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Doing an image search on Google trying to find a part for an old Kalk reactor, I saw this!! ...it’s a screen shot from my phone so sorry the pic’s not to clear, but I believe the message is….…. the creepiness has infiltrated the mainstream

Thanks - Too bad I'm not handy as a seamstress but at least I have a better idea what I'm looking for and I've been known to be pretty handy with wire-ties

I've continued to try and find a source to get this thing running and I can't seem to get any information. I did find some pics (Google image) and it looks like it is/was also sold with a bubble counter - I thought they were used for CA reactors, not Kalk reactors. Obviously the folks at Aqua...

That's my understanding as well but I'm not going to be able to run something as sophisticated as a CR so my options are between a KR or 2-part dosing with pumps. (im nervous about KR w/o some means to make it safe) I will start with the kalk if I can get this running w/o spending a fortune...

Thanks. I sent them an email. But given your other post on K.R. vs C.R. I'm not sure I really feel safe using it. I guess if the parts cheap to get + the free reactor than the price is right and worth a try

thought the embedded pics might be easier to see and recognize

Anyone have any experience with these? Someone local broke down a tank and gave this to me - it was for sale but it's missing a piece so it became my lucky day. Anyway, its missing what he described as a sort of filter sock for the stirrer pump. I cleaned OT up a bit with some vinegar and ran...

Well the ammonia's at zero... Finally. Only took 2 weeks and 50-60g of WCs in a 30g QT. Only problem left now was the frantic call from my wife last night coming from the basement. I ran down and she says "do you smell that?, there must be something dead down here!". The smell was clearly the...

Isn't Champion in Ambler, PA? I think there was pretty bad flooding there last week. My folks live right by there. Not sure if they were affected but if you're thinking of a road trip instead of Amazon (to save time) you may want to call first.

The last house we were in was built in 1903 - the only knob and tube left was sandwiched between 1st and 2nd floor. Actually that's more dangerous b/c while knob and tube is fine in theory, splice the hot and neutral together in the attic or basement to run romex to the box creates all sorts of...

Saw the marks from the plaster between the lathe strips and the old "real" dimensional lumber that's an unmistakable sign of old construction - and the liquid nails from the reno. Plaster and lathe demo is awful (and messy as hell). On the bright side, there's romex in there so you're not...

Thanks for the Nori tip, I will definitely try that. Have you used the bio-spira? I thought that was something to aid in (or shorten) cycling. Is it just beneficial bacteria? And is this a recommended use? In other words, do you think I can find suggestions about how to use it in that way -...

I guess if I can't find a taker, I'll throw them in the fuge

Thanks - and hey, I have (on countless occasions) blindly restarted my computer with fingers crossed so I appreciate the advice. I do have trouble rearranging (I don’t take to change well). I suppose I would have made a terrible interior decorator, so I’m not sure how I will be able to do with...

for what it's worth the Hippo and the Tomini are in the QT together (with a large foxface and the singapore angel, damsel and the mollies) and I haven't seen any aggression from any of them. Granted they are all small, so that behavior may change as they mature. The DT has the yellow tang and...

I can live with the WCs. I'm mentally committed to that schedule anyway. The amount of natural daylight I have makes for some dirty water anyway - once I make doors for my stand that may drop off a bit but now I have to do a WC 1x a week just to clean the sump. As for the tangs, I would like...

I know I over did it a bit and wrote too much but I really thought there would be strong opinions on this - at least a weigh in to tell me I'm an idiot for 3 tangs..., something... Anyway, I guess absent some suggestion(s) to the contrary, I'll be looking for a new home for the foxface, the...

I started a new topic dealing with the stocking Q - this has drifted off course a bit and taken attention away from my little baby blue hippo tang :D

This is a discussion that morphed from another thread but I figured I may as well start fresh and get some opinions. It’s long – SORRY. I preface this saying I know this area of the hobby (stocking) tends to be a touchy subject and carries with it a lot of strong opinions. I’m not one to buck...

I have just 1 clown - not that it makes a big difference between 1&2. The foxface is a really interesting fish but if I could find a taker I guess I could let that go. The damsel us tiny but with only one I could let that go too. I thought about keeping 1 pair of the mollies in the sump/fuge...