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Mladen, the thing you didn't appear to take into consideration in calculating the evaporation is fall from the main floor into the basement. That's where we saw the HUGE increase in daily evap from under 2g up to 6g. Summer, winter, fall... doesn't seem to matter whether the heat's running or...
PREMIUM AQUTICS GROUP BUY
For those of you who've been waiting for the PA Group buy to get started (15% discount and free shipping), the January buy is in progress. We need all orders finalized by January 5 in order to have delivery for the January meeting in Pittstown.
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You'll likely lose 5-7g per day, depending... We keep a 55g drum tied into the system. The ATO (ATO link from Mike's post are also what we use) pumps out of that and into the sump (through a Kalk reactor). We use an Aqualifter to move the water. We also keep that on a timer so that the risk of...
As usual, the holiday party is shaping up to be a fantastic event. We've got a surprising amount of raffles for the event.
110g Tank, Stand & Canopy
ACJr
Skimmer \ For a 75g tank
Sump /
Corals
Gift Certificates
Supplements
T-Shirts
That doesn't count. There are only 3 there now!
Ahh. What you'll find out then is that we're actually going backwards and will look at the picture before the Count the Fish post next.
I don't know about the recirc pump having to work harder (that does't make any sense to me), but I do personally believe that there's little benefit to the second chamber.
That being said, I do have a 2 chamber unit and would probably replace it with the same if I ever needed to. *shrug*
Good luck with the clam. It is beautiful. We have a gorgeous clam in the stock tank in the basement. I had something bothering it in the display tank and we had to pull it out. It opens so wide down there, I know it is happy, but I'm sure not.
Looking forward to the wedding pics!
One of these days I'll remember (and not be crazy busy) to be there for this. Keep up the good work, up the advertising and you'll have crowds in no time. You're doing a great service!
We've never done a group buy on fish before. We've done a couple of coral buys, but it might make more sense to get a store to bring in a buy for us and give us discount/sale prices. We can try to arrange that with an LFS next year, if the group is interested in it.