Forum: Reef
12-19-2006, 02:09 PM
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Any time I'm acquiring strange devices for a DYI project the store staff usually look at me funny, and chuckle.:wink:
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Forum: Reef
12-18-2006, 09:14 PM
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When I did it last year I kept the q-tank right beside my main tank. That way the fish got the same photoperiod as usual. I used the water from the tank, and an AC 200 filter only. You ed up changing...
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Forum: Lounge
12-18-2006, 08:42 PM
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Sounds cool. Do you remember what it was called?
Did you catch the doc. on discovery last Sunday about sperm whales? It done really well in CG, and portrayed the life of an 80 year old sperm...
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Forum: Reef
12-18-2006, 05:55 PM
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:microwav:
Yes, I usually make a tray out of foil and then place it on a cookie sheet.
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Forum: Reef
12-18-2006, 05:23 PM
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Bake 1 box of baking soda at 300 degrees for an hour. This burns off 1 carbon atom creating a carbonate instead of a bi-carbonate. The result is that it raises PH where regular baking soda lowers it....
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Forum: Reef
12-18-2006, 04:34 PM
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Some people may not know about the two part Alk buffer that you can make at home from Baking soda. It cheep and it works.
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Forum: Pictures
12-18-2006, 04:27 PM
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Wooooo, nice. Time to start up another frag swap here in Calgary.
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Forum: Pictures
12-18-2006, 04:25 PM
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Nice pics, love those zoos in the first pic.
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Forum: Reef
12-18-2006, 02:36 PM
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Yup, there's a few in there that I wouldn't want building up in my water.
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Forum: Reef
12-15-2006, 08:48 PM
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I wasn't aware that chlorine evaporated that quickly, or that Calgary doesn't add chloramine to their water.
I personally use RODI water because of all of the other nasties that are found in tap...
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Forum: Tank Journal
12-15-2006, 08:34 PM
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Very cool Brett. I just moved into my new house which has an undeveloped basment as well. Its good to get ideas from other people for my future reno's. One thing though; aren't you worried about...
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Forum: Pictures
12-15-2006, 08:18 PM
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Very clever, nice pics.
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Forum: Reef
12-15-2006, 08:17 PM
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How long is long though? Long enough to negatively effect corals?
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Forum: Reef
12-15-2006, 04:24 PM
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I haven't had them since acquiring my pistol shrimp.:sad:
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Forum: Lounge
12-15-2006, 02:48 PM
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I haven't had a heater blow up but I did have a mishap where my MH and Pc's fell in the tank. Not sure why but I didn't loose anything. Skimmer pulled rusty colored skum out of the tank for a couple...
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Forum: Reef
12-15-2006, 02:40 PM
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I don't really agree with this statement, can you please elaborate?
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Forum: Reef
12-14-2006, 11:06 PM
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Well since there's feed back that this is a probable theory I'll ask him to test for copper. I guess the reason why he hasn't been treating his tap water for chlorine is because a certain LFS owner...
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Forum: Pictures
12-14-2006, 08:07 PM
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Welcome to Canreef, nice pics.
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Forum: Reef
12-14-2006, 07:11 PM
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other notes
Just another note to add. I have not ruled out chlorine as the culprit. The reason I'm not pointing the finger at that quite yet is because I have kept corals reasonably well using tap water in the...
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Forum: Reef
12-14-2006, 07:00 PM
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Advanced question
Before I get started sorry about the novel.:biggrin:
A friend of mine asked me to come over last night and take a look at his tank. He's been having problems keeping any type of coral or invert...
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
12-14-2006, 03:09 PM
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I know I know.
Responded to Pm's, all are now spoken for.
Thanks,
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Forum: Calgary
12-13-2006, 09:51 PM
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Saw one at Elite the other day. Cool little units for about 80 bucks. Pumps out around 2400L/H or 630 gph. Pound for pound are these economical versus Sieos? They are much smaller though, I'll give...
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Forum: DIY
12-13-2006, 09:44 PM
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How much of a gap you have between the edge of the baffle and the sump wall? If there is a gap you could try using thin air craft cable to saw the baffle out.
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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only)
12-13-2006, 09:25 PM
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Got a few extras
Got a few extra corals after the move.
3x Green candy corals. 4-7 heads
1x Toadstool leather. 3" head, (mounted)
1x Green elephant ear mushroom, 3" inflated, (mounted)
Would prefer trades...
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Forum: Reef
12-13-2006, 02:43 PM
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**Insert Bacteria Here** :lol:
Tony, why dont you do a nice sized water change, and then run the unit out of a rubbermaid. Sounds like a good idea to me.
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