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  1. Phyl

    Help

    There are ways to quiet the overflow without restricting the flow to the sump. You can never perfectly balance things that way. Look into a Durso.
  2. Phyl

    Jimroth's Big Ol' Tank

    Jim, that's actually not an undata. I think it is cyphastrea. Nice looking piece.
  3. Phyl

    Brian's 225g Monstrosity is Now 180 gallons of FUN!

    Did you save something for the photo of the month!? We could use some submissions! Love the colors on those first two acans. Very nice.
  4. Phyl

    New Pics of the 125

    Beautiful photos. Could use a hair less blue (custom white balance would solve that) but not so much as it bothers me. Well done.
  5. Phyl

    reef central

    We really shouldn't be posting derogatory comments about other forums here.
  6. Phyl

    Our life is never boring!!

    What a beautiful little baby! Congratulations on your new grandchild. Andy and Linda are such wonderful parents. Haylie Lynn is just the luckiest little girl in the world! Give them my best. Holy moly COW on the car. Sorry to hear that it went up in flames before your eyes like that, but it...
  7. Phyl

    OOPS, Forgot the liverock

    Smelling it is a good idea. Also if you soaked it for 2 days and didn't see an ammo spike it in I'd call it good to go. Adding it to an established system if there is significant die off might cause you some problems. Better safe than sorry.
  8. Phyl

    Thanks Bobc

    That RBTA is awesome. Holy cow! Wish there was room in my tank for one.
  9. Phyl

    Thanks Bobc

    How cool of you, Bob. Nice to see they stayed in the family! Enjoy them, Ed.
  10. Phyl

    Merv's new 40 gallon build

    Sand it down real well before the next coat. Hopefully between that and a little warming you'll get the saturation you're looking for. Good luck! Looking forward to the stained photos!
  11. Phyl

    MACNA 2010

    https://www.spiritair.com/StaticFareClubEnrollment.aspx
  12. Phyl

    MACNA 2010

    You have to be a member of their 9$ fare club.
  13. Phyl

    MACNA 2010

    C'mon, do it right and it is a 9$ flight on Spirit out of AC! Can't beat that if you can find one!
  14. Phyl

    Help with Photos??

    The Nikon 105 is the gold standard (roughly 900). The 60mm is also a good candidate at nearly half that (5 and change). The Tamron 90 is 459 as is the Sigma 105 and the Sigma 150 is 729. I'm not a big fan of third party lenses on Nikon because I am personally not willing to accept the missed...
  15. Phyl

    Nikon Tips if anyone has any!

    LOL on getting a pro to shoot for or teach you. Personally I am self taught. As is Brian, AFAIK. Your best friend during your learning curve is to shoot HUNDREDS of photos. Keep trying things. Manual mode. Not automatic. You want to be the one controlling the F-stop. The shutter speed. The more...
  16. Phyl

    what causes a tank to crash?

    I wouldn't use Red Sea (anything) salt. We had a bad breakout of dinos from using it. BillyR had it worse than we did. Don't do it.
  17. Phyl

    Tank Switch

    Definitely swish the rocks if you can too. Having 2x the water you'll need is a good idea. That will give you plenty of water to wash things off in during the transer fprocess.
  18. Phyl

    Tank Switch

    Move everything but the sand. Clean it thoroughly before reusing it. Using saltwater to clean it will enable you to move it in without having to worry about it cycling again once all the bad stuff has been removed from it. Keep a bottle of [cycle product of your choosing] handy JIC. I've moved...
  19. Phyl

    Good Coral mix???

    Normally I'd agree about buying the most expensive salt... but I just don't trust TM these days. After things not quite being "right" with the tank we've changed over to Seachem. We had used RC with no problems for quite a while, though we haven't used it in over a year.
  20. Phyl

    what causes a tank to crash?

    Hardware malfunction...
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