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My dad was always a fan of that green stuff...it's about the yuckiest stuff I've ever eaten, but pretty tasty.
Howcum people eat oysters, aren't they just little bags of (waste) that filter junk out of seawater?
BUT I LOVE 'EM, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF, ARRRRRRRGGGGGH!!!!!!!
Did anyone here buy a large flat panel TV lately? I'm getting ready to take the plunge. Please tell me:
1)Size?
2)LCD or Plasma?
2)Where'd you buy it?
Thx.
I added a gate valve to the end of the primary (siphon) drain and I am able to prevent it sucking air (loud S-H-L-U-R-P-P sound). The problem happens when the siphon exceeds the speed of the return pump! I always heard not to do this, but the thread on RC by the notorious BeanAnimal went into...
Now that I've had a little sleep, I can report that a half dozen balloons never were released, including the fantastic Energizer Bunny, and that Darth Vader never made it out of the airport! An amazing Noah's Ark balloon did the full race, though. And a good time was had by all.
Balloons are...
We left around 5:30 AM and got there for the first launch. Big fun, but my big feet hurt. A lot.
OH NOES! GIANT DARTH VADER ARE SNEAKING UP ON USSES!!!
A few updates...
Incredibly, after 2+ years and temps down to 50F, my cooked live rock has life coming back to it. Not much, just some forams and tube things, but...man! And it still has coralline.
The other live rock is "livening-up" too, probably as ammonia levels drop. There's evidence of a...
That's quite a collection you've got. I like "Ricordea Island." You know, if those corals all get large you're going to have to make some decisions about what to keep... :)
Turning on the Lights
Ah, the big day. I get to see what my conception is going to look like.
I brought the light rack out and put it on the tank. Then I clamped the brackets to the side:
I used the brackets to align the mounts on the wall, and put them up. Some of those screws are in...
Oh wait, disregard thte previous post. YOU mean you run your dedivcated ATO system off the AC-3, scheduling it to come on every 4-6 hours. I thought you meant you used a float switch input into the AC-3 to do your topoff, which would be interesting but more complicated to set up.