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I actually got the bank to pay for the plumber to repair the broken pipes. It would have been a deal breaker because I found out about the pipes before I closed. The utilities had to be on for inspection to get my mortgage. The bank would not, however, pay for the repairs to the ceiling where...

Thanks for the offer, I might take you up on it eventually! My biggest issue is tracing the lines. I even tried climbing up into the attic, following the line across the house to where it dropped down into the basement and pulling on the line so my sister could see which one it was. Problem was...

Here is the deal with the plumbing. Since a bank owns the foreclosed house no one is living there. Since no one is living there, the bank does not want to take the risk of problems should the heating system, plumbing system, electrical system, etc. fail, so they have the house "winterized"...

Yeah, I wore a tyvek suit, triple gloves, and an N-95 respirator while cleaning that room. There was no way I wanted to be exposed to that filth!! The whole time I was cleaning it I kept saying "Why, why, why would someone do this?!"

These people didn't care about anything. Some of the more interesting things I have found out about/experienced with the house are: -My current neighbor said he was in the house once while the previous owners were living there. He said there was so much trash, clothes, who knows what else, on...

Tonight's Test Results: I am pleasantly surprised, they don't look bad! I didn't test the calcium because it didn't occur to me to test that until after I had dosed my B-ionic for the evening. I will test that tomorrow when I get home from work. Here are the other test results: Temp: 79.5...

Thanks! Being forced to live with my parents until the house was ready to move into really motivated me to get the work done! ;D If I had needed to live with them just one more week I think I would have lost my mind!! Tina

I posted a thread asking for help with my 30 gallon cube. It got really neglected during my recent move. I figured I would post here to show what was taking up my time. I closed on my new house in February. It was a foreclosure and was pretty trashed. The people had cats and were filthy pigs on...

Thanks for the quick replies. The tank never gets above 80.5, it usually stays around 79, I keep a/c on in that room during the summer and I always keep my house 65-68 during the cooler months. I ran the tests a little over a week ago and only the nitrates were slightly elevated. I will test...

I have a 30 gallon Oceanic cube which has been running for about a year and 9 months now. It has a 2-3" sand bed, about 40 lbs. of live rock, a variety of coral (both soft and hard), an RBTA, 2 clowns, and a variety of clean up crew (hermits, snails, peppermint shrimp, a serpent star, etc.). I...

I had an oscar when I was in highschool. To be honest, a lot of the time they do just hang out on the bottom of the tank, sometimes on their side. That is just normal behavior for an oscar. Does he get active when you feed him? Try pellets and a few feeder goldfish. I knew a guy with an oscar...

I know I met some of you at the last North meeting, but most of you don't know me. I just started reefing about a year and 9 months ago. I currently have a 30 gallon Oceanic cube. It is a mixed reef with a little bit of everything in it. I plan on upgrading soon because everything is getting a...

Update: I rewired the replacement pump according to instructions from Don at AWI. I am pleased to report that the new pump works perfectly! So, I was able to make water yesterday and get my salt mixed in for my water change and sump addition. I also picked up a new pipe tap in the 3/8" size...

I was using an XM 10K bulb, but I switched to a Phoenix 14K a little less than a year ago. What I noticed pretty much mirrors everyone else. I got amazing growth from my corals under the 10K, but even with 2 pc actinics, the light color was far to yellow for me and the corals themselves seemed...

I use a CPR bak-pak on my 30 cube tank. It works, but the most frustrating things about it are: -it has to be adjusted everyday, in other words, you have to play with the air adjustment to get it to work, and sometimes you even have to drop the pre-skimmer box (something I purchased seperately...

Hi Carlo. Thanks for the advice, I will pick up a different tap, valve, hose, and adapter tonight. In the meantime, I disconnected it from the pipe tap and hooked it directly to the faucet again. This increased the pressure to ~30 psi, so obviously there is something going on with the tap. I did...

OK, here is the update on the booster pump situation. I unwrapped the new pump AWI sent to hook it up tonight. It is missing the correct wiring fittings to hook it to the pressure switch. I took pictures of the old pump wiring, new pump wiring, and pressure switch wiring to illustrate this and...

Actually, my first thought was that I must be having a blonde moment and something was hooked up wrong. But, I checked everything! Believe me, it is definately hooked into the cold water line, I checked that several times before I punctured the pipe for the valve (which made me extremely...

I told him about the tubing. I am supposed to be getting the replacement pump tomorrow, so I will let you know if it is in there. I am hopeful that the pump will work this time. Tina

FWIW, I got my RO/DI unit from Buckeye Field Supply http://www.buckeyefieldsupply.com. They have great customer service and the unit is excellent (if only my new house had decent water pressure I wouldn't need a booster pump). When I lived in Somerset, NJ (closer to North Brunswick), my before...