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    Culturing

    I can't comment on the three weeks by I do know that phyto normally outpaces them by a longshot
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    aquarium water testing .com results.

    I would swap nitrites for Alk.
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    well...

    and ironically I only have a nano 8) oh and the job didn't come with a pay increase... just a stress increase :'( well off to check my haunts to see might visit :P
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    well...

    ...since halloweenish time things have been hectic for me so I thought I'd give an update. We've moved. The tank came through like a champ and I get my hitchhiker out. ;D College calculus and physics kicked my butt and I only have 1 test left. I started a new job at work... and now I work for...
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    Cell Phones -verizon-

    :P
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    Just averted a fire!!

    I use an appliance (three prong) HD/Lowes/walmart timer with a threeway splitter on lower wattage circuits. I also use the timer to cover two of the outlets on the strip as well to prevent overuse. Another option is to plug the timer into the wall and then plug a powerstrip into the timer...
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    TDS reading

    2005 drinking water standards http://www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/ TDS is a secondary standard because it isn't a single item, but a collective. Also strictly ions as well iirc on how tds meters work. I'd be concerned that if TDS is high, some other variable might be as well. Not lose sleep over...
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    Fish Tunnel

    2 55 gallons in the corner along opposite walls with a tube connecting would be sweet
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    help new reef tank

    sounds like a diatom bloom. Very normal for a new reef tank. Keep monitoring your water parameters and continue cycling. Welcome to NJRC.
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    Reef Test Kits

    API makes a good quality test kit. Salifert is the pseudo standard for Mg.
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    TDS reading

    iirc a reading of 650 at your inlet is higher than state law allows. Have you contacted your municipal?
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    Microsoft Windows 7

    MS is trying to get back into it's three year cycle of OS releases. The time between XP and Vista is the longest MS has gone between releases. With Vista's release many people were vary entrenched in XP. Add into it the annoying UAC that is the complaint of many the Vista hater. But many don't...
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    There's a new store coming RIGHT NEAR YOU!

    Route 38 needs a store. (Sorry that this isn't helping)
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    So who's not attending the frag swap?

    Right now I'm supposed to be stuck at work... doing 12s.
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    Overflow box, overflow protection

    the following is NOT from personal experience: If using a U-tube type overflow it is imperative that both ends of the tube remain submerged to maintain siphon. Eggcrate or vinyl screen mesh can work wonders in keeping critters out of plumbing. I've seen (on the internetz) float valves that...
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    Sad day. White German Shepherd Puppy needs a new home

    I've got great news. Turns out my daughter was sick and not allergic. We had someone dogsit for us and they've been together for over a week now. Thank you all for the offers. Now to get that allergy shot for me...
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    Paintball

    +1 plus I'm still broken
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    True Blood?

    Vamp... but we won't find out till the season finally.
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    reef mud questions

    Mud for mangroves. Sand for all others IMO.
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    Well maybe this is my next tank

    yeah but all of the colonies put into it would look like frags.
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