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Whatever method you chose make sure you test it a couple times first. I'd recommend an auto-top off hooked into one of the rear chambers if you have the room. Also it makes it one less thing to worry about daily.

After pickling season you can normally find it on the clearance racks.

How much did you dose? What test kits did you use? With softies you have to watch for chem warfare. Are you running carbon?

It's not really that simple depending on how your house is wired. They go into it a bit in the RC thread. Best setup imo is AFCI breaker with GFCI outlets. I looked at my breaker box. All of my bedrooms have AFCI breakers.

It'll take some time. It was easily a month before I heard from them and closer to two iirc.

so the gel comes from https://www.mazuri.com/Home.asp?Products=2 We have both the herbivore and omnivore versions. I have some not so great pictures I need to pull off my cell.

I like my Phoenix bulb. If I don't switch over to T5 though, my next bulb will be a 20K radium.

4 parks baking soda to 1 part baked baking soda... mixes to ~8.2 pH and is super cheap compared to aquarium marketed products. Ratio can even be change to raise or lower your pH temporarily if needed.

They are willing to work with you if there is an opening in an area you are interested in. Even if you start out on one thing and decide it's not your thing you can normally change it up. The touch tanks can get tedious because you don't want to siphon too much sand out and leftover food will...

No prob Hawkeye. Where else can I play with cool toys, work out, and yell at people while getting paid?

Active Duty Air Force myself. My wife went AD Army, to Army Reserve, and is now AF Reserves.

I volunteer there every other Sunday as a Fish and Invert Volunteer. Nancy, the volunteer coordinator is great. It was about 2 months before I was called for an interview. Volunteers are paired with biologists and are responsible for the same areas. My schedule when there is normally: 0700...

Does it eat frozen? If not I would put it in a quarantine tank to train it to eat something besides live pods.

Difficult fish to keep and on par with seahorses imo, especially in a nano. I've stayed away even though I really want one. Having one that will feed on frozen mysis or pellets goes a long way towards success, but may not guarantee it imo as you may still have to supplement pods. They constantly...

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I think it's an excellent way to keep new members coming back. :P oh and I won at my first 2 meetings.

Fans are more cost effective (evap vs wattage use) however depending on how hot the ambient room temperature is a chiller would be a better option. How hot are you running now? How hot was it last summer? (if applicable) Do you have the room?

add a piece of airline to your turkeybaster. combovital is a waste imo

big pro is ease of siphoning poo. cons for me is seeing said poo and imo the unnatural look of it.

1310ish and 1430 most of the fish exhibits are fed. If you see someone with what looks like tupperware follow them!