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03-13-2007, 04:23 PM
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Oh ok, not the union itself, I see.
And yes, FWIW I agree, hand-tightening bulkheads should be all you need.  I was just saying, you can crack glass by overtightening those.However .... You can still crack open a FNPT to MNPT connection if you overtighten. I was doing the exact same thing as you about a week ago on 1.5" pipe, I just used a pipe wrench, and that "extra 1/4 turn" was all it needed to crack open. Just sharing some experiences... trust me I've found lots of creative ways to break things.
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03-14-2007, 09:52 PM
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Rock and Sand
Yesterday was a good day. My first shipment of LR and sand arrived in Seattle at about 8PM last night (shipped from Tampa Bay Saltwater). A quick zip down to Seattle and back got the rock into the sump and sand in the tank by midnight.
150lbs of sand...250lbs of rock... Yes, I'm in the tank at this point...   I threw one particularly large rock into the tank and 2 mantis sprang out. By the time I'm done, I bet there are 12 or more mantis in the main tank. My intention is to keep the mantis, but I may hunt down the crabs. (then again, the mantis might do that for me...) 
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03-14-2007, 10:18 PM
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thats awesome. feels good to finally get stuff in the tank hey. i hated waiting
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03-14-2007, 11:16 PM
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sweet! something other than people are finally in there!
by the way in case you were curious about an ID of the mantids you have, my guess is almost definitely Neogonodactylus Wennerae. They are very common on LR shipments from tampabaysaltwater for some reason. I can't be surea bout your other mantis(es) but the one in the pic is a classic red morph of an N. wennerae. Do you have any experience with these guys? I would give each mantis a separate tank. If you don't have room, please sell them, don't kill em.
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03-14-2007, 11:34 PM
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That is cool! What kind of rock is it?
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03-14-2007, 11:43 PM
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What... no cloudy tank shot?
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03-15-2007, 01:26 AM
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I meant to post this one, but I forgot. Here is a tank view. You can see that I just tossed one extra rock into the display. That single rock contained 2 mantis. This first load of rock was supposed to be for the sump only, but I needed something to look at. I need a bit more sand, but not too much more since I intend to have the back portion of the tank bb.  I have some work to do on the CL outputs. A couple of them are hitting the sand too hard. I need to adjust their direction before I turn on the CLs.
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03-15-2007, 01:21 AM
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What do you think will happen if I have 12 or more in the main display tank? Do they kill each other?
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436
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