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Vicarious Cynic

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  • Birthday 08/25/1969

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  1. Thanks to miles for setting me up with the par meter. It told me what I knew - I need to replace some of my bulbs. Running between 85 at the bottom and 125 at the top - that's with 6 t5 HO bulbs. Sigh.
  2. LOL - I've got a hold in the club par meter buying can't pick it up til Friday since I spent all my tank money for the month on zoas!
  3. If the meter is still in Eugene I'd like a turn with it! Mark
  4. All four plugs opened up the day I brought them home. Thanks for the zoas, and showing us your tank. My kids have been like "why doesn't your tank look like that?"
  5. I'd like the $10 gorilla nipples, the $10 unknown frag, and 4 polyps of the green with white spots. I've got a couple of small ricordia on plugs if you'd be interested in a trade. I'm in Eugene and would be glad to pick them up this weekend if you're around. Send me a pm if that would work - thanks, Mark
  6. So - for the most part of last year my tank was neglected. It was overgrown with hair algae, Cyanobacteria and some other yet to be id'd things. My royal gramma has survived, as have my ricordia (they have almost flourished). There seem to be a couple of small spas trying to start and some star polyps. I've done four 1/3 water changes in the last week, scraping and siphoning algae every time. Reintroduced some clean up two days ago. 12 hermits, some turbos and an emerald crab. We'll see where this goes....
  7. I'll take some new ones and post them tonight.
  8. [language filter] auto spell. In the first paragraph that should read "nothings died" NOT mornings died.
  9. Oh boy,been awhile. Guess I set my tank up right cause I've seriously neglected it the last couple of months and mornings died. Check that - lost some snails and crabs. For the first four months I was doing weekly water changes, daily testing, all that. The last two months - not so much. Did one change about a month ago. Today I cleaned the protein skimmer, got the salinity right (was a bit high) and scraped the sides. Have a batch of water aging. Corals look good - zoas, candy canes, torch and some ricordia. Even a little piece of Monti cap. Some cloves and other polyps. All alive - the rate of growth has been slow. So what happened? I upgraded my lights and got a couple pieces with some algae on em, and the combo seemed to blow up a bit, I've got this dark green hairy algae that grows everywhere there's good water flow, and these little half in long bright green stalks that seem to grow as fast as I can pick em. Other than paying attention to my tank like I should - how can I combat the algae? Thanks - Mark
  10. I was wanting to be there, but will be heading to Washington to help my dad out over the weekend.
  11. Drive the back way to the coast and stop at the Willamette valley vineyards. Taste, buy a couple really nice bottles, stay at the Inn at Spanish Head, stop at more vineyards on the way home.
  12. Nice list Jay - My favorite (not written yet) is "Breathe, eat and smile"
  13. I've got "The New Marine Aquarium" by Michael Paletta - was enough to whet my interest, and "The Conscientious Marina Aquarist" by Robert Fenner -gave me the confidence to start one up. Now what?!?
  14. Thanks ReeFit. What do you use to check salinity?
  15. Like I said - the teenager who feels that school is optional. Things have been interesting in the ol homestead. Didn't top off for a number of days. Reefing is still new to me - four going on five months. I bought a new light a month or so ago - one result was a upswing in the hair algae in the tank - don't turbos eat that?
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