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Thanks for the tips to help the fin(-tip, pardon the pun) George.... In my short stint so far, I've seen lots of fin damage come back quickly so I'll keep my fingers crossed that it'll come back – I am just worried because I know the quarters are tight and I’m torn between doing everything in QT...

Hey David Glad to see you back – looking good! - we may have kicked off around the same time but your live stock has left me in the dust - at least I can think about the fact that you had a few years head start with the nano :) Anyway, I had a question. I have some fish in QT so I ask this for...

I'm eagerly awaiting watching the Phils avenge 2009. Guess I'll have to sink low enough to root for the Yanks to get by the Tigers

I have these. Different name but the same general deal - Chinese knockoff, eBay, under $20, think mine are 1200 gph (not sure I remember) There was a whole thread back and forth that was lost with the site crash. I think the consensus was that they are made with the parts used to make older...

Here's a better shot of the nem's condition. Still has decent color but you can better make out the status of the tentacles. And if you're bored here's a short video of the QT set up. Everyone seems happy and hopefully the Tomini is ok and just caught a bad nip from someone...

Rock on with the iPhone auto-correct. Anyway this should make it easier to understand. Behind the filter you can see there is a "PIPE" from the "PUMP". The pipe drops to a cone and that circulates the effluent before it exits through the filter via the port on the lid. It doesn't seem like...

actually saw my first concern tonight. Looks like the tomini tang got in a fight. This is a bad shot but it's hard to get it to pose. You can see (I guess it's the bottom of the anal f'in) is a bit chewed up. Hopefully it's not getting too bullied in there.

Thanks Phil. ...and Happy B-day This one is different than what I've seen before. I'm used to the PM style or rod stirrers like you described. This uses a pimp like the PM but it's built into the lid. The "pipe" that feeds to the sump uses a 10 micron filter to prevent undisolved kalk from...

Great call on using tank water. Thanks. I have about 10g that is dialed to the hypo so after that's used up, tank water it is....

I picked up an Aqua Medic Kalk reactor. It was given to me by the guy selling it because he couldn’t locate some parts when I went to pick it up. Nothing in life is ever free though, right? I hoped I could get it running with some DIY mods but no such luck because I had such a hard time...

nothing too exciting is happening with the tank because most of my attention has been focused on my QT set-up and its tenants. More on that later one thing of note – the anemone (RBTA) that’s been in the tank for a few months has continued to browse the real estate since it split. It though both...

That dude dropped out of high school junior year. Makes me wonder what the $@&# I did wrong... And just to add insult to injury - the collection of toys in the garage and a CNC machine to boot. Sure building the skimmers isn't too hard... When you have a plastics fabrication factory in bay next...

I made a vacuum out of 1/2" PVC and some hose. Actually pretty nifty if I do say. I picked up a siphon pump like you'd use to fill a kerosene heater for $4. I have to build that in for Vac.1.2. :) Anyway that attempt to remove was more thorough. Hopefully I left less behind.

I used BRS for my Kent. Just ordered a bag of resin and a refillable canister -fit right in and it's even faster now. That made me nervous at first but TDS in is still 90+ and TDS out fell back to zero as soon as I changed them.

After some back and forth and some help from the folks at Aqua Medic North America, I now know a bit more - looks like the model # I was using was not an Aqua Medic #. The unit is an Aqua Medic Kalkwasserreactor KWR 1000. It appears that it was more popular in Europe than state-side. I found...

I was told the same thing after a lot of digging out of pure desperation and a deep rooted hatred of vile comcast. Originally I was told (by the NJ BPU) that NJ was 1 of only 2 states to have negotiated state-wide terms and would have covered the state by 2012. That was extended 2x and most...

guessing it's too late if the tank was dropped off for the build a few weeks ago but if you're still uncertain about removing the brace an option that could work - you could fit two tanks in and plumb them together - that way you could have the same system water volume without modifying the...

Are you worried that the root structure will push your baffles apart as the grow? I know they grow slowly but I could see that as a problem down the road...

I put one in mine. Came from a fellow reefer with a bigger tank and stronger lighting it took a solid 2 weeks to adjust and find a spot (much of that was back behind the rock work) About a week after it settled it split and the larger piece moved again. Now one is in a shady spot and one is...

Hope she's successful. This can't come fast enough. My wife makes me buy organic veggies which I can't see the point of but this I could get behind, even at a premium.