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  1. Tazmaniancowboy

    Tanks stand about to go - do I upgrade now?

    Ricwili has one for sale...here ya go! http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=16318.msg150177;topicseen#new Taz
  2. Tazmaniancowboy

    Rubbermaid stock tank for sump setup? Anyone using?

    I have the 100 Gal rubbermaid. I have no baffles and the only time I get micro bubbles is when the water level is really low. I have an in sump skimmer resting on an inverted 5 gallon bucket to raise it above water level at the moment until I figure out exactly how I want everything. When I got...
  3. Tazmaniancowboy

    Tanks stand about to go - do I upgrade now?

    Phil, If the stand will hold out a little longer, HOLD out for the 120, you will not regret it. I'm sure you'll be able to find one soon enough, just moniter the stand, Just in case! Thanks again for the inverts, I really appreciate all the time, effort, and delivery involved. Let me know when...
  4. Tazmaniancowboy

    Taking drastic measures to rid hair algae

    I'm afraid to do this being that I will be re-introducing the fish so soon after this major change. I am looking as this being equivelant to a 50% water change wich should leave me in real goog shape being that all of the tainted sand and rock will be out of the picture. Taz
  5. Tazmaniancowboy

    Taking drastic measures to rid hair algae

    Maybe I was unclear about the rock going back in. The rock that I take out of this tank is not going back into it. I will be exchanging it with different rock that has been in another system's sump for probably 7 years so it is full of life and I see no hair algae on it. THEN the old rock will...
  6. Tazmaniancowboy

    Taking drastic measures to rid hair algae

    OK, so My fathers tank is OVERGROWN with hair algae. I have been trying to help him get rid of this problem for quite some time now by teaching him not to feed so much, replace 2-3 year old bulbs to which he couldn't understand..LOL, Phosban, more frequent maint, new ro/di filters and membrane...
  7. Tazmaniancowboy

    Tanks stand about to go - do I upgrade now?

    That is correct Phyl. It is 36 inches front to back, But in Phil's case an extra 18 inches from the current 90 protruding into the room may be too much especially if you try opening doors to the stand. Are you volunteering to scape mine? LOL I thought it would be a blast also, but as I stated...
  8. Tazmaniancowboy

    Tanks stand about to go - do I upgrade now?

    I was thinking the same Rich, Do we have to push these overflows so close to their limits of design. I seem to remember reading a thread debating how much flow should be through the sump a long time ago on Reef Central. In the thread it was stated and debated that we run real high flow rates...
  9. Tazmaniancowboy

    Tanks stand about to go - do I upgrade now?

    Phyl beat me to the response! LOL slow typer I am. She may even have a pump for you soon!
  10. Tazmaniancowboy

    Tanks stand about to go - do I upgrade now?

    Phil, I personally think it is a world of difference. I have a 120 and everytime I saw my brother's 90 It looked so small and cramped. If you can afford it I would go with the 120 (especially knowing your 4 foot limitation) I believe it is easier to aquascape as well as the added benefit of...
  11. Tazmaniancowboy

    February Meeting & Thank You

    I would like to thank you Phyl and John for a great meeting and also for the corals I bought from you. The tank looks great and the food was really good. I also want to thank you guys for making Kelly feel so welcome, I think she is hooked! Keep up the good work guys! LOL Taz PS: I'm sure you...
  12. Tazmaniancowboy

    Solar Powered Reef

    How much maintenance and what kind has to be done to a solar energy system? How long do they last, and how reliable are they? you guys got me thinking. Tazmaniancowboy
  13. Tazmaniancowboy

    Re: Need Help with AquaC EV skimmer

    The air valve gets crusty occasionally from salt creep especially if there is any splash from the water outlet on the skimmer. I just unscrew it and run it under faucet water for a couple seconds to wash away the salt. Another thing to check is the water injector. Believe it or not mine has had...
  14. Tazmaniancowboy

    Re: Need Help with AquaC EV skimmer

    Is the unit new or used? what size skimmer and what pump do you have driving it? I'm not up north, but I have one and may be able to troubleshoot with you. Tazmaniancowboy
  15. Tazmaniancowboy

    Should I bother raising pH?

    How critical is this? Since I hooked up my controller(sunday) I'm finding that my tank is hovering around the same. It's nice seeing a number now opposed to a color on the test kits where my interpretation of color was "close enough" so I rarely tested. I believe I have been in the area of 8 all...
  16. Tazmaniancowboy

    January Meeting Thanks & Recap

    Steve I would like to thank you and your wife for allowing so many of us into your home. It was quite a long trip for some of us, but well worth it to me. As I expected, your tanks look GREAT. I really enjoyed looking (drooling)at them until of course my wife said "why can't our tanks look like...
  17. Tazmaniancowboy

    January Meeting; Saturday the 24th Washington, NJ

    Looking to buy some corals at the meeting Looking for Digitatas and Montie capshttp://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=15151.0 Also interested in Neon green candycane/trumpet. Will be attending meeting, please let me know if you have any to sell Thanks Taz
  18. Tazmaniancowboy

    Question for CPAP users

    Whew, Thanks guys. I'm glad to see mom is safe! I'll have to tell her to go back to good ol pure rodi. I knew this was the right place to ask. Taz
  19. Tazmaniancowboy

    Question for CPAP users

    Just found out that my mother has been using RODI water in her cpap machine for over a year. I do not know anything about these machines. I asked her what she is supposed to fill the machine with and she tells me distilled water. So my parents automatically started using RODI water thinking this...
  20. Tazmaniancowboy

    aquarium water testing .com results.

    Got my results this week on 2 separate tanks. First results are from my system. Ammonia (NH3-4) ........................Good ......................................... 0.005 Nitrite (NO2)...........................Good ......................................... 0.004 Nitrate...
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