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If everything is looking good, I wouldn't do a large water change. Just continue doing normal water changes and let it come down slowly. No more dosing calcium until it is needed.

I just had a great DOH! moment with my tank. I was drilling a 3 1/2 inch hole in the back wall of my canopy and trying to keep both hands on the drill, while I held the vacuum to catch the sawdust. I've used this bit a bunch of times and knew I'd get a kick once the teeth hit the wood...

So let's move forward...... What is going to be critical now is maintaining therapeutic levels of copper. You'll need to test frequently to make sure you're maintaining these levels. Dependent on the type of copper, you'll need to have a test kit to measure that type of copper. Seachem...

Copper in a DT....with rock and sand.....ouch! You need to ask questions before doing this kind of stuff. It's difficult maintaining proper copper levels with rock and sand in the tank. Please don't plan on adding back snails and inverts any time soon.....if at all. Also look into...

Great bang for the buck.....using one on a QT tank I'm setting up.

Joe, I'd like to know you thinking on that. My thought is to give them places to hide to reduce stress. If we didn't want them to hide, why not a totally empty tank without any PVC? I'd rather have them hiding and happy than out in the open and freaking out.

In setting up a 55 gallon QT, the standard PVC plumbing pieces just didn't look right for that deep of a tank. The fish would have to hang out on the bottom of the tank. There was nothing in the upper water column for the fish to hide. Having left over 4 inch PVC pipe, I made two upright...

Thank you everyone for your kind words. However, It's not so much me, it's my wife's good friend who was John's significant other who's having the hard time. But again, all words appreciated. For those not familiar, Captain John was the only commercial boat allowed to dock in Keyport...

Lost a seafaring friend last night. For those who fish in the Central NJ area, you might know Captain John out of Keyport. He had a massive heart attack last night and passed away at the young age of 48. John was a great person and very close friend to one of my wife's best friends...

Yep! Flipped the controllers putting the bad one back in and did the "Pump Disconnect Calibration" and still got the straight RED. I was told on another site that I need to contact Vortech for an update of the firmware.....that's what a straight red means.

So I believe I'm going to get yet another "Doh!" moment out of this story. What I didn't tell you is that in Mark's generosity, he also gave me a bag of Ecotech goodies that I've now sat down to go through. One thing I found was the MP40 Manual and one additional slightly larger page that...

Wait, I know you......that light.....you did that DIY car light thing, and it's now over your tank. Looks good. I also see you were at Mark's meeting today. I would have liked to meet you. I'm one of the old guys who was hanging out in the kitchen. Sorry I missed you.

Very enjoyable meeting, but unfortunately I only grabbed one picture of Mark's tank. Too involved in conversation.

Thank you @Mark_C for your extreme generosity, my MP40 is back up and running. I am deeply indebted to you for your gift of a replacement controller....actually two. Whatever you need let me know (except babysitting.....I don't that so well!), and I'll be there.

Thank you Mark and family for hosting. I totally enjoyed myself, hanging out in the kitchen. Old faces and some new friends.....extremely relaxing for me. Thank you once again for an enjoyable meeting.

Will do Bob. I've already gotten my Louisville Slugger out and taken a couple practice swings.......I'm warmed up. :biggrin:

Marcus ( @trio91 ), I picked up this fancy-pants Apex contraption from Bob today... at the meeting. I paid Bob cash, so now you owe me. It was decided that if you don't pay up, I get to break your legs! :eek: No rush picking it up.

Marcus, I can grab this for you if you're not at the meeting. At least it would be a little closer.

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