just checking to make sure everyone is still alive.

Also, Im trying to find out of anyone is interested in building skimmers. I need to upgrade before I put anything else in my tank, and since that guy isnt selling me his setup anymore I either have to buy one or build one. I do enjoy DIYing..
Having done some research on skimmers lately, and I think the euroreef recirculating skimmer looks pretty cool as well as efficient, any comments?
 
I'm alive... barely. I've been busy as hell since mid last week and have a few decent sized projects to get out the door this week too. It's feast and famine around here and I have to make hay while the sun shines or sell the farm LOL

Euro RC's are the best buy for the dollar. You can get a little better for alot more money but it's just a waste of cash. I've made a few skimmers and tons of other acrylic items for customers but in the long run the cost to Build and debug a custom skimmer costs the same as buying a good used Euro. It's pertty easy to retro and RC loop into an existing standard ES too.
 
I own/run a small design and build business. I do light to med. fab and design and build things. Mainly mechanical but I have the best electrical guy in the area for PLC and process integration using some of my unused office space. I have a small shop are with standard and CNC machinery, welders, etc. etc. and also have started to custom acrylic fab. as I learn how to make things prettier. Living on a few local customers isn't easy and there are times when I'm waiting on orders so I fill-in the time by designing, uilding, and prototyping stuff to sell on Ebay and to fellow salt water geeks.

Kinda a jack of all trades and master of a couple. Being a small business owner isn't all glamour, that's for sure!

I can make come cool aquaruim stuff for cheap tho when I have time and $$...
 
I used to run CNC when I worked at Canfied Cylinder Heads, we machined cylinder heads for race cars. Cool expensive machines, cant believe they let me run them. Turned out I was allergic to the coolant that we constantly ran through, so that was the end of that.
 
Hmmm appears a whole lot of nothing is going on in Y-town ehh. I haven't been on for a few days because I'm in sunny southwest Florida visiting family (and looking for my new 240). Its great except I've got Mike watching my tank lol.... you know what that means stack....

Jamokie01 how big of a skimmer do you need. I happen to know someone who has a LOT of them for sale. Getting out of the hobby and has a lot of what appear to be stand alone skimmers. He said he uses them in his sump thou.... I could get you more details but he said they are dirt cheap and most were being run on tanks over 100 gallons so they should more than do your tank....

You gentlemen need to come over my house when I get home and we could B.S. and drink beer. I just picked up a Monti cap colony that is about 20 inches long by 14 inches out. Its got over 6 layers of plating. Its crazy awesome. I need pics of that lol and my blue tort colony and only you could make that happen dale.
enjoy beautiful sunny Y-town and I'll see you guys sometime in June.
 
Time is the only issue bud! I've been working 10-12 hrs. 6-7 days and have the next 3 weekends booked. It'll have to be a week day in the evening or a Sunday!!!

Paul and I talked about a Beer-B-Q soon too but I'm thinking that may not happen till late June regarding my schedule.
 
not only am i taking care of aptasiafarmers house and tank, i have to also house his monti cap colony that takes up 75 percent of my 75 so it really is huge. but im taking care of it cuz its infested with red bugs... oh and ryan that blue tort.... well... ummmm..... lets just consider it a fee for watching the tank.
 
I could never buy a colony that large for fear of it dying, Id rather buy frags and let them grow into my tank. But I bet it sure does look sexy :).
As for the skimmer, Im actually probably looking for two, one for myself and one for my friend. They would both have to be able to support a pretty well stocked tank over 100 gallons. Whenever you get some more info, lemmie know, Im finally starting to make money at work so I need to hurry up and spend it so I can be broke again. Reguardless of what they are I dont mind modding them to fit my application, I wouldnt have a problem running them in sump.

Geez sorry guys I dont drink beer, so it looks like Ill just have to bring a nice big bottle of liquor. Thats how I roll......

Aptasiafarmer, lol.
 
Well CoralDestroyer can't help but impulse buy stuff that will most certainly die and foul his tank.

Mike, Make sure you use all his toilet paper and eat all his peanut butter. LOL

BTW, did he ever kill those aptisia or is he still feeding them?
 
I haven't nuked the only two in my system. Florida is great 90's and sunny everyday, fish are the farthest thing from my mind at the present time... I'll let you know whats up with the skimmers when i get back in town. Both I and the person selling them are out of town for the next two weeks.

As for the cap, i can't help but buy things that are amazing. I couldn't grow a piece that big for 5 years so why wait. Its doing great according to my buddy mike. so far he hasn't murdered it.

Its got to stay in his tank for 5 days to kill of any potential redbug hitchhikers that might be aboard. so i'm giving it two weeks just to be absolutely sure. take care guys.
 
Well while you kill helpless animals I am hopefully gonna be well on my way to getting a decent reef tank going. Hopefully I can get a nice skimmer and I should be ordering my T-5 retro kit in the next week or two. Once things get going maybe I can borrow some of your red bugs so as to prevent myself from ever having a successful reef. thanks.
 
80's and partly cloudy is perfect! Fla. in the summer sux! But if you're there I'm sure it's the best place on earth at the moment... am I right?

No, I'm not jealous, Fla. is second from the last place I've been that I'd go back for any reason. Second because I did spend time in the Keys... I'd rather spend time in Alabama.... LOL
 
my question is why does everyone think a big colony is going to die? I've gotten several large colonies before that are captive bred and they are doing great in my system..... I just don't understand paying 20 to 25 for a frag when you can get something 20 times the size for maybe double the price of the frag.... the only time i settle for frags is when its something you can't find easily.... o yea i forgot frags look big in your systems compared to my mamoth tank. muhahaha.

And for all you southington country folk.... of course nothing is going to compare to cow tipping and chewing redman. Why would you hillbillys travel in the first place.. you got everything you need growing in your backyard. yeee-haaa dale, lets go find brother bill and go fishin in uncle mortasis's pond.
 
You misunderstood Ryan... I just figured YOU would kill it! Not that a big colony would die just cuz! But just cuz... Get it?

It's Uncle Carl and he gotz him a ceeeement pond now!

When you get to be my age and have seen what I've seen you'll be wiser, tired, suspicious, and calculating too. I've traveled to many places and none are as nice as home regardless. Some are great to visit but comfort is never lasting.

I've had some of my best times in the backyard and even better ones sitting by a coleman lantern in the middle of nowhere beside a pond. ahhhhhh!!! I'd like to do that tonite!
 
Id hate to say it but I like Ohio. We dont have to deal with hurricanes, Hell we havent even had a tornado in the Boardman area as long as Ive been alive. I like the cold, and hate it when its hot and muggy out. And then theres the bugs, dear sweet lord the bugs.......

Anyways the reason people think colonies will die is because its pretty common for them to do so. Usually happens with more delicate corals, mostly acros. They grow the way that the tank they were in made them grow. If they have different flow or lighting they would have grown differently. So if they are switched to a tank with different conditions they can easily have some dieoff and its not uncommon for them to perish. Id be a bit worried with a multi layered montipora cap, because you have ot make sure your lighting is getting to the same areas it was in its original tank. Flow would be an issue as well.

And thats all I have to say about that....
 
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