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As we pull into our driveway tonight, at 7:45, our neighbor informs us there's no power.
I ask him how long the powers been out, he says 'since about 9:30 this morning.
At just after 8pm power returns.
Taking stock of damage in main tank after 11 1/2 hours without power...
Filefish didn't make...
Ordered an ORA Aquacultured Acroporia pack for $202 with free shipping and a $50 gift certificate. Plus (if registered) $14 towards next order as a member.
Figure that puts me at $138 for this frag pack, at 5 frags thats $27.60 per frag.
Worth grabbing if you can before the sale runs out...
Big thread edit. Complete re-write...
Have 2 big 'dwarf' sea hares. They're so ugly they're adorable, in a slimy monstrous way.
As most shop dwarf hares I've seen are tinyish, I picked up 2 to raise them for a bit on algae and nori, adopting one out when it got a bit larger. They arrived full...
OK. I'll build it once the monster tank is done. Gonna LED this ^&^$%&^#^%$& up and paint pinstripes on it.
And those LEDS were. as expected, garbage.
I now have much more powerful LEDs on hand. Like the kind that is really bright if you look at it and if your friend says 'close your eyes' and...
I thought about the return to the swirls from the overflow, but the limited real estate inside the overflow limits options to smaller pumps, which defeats the purpose of the swirls.
My thought of the return before the skimmer is to restrict the flow through the skimmer. Initially I figured I...
'Money tree in reef hobby is not what you seek.
Need money forest you do.'
- Confucius impression of Yoda at Reefapalooza 592BC
Nice tank, great price! If I wasn't tackling the new monster I'd be picking this up as a display fragger.
J,
Good suggestion and I went to follow it. NOne of the stores woud actually bend the conduit for me. I was going to pick up a bender (heh), use it and return it, but then I couldn't find any decent cap offs for the conduit ends.
The successful but meh hanger project
Episode 1.0: It'll work...
OR, what about stealing the water for the swirls back before it gets to skimmer?
Something like...
Still would appreciate thoughts on Durso/HErbie combo or just Herbie, as well as thoughts on above 2 plumbing options for flow.