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Depends on what you want to do as other above have said.
I use these:
http://www.trxtraining.com/
You are your own resistance, you get a total body workout, they can be used on the back of a door (depending on your door), and they take up no space at all. My trainer introduced me to these...
I will see if I can get some pics up tonight, things have just been a little crazy. The new additions were both from DD, a c. cf. lancelotus (pin tail fairy wrasse) and a c. lunauts (which mighta also get the distinction as c. cf. lunatus as these are also from the phillapeans and may be...
I don't know if the make them for the Koralias, or if they can be cut and modded to fit, but these are the foam covers for vortechs to prevent this.
http://store.ecotechmarine.com/store/accessories
(scroll to the bottom)
Back before Sandy messed us up, our yearly schedule included the Frag Swap in the Fall and then we would try and do a smaller event in the spring (usually April) where we bring in a speaker and do a true frag swap (no vendors) or lotto. We have had Ken Neidermeyer, Copps, Julian Sprung and Tony...
Tropic Marin, mixes super clean and super quickly. Don't need too much alk and calc because of the cal reactor so no biggy there. The only downside is it takes almost double the salt to mix to 1.026. There is no perfect salt, lol.
I did not like how dirty the mixing tank became. I had to clean the tank out all the time and it did not mix quickly enough. It is very hard to pick a salt that does everything, I still miss the fact of how little it takes to mix up a WC.
Drop me a PM Sonny, I have no problem meeting at Trop...
Carbon and water change will help as well. Let him get out. They sell foam covers for pumps that you can put on there so they don't get sucked in. I would recommend getting one to make sure it does not happen in the future.
I switched salt and still have this extra bucket kicking around, never opened, never used. The group buy pricing on this is 75$ a bucket so I will let it go for $70. Pickup is in Point pleasant, no I will not ship.
I had a blast and Ken really was excellent. It was interesting seeing him several years apart as the presentation has changed and his methods have changed. He spoke about how the SPS grew 3-4 times faster when suspended than on a frag plug. I think there will be a group buy soon for fishing line.
Rain down here. The forecast calls for 1-2 inches of snow where the meeting is and switching over to rain. I will be in attendance, Nikki is feeling under the weather so she is out.
If you are going to use a ton at once the ecotech is the way to go. It is the best glue however it hardens in the bottle and becomes useless if you let it sit around too long. We use ic gel and have been using it for years. Seems like a good middle ground.