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  1. Hawkeye

    Reefer Relief

    My humble opinion - people leave for different reasons - divorce, baby, marriage, people move. Some people are college students or hs students. Certainly when times were flush, there may be less - but in my opinion I just think we notice it more now. I'm not looking to get out - but the biggest...
  2. Hawkeye

    Need to vent (Not an equipment conversation)

    Really sorry to hear about the angels. Ich and stupid fish are remarkably common in our hobby ;D and I wouldn't take it too personally. I'm sure a trip to the LFS may convince you to try again in the future. Finally - there is this minor solace - for all you know the angel was going to be food...
  3. Hawkeye

    Here's my Big Office System

    Re: Here's my now 375 (was 120) by Bax ouch...get a doc to prescribe some naproxin...(forget the spelling) - it's basically ibuprofin but at 5x the strength of anything over the counter... ;)
  4. Hawkeye

    blange3's 180 upgrade

    For record - mine is skipped too...might have to do with the private messages I send... ::)
  5. Hawkeye

    Magazines

    i won two subscriptions from the last frag swap...one to FAMA and another - I can't remember - I think it's AFI (or TFH). ::) Yes - it's been that way for me - just so crazy at work that I don't have time to read anything (besides post padders!) :o
  6. Hawkeye

    New Pico Evolution pumps

    looking promising...i've been tinkering with the idea of replacing the small pumps with a manifold - similar to what ricwilli mentioned to me on my tale. T off the return pump and power up the phos reactor etc. Just been too lazy to do plumbing... :P
  7. Hawkeye

    help me choose my fishes

    i'd do the achilles and pair it with a power blue and add them both at the same time - last to the tank. neon gobies are awful small in a 120. Don't get me wrong - I loved the little guy when I had it - it was servicing my firefish almost like a remora on a shark. Plus they are tank raised. But...
  8. Hawkeye

    need advice....PLEASE!

    I had 3 hitch in on the LR I bought from a fellow njrc reefer. First one was small on a portable piece of LR. Took it out and dropped a squirt of lemon juice. Watched it turn white and die. Second one was larger and someone had migrated onto the one big piece of LR I cannot move. I ignored it...
  9. Hawkeye

    Need help with fish selection

    A larger triggerfish or lionfish comes to mine - but I've never owned a grouper but I thought they will eat anything. Scientists had even suggested the grouper in the atlantic could be a potential predator for the invasive lionfish.
  10. Hawkeye

    blange3's 180 upgrade

    Thanks - and that turkeybaster thing will be on my list of items to shop for. Sorry blange for the detour.
  11. Hawkeye

    Anthias ?

    that is some great pics there merv. So madreefer - did you get the fishes? :)
  12. Hawkeye

    120H 5 footer

    For future reference - a damsel or other fish is not needed to cycle a tank. Cycling involves building the bacteria needed to help break down harmful ammonia/nitrite. Rather than subject a fish to this treatment (and also the pain of trying to pull a territorial fish, it's easier to just use a...
  13. Hawkeye

    Welcome To NJRC! Take a minute to introduce yourself

    Welcome! thank you for serving and helping others. Another 120 owner - and an extra tall at that! Does that make it slimmer front to back or just shorter from side to side? You have to start a tale of the tank. There are quite a few 120 threads that hopefully can give you insight on the pluses...
  14. Hawkeye

    Impurities after RO/DI filtration?

    I'm not sure myself but a TDS of 0 is better than a TDS of 300. One thing to consider is that LR and sand that is reused could potentially leech things back into the water column (e.g. phosphates).
  15. Hawkeye

    blange3's 180 upgrade

    ok - can someone fill me in on what a blackworm is - are those tubifex worms? or are these worms for saltwater??? ???
  16. Hawkeye

    Hawkeye's AGA 120

    thanks guys! I swear the tang has a vendetta against yellow-tail damsels. He even swims side-ways underneath small rock formations to chase. Anyways - the kole is starting to calm down and is even accepting pellets/cyclop wafers. Though frozen mysis is loved beyond compare. Knock on wood no...
  17. Hawkeye

    FYI, Unexpected plumbing result

    welcome to NJRC...what an interesting first post! :) do you have a pic of this homemade chiller?
  18. Hawkeye

    Stagnant water

    I ran a slow flow sump and got the film all the time. I wouldn't sweat it. If you are doing regular water changes then just take a cup and skim the crud out. Isn't that what the sump's purpose is - to accumulate crud/detritus? hide equipment etc? I would not place a maxi 1200 in there - as you...
  19. Hawkeye

    Happy Birthday Edward771

    ;D I would have suggested a BK skimmer for your bday but you already have that!!! ;D anyways - to our hard-working vp - happy birthday!
  20. Hawkeye

    Hawkeye's AGA 120

    Monthly update... ;D sorry about the pic width - been a while since i posted pics. will figure it out. Firefish Nemateleotris magnifica added: Dec 08 courtesy of Aquatic Obsessions - Free. Just wanted to post a pic proving he lives in my open-top tank. Jawfish Opistognathus aurifrons Added...
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