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Old 10-24-2009, 03:46 PM
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Wow I'd need a tiny head to fit in my skimmer! That is hella impressive haha!
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Old 10-31-2009, 05:18 PM
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I was diggin around in some of my photos and came across this,



He was way over 2 feet and the blades on his tail were over an inch.Theres a little powder blue behind him to give some scale, yours is well on its way to gettining this massive.
Tank is still looking good, glad its on the road to recovery.
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Old 10-31-2009, 05:50 PM
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wow.....wish i have a bit of those caps in my tank
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Gad...that unicorn Tang is a monster! That hump on his back makes him look very different than mine. I wonder if that develops with maturity or if that is actually a different type. I suppose we'll see.

I wrapped the skimmer with thin black foam that I picked up from Michael's today. It comes in a roll so all I had to do was cut the length/height and the natural curve of the foam holds it in place. This should prevent coraline etc from growing inside the skimmer. When you come for a visit, I'll take it off so all you see is a clean white skimmer!

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Old 11-12-2009, 07:35 PM
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The necessary modification for my skimmer carbon cup arrived today. It was a two minute installation to get this thing installed onto the skimmer. No more ozone/skimmate stinkiness....Yeah!

For my non-aquarium followers... The carbon cup is filled with carbon. It sits on top of the skimmer collection cup. Fumes rise up through holes in the top of the skimmer cup and are absorbed by the carbon.




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Old 11-12-2009, 07:42 PM
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Gad...that unicorn Tang is a monster! That hump on his back makes him look very different than mine. I wonder if that develops with maturity or if that is actually a different type. I suppose we'll see.

I wrapped the skimmer with thin black foam that I picked up from Michael's today. It comes in a roll so all I had to do was cut the length/height and the natural curve of the foam holds it in place. This should prevent coraline etc from growing inside the skimmer. When you come for a visit, I'll take it off so all you see is a clean white skimmer!

You've got to be kidding me, that isn't a skimmer it's a NUCLEAR REACTOR! Puts my 2 skimmers to shame, Very nice!
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Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker
Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO)
Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish
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Old 11-12-2009, 08:03 PM
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Great skimmer cup mod. The way mine is already stinking I'm wondering if some DIY is not in order to do something similar.
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Cool Mod. But isn't that smell an integral part of reefing? LOL
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