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  1. Mark_C

    Anyone done an active tank rebuild?

    Thanks all for the great advice. I'll stock up on filter socks to swap during changeover and pick up a bottle of bacteria as well. Agree on the sand and that was my worry. Wondering if I put snad in a container inside the larger cycling tank, if I could cycle sand at the same time?
  2. Mark_C

    Anyone done an active tank rebuild?

    So I ordered some flat rock from a guy in Fla and I love the stuff. Love it so much so that I'd like to remove my current scape and replace it with a new build consisting 80% or better of this new rock. The fish will be temp moved to a holding tank on the day of action. If anyone has done this...
  3. Mark_C

    93 gallon cube NNJ - 07660

    @Romanhawk Think he was looking for a larger cube.
  4. Mark_C

    Birds of Paradise Colony and Miro 36" retrofit

    Had a pop-up mini meet last Sat when mnat and Niki stopped by and Hockeynut just happened by to pick stuff up. Roca, Beautiful piece, if I had space, I'd be tempted. GLWS :)
  5. Mark_C

    The Mandalorian *SPOILERS*

    This week’s project...
  6. Mark_C

    RED SEA s500 ELECTRONICS DRAWER / eBay

    This has been a lesson to me. I'm planning to sell some frags this week. Was going to put them in the watertight specimen bottles, then a waterproof bag, then in a box with peanuts and packing. Now I know I can just send them in an envelope and save myself the trouble.
  7. Mark_C

    Expanse Season 5 & RODI

    It never caught me until I read the books last year, which, after the first one, I was an addict. Only bad thing was I had developed the characters in my head and seeing them on screen was different than I expected, except the guy who plays Amos, he was well beyond my imagination and is...
  8. Mark_C

    Expanse Season 5 & RODI

    Looks like the Expanse’s budget for ‘Prop - Oxygen generator for plants’ involved $50 and an RO buddy.
  9. Mark_C

    Lion's cove 40 gallon breeder

    Nice! Tank looks great! Once we put water and livestock in it all goes downhill. ;)
  10. Mark_C

    Changing filter socks

    WIth bigger tanks I went with filter socks. Just grabbed 10-12 from Amazon. When they got dirty enough to start to overfill I'd replace and throw the dirty one in a bucket of water with a cup of bleach in it to start cleaning and prevent any pathogen buildup. When I was down to 2 clean socks Id...
  11. Mark_C

    sublunary's RSR 250

    NIce update. Tank looks great. I'm in a 30g atm and battling the red slime and gha, no different than the larger tanks, just a heck of a lot easier to do a 20% water change. Panamic Barnacle Blennies, where did you find them? I've been looking for about 6 months now and zippo on the luck. Per...
  12. Mark_C

    RODI 4 stage RO buddie

    Great unit. I use it with the booster and it's a solid RODI. I actually went to a 5 stage canister then went back to this for ease of use and minimal space requirement. Great deal.
  13. Mark_C

    NJRC frag sale

    Dropped you a text :) Galaxia palys Yellow death palys Luminary palys Grandis palys Pandoras Gatorades Birds of paradise bnest Blue policipora Burnin banana stylocoeniella Yellow digi Tubipora Green stag w/gold polyps
  14. Mark_C

    New mini reefer has arrived !!!!

    CONGRATS!
  15. Mark_C

    white worms

    Thanks Mickey, Will take you up on that. Have to head down to Daves to pick up a Reefcleaners order in the next week or two, will let you know.
  16. Mark_C

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! & Nano Reef Update #1

    HNY! Good luck with the tank. Looks great so far, beautiful tank and great size. To be honest, with something that small a protein skimmer is un-needed and extreme overkill if you're doing a few gallons of water change a week (which you should). Also note that if you want to do softies, palys...
  17. Mark_C

    white worms

    Thanks!
  18. Mark_C

    white worms

    @Yates273 I've run cultures occasionally but always hated the separation of worms from media. Also never had them refrigerated and the fly larva would eventually get a bit crazy. This post has me interested in starting cultures again. Whats with the screening and the plexi? I'm gathering that...
  19. Mark_C

    Clownfish question

    I adjust my clown population constantly due to aggression and behavior issues. Two have been returned for credit and one is in Madreefer's tank. Swearing not to buy any more, I saw two phenomenal black storms, and they're in my tank. One is off to another club member shortly. Clowns are cool...
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