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Old 07-07-2009, 10:02 PM
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no the out vent piece on the top of the waste container is that vented outside to the outside...
Oh! Unfortunately at this time its not an option without some additional renovations.
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Old 08-08-2009, 04:14 PM
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A little bit of an evolution of this tank. It was set up in May 2008, and has experienced a few crashes when we moved from our condo to our house.

May 13, 2008


June 26, 2008


July 21, 2008


August 8, 2008


September 21, 2008


November 11, 2008


December 30, 2008


Jan 4, 2009


January 11, 2009


January 17, 2009


April 30, 2009


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Old 08-08-2009, 05:55 PM
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Whoa those caps on the wall and returns are going to look awesome! Should be awesome just in time to rip'em out for the new monster =) How is the green attached?

The second pic looks really SUNNYX nice... Anyone who reads the RC will know what I'm talking about.
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:56 PM
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The cap is glued to an old koralia base. Works great now that its solid. Although it was a huge PITA to get the green cap to glue to the base at first.
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:25 PM
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Updated FTS from today








How to kill aiptasia

1) Locate your target


2) Inject with a poison of your choosing, in this case, lemon juice


3) Watch it swell, shrivel, turn purple, and die


4) Celebrate your victory
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Old 08-18-2009, 08:03 PM
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My tank isn't happy this past week, so I'm frustrated.

Friday I came home to find one of my ultra croceas cleaned out of its shell. It was find Friday morning at 6am, and then at 6pm it was gone. Never showed any signs of anything. I immediately broke my personal rule about placing clams on rocks and moved all my remaining clams up high. I was and still am absolutely devistated. I adore my clams, and for something like this to happen so quickly and without warning is hard to swallow.

The nice thing about Friday though is that I moved a Powder Blue tang into the tank. This is my last attempt at this beautiful fish. It eats voraciously and fits right in already after just a few hours using the mirror trick. It picks at the rocks, and seems highly sociable.

The other downside is that I have two SPS mini-colonies that just aren't thriving. In the last week or so I've seen a distinct downwards slide, which includes STN. Neither of these colonies have ever had any polyp extension so to speak of. So I've dipped both in ReVive for the time being. I will be heading out to pick up more Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure, aka the bottle that without fail leaks and stains your hands.

I also pressed to do a water change, which was completed yesterday. I'm hoping it will turn things around.

I need to get my Calcium reactor back in-line this week. Its been offline for maintenance, and because I wanted to place it somewhere different, but never got around to it. Its time to fire that puppy back up. I also need to pick up a new dKH test kit as mine seems to have grown little test kit legs and walked off. I'll also be picking up another new set of membranes for the RO/DI as its due for a change.

I also ordered myself a gift, a photobox from Melev's reef so I can try and take a few topdown photos and learn to better use my camera to my and my tanks' advantages.

Quite a few people have been asking me what we intend to do with this system once Tibet is up and running. I'll be selling this system, the tank, sump, skimmer, plumbing, and stand will be up for sale. I will however be keeping the lighting system and the livestock. I hope to have this up for sale by the end of the year!
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We've now started to struggle with keeping our parameters in check. Honestly, if its not one thing, its another. We haven't been dosing anything, just topping up and doing regular water changes.

So August 19th - 7 dKH, 540ppm Ca
August 31st - 7 dKH, 480ppm Ca

Bleh, I'm now just working on pulling down the Ca a touch more, and then I'll be happy.





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