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Old 02-09-2010, 09:56 PM
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maybe list what chores your wife is actually doing while you're away? I know i'm curious. Maybe some of us can help you spend some money to cut down on those chores with some automation or elimination of said chore ? When i go on holiday my tank sitter typically only comes in every other day just to make sure there is still water in the tank.

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Old 02-09-2010, 10:34 PM
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Well TaMMY TELLS ME THAT IM RIGHT OUT OF IT. Here I thought that she had to do all this stuff and she is telling me that Mike I do alot of stuff ,but the tank is pretty much is auto. may be im getting sick of the rock work and the way it looks

may be its time to seriously look at a doser system and a controller. tammy was talking about the timers going on and off. and the temp going for a crap....

may be its just time for a change.
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:57 AM
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Get a controller you will not regret it i just got the apex by neptune this thing is fun and now with it all setup it will send me a text to my phone and email me if something gos wrong and i can turn anything on or off from the net anywhere in the world ( a little peace of mind )
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:59 AM
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ya waiting for a quote on a proflux controller
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Old 02-10-2010, 02:22 AM
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Smacks Mike in side of head. LISTEN TO CHRISTIE ! You will only wind up upgrading in a year or so because your little tank wont hold all the cool stuff you want.
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Really, you'd give him a whole year? I was thinking 3-4 months tops. Sorry Mike but you know it's true.

Speaking as someone with a big tank and a small tank BTW ... small tank is nowhere near less work than the big. In fact, it's worse. I can get away with monthly water changes on the big tank .. not so with the small tank, it's weekly or it starts to look like sewage pretty quick. Plus in a small tank there are no real significant livestock choices to help with nuisance algaes like valonia and caulerpa, whereas in a big tank a rabbit or a tang will *usually* make pretty quick work of those. Plus aiptasia, you're on your own to rid yourself of those in a small tank - any fish that fits in a small tank that likes aiptasia (leatherjackets/filefish come to mind - at least when they're small) will usually like your choice LPS as well.

Not that you needed convincing but seriously Mike, keep your current tank and find a way to crutch it along when you're off shooting at mountains!
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