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Forum: Reef 02-10-2013, 09:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,189
Posted By asylumdown
If your'e going to dose, get an auto-doser. Don't...

If your'e going to dose, get an auto-doser. Don't rely on human machinery to do it, as that is a guaranteed way to encourage instability and an eventual mass death of coral due to alk swings.
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Forum: Reef 02-10-2013, 08:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,437
Posted By asylumdown
are those leaf blades connected to each other via...

are those leaf blades connected to each other via a long rhizome like stem? If not, it's probably not caulerpa. It looks almost like baby blades of Ulva lettuce algae, but there's probably a half...
Forum: Reef 02-10-2013, 08:43 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,967
Posted By asylumdown
+1 to this whole post. There's nothing worse than...

+1 to this whole post. There's nothing worse than saying to yourself "today I'm going to buy something for the tank!", going out, not seeing anything that really catches your fancy, but buying the...
Forum: Reef 02-10-2013, 08:31 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,674
Posted By asylumdown
I would get a doliatus rabbitfish. So far mine is...

I would get a doliatus rabbitfish. So far mine is the most peaceful citizen of my tank, under the right lights and in good health, they're spectacular to look at, and they put tangs to shame in the...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 02-09-2013, 05:23 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
Thanks, that was courtesy of the macro lens of an...

Thanks, that was courtesy of the macro lens of an olloclip groan iPhone. I also took a sweet video of them that's so close up you can see their hearts beating.


And yes, I'm typing this from a...
Forum: Reef 02-08-2013, 04:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,191
Posted By asylumdown
Yah I tested it on brand new salt water again...

Yah I tested it on brand new salt water again last night, and the water in my new 4 gallon pico that has no fish and three corals that I haven't fed yet. It showed the same result as my tank water,...
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 09:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,191
Posted By asylumdown
Anyone using Red Sea Phosphate test?

I've used it twice now, and to my eyes, the colour in the sample vile matches the 0.08ppm colour disc closest, but I tested two weeks apart, with several changes of GFO in between. My Hannah checker ...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 02-07-2013, 08:58 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
Yah this new thing they're doing with the...

Yah this new thing they're doing with the overflows is equal parts convenient and annoying. Turns a 40 second filter sock change in to a half hour forensic investigation.
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 07:31 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,064
Posted By asylumdown
Yah I'm wondering if it's this salt. I really,...

Yah I'm wondering if it's this salt. I really, really love this salt. I just wish they would drop the price by about half and start carrying it in more places in Calgary!



You think the amount...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 02-07-2013, 06:36 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
All nudis called for. If I still have any...

All nudis called for.

If I still have any left in the tank when I get home from my trip, I'll do my best to pull them out of the tank.
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 02-07-2013, 08:09 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
These are the guys I've got right now: ...

These are the guys I've got right now:

Berghia orgy (there's 3 there, the dark one was probably in the overflow a while and thus had plenty to eat)...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 02-07-2013, 07:57 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
I should have been checking my filter socks a...

I should have been checking my filter socks a little more thoroughly.

Alright folks, I've got another 13 or 14 berghia ready to go to. a few are really, really small, but they look healthy and are...
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 06:37 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,064
Posted By asylumdown
yup, just tested again, 1410

yup, just tested again, 1410
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 06:33 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,064
Posted By asylumdown
What were your calcium and alk dosing chemicals?

What were your calcium and alk dosing chemicals?
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 06:19 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,702
Posted By asylumdown
oooh, i didn't know you could get that in Canada...

oooh, i didn't know you could get that in Canada directly. That's a good tool to have in one's bag of tricks. I'd use it as a last resort sort of thing if looking at it under a scope confirms that...
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 06:17 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,264
Posted By asylumdown
+1 on the not acclimating. maybe it's bad...

+1 on the not acclimating. maybe it's bad practice but I haven't acclimated a single coral on this tank, zoa or otherwise, so long as the salinity in the source water and the salinity in my tank are...
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 06:14 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,470
Posted By asylumdown
Depending on what it eats or how quickly it...

Depending on what it eats or how quickly it multiplies, it might become a problem. When my tank was first set up I developed an overwhelming plague of the little red/rust ones. They didn't seem to...
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 06:08 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,064
Posted By asylumdown
Mystery magnesium

SO this tank has been set up since April. So far, I've not dosed a single drop of magnesium, and yet I've never had a test result come back below 1400ppm, averages around 1440. I thought it was my...
Forum: Reef 02-07-2013, 01:14 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,702
Posted By asylumdown
Hmmm, i just noticed my doliatus rabbitfish going...

Hmmm, i just noticed my doliatus rabbitfish going to town on this stuff. I'm starting to lean away from dinos
Forum: Reef 02-06-2013, 09:03 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,072
Posted By asylumdown
I find that under my radions, all my corals...

I find that under my radions, all my corals change colour a bit. Do you have a ramp up/ramp down period?
Forum: Reef 02-06-2013, 09:02 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,280
Posted By asylumdown
from what I understand they're all pretty much...

from what I understand they're all pretty much the same polymer
Forum: Reef 02-06-2013, 08:11 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,599
Posted By asylumdown
Figuring something out, and solving problems...

Figuring something out, and solving problems successfully keeps me going.

Watching SPS frags start to plate, change colour, and then start to grow keeps me going.

Looking at photos I've taken...
Forum: Reef 02-06-2013, 07:11 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,702
Posted By asylumdown
Alright, I checked with the UofC and they don't...

Alright, I checked with the UofC and they don't have any surplus scopes available for sale at the moment, the bio department just cleared all their old stuff out a couple of months ago. I just placed...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 07:48 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,043
Posted By asylumdown
Got any wrasses? Some of them blow mucous bubbles...

Got any wrasses? Some of them blow mucous bubbles that they sleep in at night that end up getting blown around the tank the next day.

A pic would be helpful though.
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 07:05 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,079
Posted By asylumdown
+1 on canister filters being more trouble than...

+1 on canister filters being more trouble than they're worth in a reef tank. To keep it properly maintained you'd need to be thoroughly cleaning the sponges/pre-filters in your canister filter each...
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