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It's quite obvious, you need a larger tank, and use the current one as a sump or refugium. (grin)

The 40 hours sounds like a lot, but it's not that bad, only a couple of days. Obviously this could be an issue if you need to do a 100% water change on a running system, but for the initial setup you all set. This hobby gets expensive enough as it is. Only upgrade the RO system id your really...

Table base? Have you seen the prices for driftwood for use in FW planted aquariums? You'd likely make a lot more selling it as is. (grin) I though reef systems were expensive till I saw some of the prices for planted aquarium substrata, rocks and driftwood.

What part of the Jersey shore are you interested in getting to? It's a big difference if it's Cape May verses Asbury Park. Considering where you live, you might make better time going by boat (grin).

The only times I see a beach empty of people like that is in mid winter.

You tank looks a lot better than mine. My tank is currently an algae farm.

That's the most unusual set of beach photos I have seen in a long time. It's something quite a bit different. As for the neon gobies, great fish, but like many gobies they like to hide. I had several different species of gobies in my tank at one time and they all hid. I'd see them, but if I...

Well done on the sensor repair. It's amazing that they just don't have a sensor assembly that could be snapped out and replaced. Those kind of things go bad all the time. While it wouldn't have been a 10 cent part, it would be about a $10 part and a DIY project for anyone. No need to replace the...

Actually there are quite a few wooden roller coaster, although the Cyclone is the most famous. See this like for some of the others - America’s 12 Oldest Roller Coasters Still in Operation – Coaster Nation As for Palisades Park, I never got there, but I remember it because Superman comic books...

It's been a long tome since I visited Coney Island. Even now it's got some of that ol time brach and ammusemsnt park feeling. Definitely worth seeing if your in the area. I would have loved to see it in it's prime when the parachute jump was working. It must have been glorious.

Hi Paul, You are really between a rock and a hard place on this one. going from windows 7 to windows 11 is not a simple upgrade. Here are some items to look out for. 1. The boot process is most likely completely different. This means you just can't install windows 7 on the new machine and run...

This got me thinking. I don't thing there are any 50 yr old LFS in my area anymore. We did have a few, but they are long gone. There are still a few in your neck of the woods, but they seem to be getting rare. Between the large chain stores and online shopping, most LFS have been takeing a...

Hi Paul, Glad to see you have worked out a diatom filter replacement. Mine is still working, but it's getting temperamental and a pain to use. I plan to replace it using an Ocean Clean canister filter with a similar cartridge, and an Iwaki pump I already have. I've not done it yet because, well...

As another older reef keeper, I have a few observations I'd like to add. Over the years I've had some rare or unusual livestock. Outside of a forum like this or the occasional other reef keeper that sees my tank in person, few have little idea about anything you have in your tank and are just...

Considering the work you did on the tank, it looks great. A little time and it will look as good as ever. My own tank looks like an algae farm, and it's going to need some major work on it soon. As for diatom filters, I still have and use mine. Since they are no longer being made I'm in the...

When you live by the ocean it's amazing how the weathering gives everything a such a nice appearance.

Great photos. I especially like the contrast you got in the winter landscape. The light and dark areas work out good also. Really shows what can be done in winter photos even without the leaves on trees and so on.

When I first saw that picture, I thought maybe you got some new corals or live rock. Maybe christmas tree worm rock? In any case, I'm sure they tasted fine.

Hi Paul, At least when all was said and done you ended up with a working phone. That's doing a lot better than some people. Yes, these new phones have so many fetures that I don't even know what most of them are, even with my older iPhone 7. I think I'm going to need to replace it in the not...

I see pictures like that and I just can't help feel that it's great to be alive. In your other picturers, I see that your grandchildren are now old enough to help you do a lot of work on your tank and such. (grin)