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Paratore

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  1. Doesn't your return pump seize up with your Alk at 11, while using 2-part Cody? That's what happened to me when I got over 9 when using the BRS two-part. I had to stay at 8 in order to keep things running longer than a few weeks.

    nope, I've never had anything seize up on me. And my alk got to 13 at one point when I was trying to dial in dosing. [emoji16] I wonder why yours did that, I've never noticed any ill effects, other than stressed out SPS. My alks been this high for a couple months but recently I've been trying to get it down to help with coral colors. :)

     

     

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    Here is my frag :) it's right at 5/8ths

    It's in my 75 frag tank

    I dose BRS two part via apex and add fuel every now and again

    I do water changes every now and again.

    For flow I run a wp-10 and rw-8.

    Skimmer: SCW 160 come skimmer. Way over rated for the system.

    I only measure a few things

    Nitrates-0

    Phosphate-0

    Calcium-400 (need to go up to 450)

    Alk-11 (going down to 8)

    Lights: two OR T247s at 50% blues 30%whites.

    Frag is placed on the uppermost frag rack which is about 2 inches from the water line.

    I feed the tank every day with flakes.

     

    I think that is all the stuff we need to list...

     

     

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  3. I am sorry to read that!! If you do want a Jug.... you know where we are! :)

    I am hoping to make a trip up to you guys after Christmas and blow a lot of my Christmas money on zoas lol! :)

     

     

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  4. Yeah, anytime I order online I don't hold my breath as to the legitimacy of the lineage. Golden Basket would be the one exception, his pics are usually spot on. Good on you to be forthcoming about the whole deal.

    So true, I have defiantly learned my lesson. Going to stick to buying from private reefers from now on. I still need to make a trip to Golden basket to check out all the stuff!

     

     

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  5. Oh man that sounds crazy! I hope everything makes it through that catastrophe ok! I've done similar this and stuff usually recovers after a few days :) I can't believe your dog was chewing on your Green Slimer, that's crazy haha. Glad to hear that your wife was not mad about you putting the rocks on her carpet lol! My girlfriend would have killed me [emoji23]

     

     

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  6. Hey everyone! I just wanted to take a minuet to clear the air/apologize for one of my zoas.

    A few months back I bought some juggernaut zoas from a vendor in California and but over the last few weeks, a few people have expressed that they have doubts as to the legitimacy of the juggernaut zoas. So after taking their advise I've been doing some digging over the last few days and I am also now doubting their legitimacy. On the belief that they were truly jugs I purchased them as a mini colony from the vendor. When I got them home, I fragged them up to sell a few to try and make some money back after spending a bunch of cash to get a mini colony. Salty Pickle was the only person to buy one, and we are currently working that out through PM. When I first got the zoas they did have the correct color patterns and designs but over the last few weeks/ months the zoas have developed a different color pattern than what a true jug has. So that has made me second guess weather the vender sold me the right zoa or not. Then about a week ago I saw rainbow Sakura zoas on a Facebook auction and thought they looked similar to what I had. So the doubt grew even more. Yesterday I was at Jeffs shop buying some used LEDs when I saw a zoa that looked very similar to my "juggernaut zoa" and asked him what they were and he said Rainbow sakuras. That was the nail in the coffin for me. But I'm still lost to their true name because the patterns don't seem to match either jugs or rainbow sakuras With that being said, I will no longer be selling those zoas as jugs but rather as just a sweet unknown. What I ordered from the vendor was juggernaut zoas and I truly believed that they were jugs, and that they had morphed in my system. I can no longer say with confidence that they are jugs so I will not be selling them as such.

    With that being said, I just wanted to apologize to everyone. My goal has never been to rip people off or to sell people the wrong zoa. My goal has always been to be as transparent and honest as possible. I would never sell an Unknow zoa as a "named one" if I knew it was wrong. We are all in this hobby because we love it and we all joined this club to form a tight group of honest reefers. Again I'm sorry for the confusion I may have caused anyone. I posted this because I didn't want people to think I was trying to hide it or anything. I'm a person that will own up to my mistakes when I make them and that's what I'm doing.

    Thanks for taking a minuet to read this :)

    Happy Reefing,

    Cody

     

     

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  7. It depends on what type of coral you want to keep. SPS require a lot of flow and as a result your sand could blow all over if it's to fine. Do you have an idea of the type of coral you want to keep?

     

     

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  8. Odd.... Mine just keep splitting like crazy

     

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    splitting is a sign that your nem is stressed out. When they split it is out of self preservation. They split so that hopefully one half will find a better area and live.

     

     

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  9. Scott, I didn't get a PM. Phosbans are gone, but I do have the pump and doser still left. Items can be picked up in Newberg, or I am meeting some peeps at Cuttlefish this Thursday.

    Oh what time are you going to be at cuttlefish? I'll be up that way on Thursday. Was going to hit that shop up before I drove down your way.

     

     

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  10. Why aren't you posting prices for things you want to sell.

    i haven't posted prices or anything yet because the colonies are not ready to be sold yet. Still need about a month before they are good to go. The reason I posted this was so that I could figure out what I wanted to do when I go to sell them. To see if people wanted colonies or frags. This wasn't meant to be a sale thread by any means, just wanted to have a general discussion :)

    That's what I've told the people whom I have PMed. Told them that the colonies weren't ready yet, still coloring up after a stressful dip a month ago but that I would remember them when I go to sell the stuff at a later date. :)

     

     

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  11. I agree with higher thinking, you'll be fine with no water change. In my opinion they are really good for a system but not needed every 2 weeks or every month on the dot. I don't remember the last time I did a water change and my stuff looks great! Granted I was try to starve out some algae and it worked so I'll probably do a good water change soon. But back to my point, your tank will be just fine waiting. I'm also on a well and would never use the water because my TDS meter reads 170 ppm on the incoming water...... RO/DI water should be 0.

     

     

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  12. In my opinion, I think you would be ok to wait until you move. I've run my system for a week with no skimmer and didn't notice any ill effects other than some algae popped up. Plenty of people run successful reef tanks without skimmers. For a short period of time, I assume you would be ok. Otherwise what about placing the skimmer in the tank? Like build a little shelf for it out of egg crate or rock?

     

     

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  13. How do price a colony that a frag sells for 45-75

     

    Just sayin

     

     

    Nice stuff I wonder where Beer got those pieces LOL

    good point, pricing a colony is really hard. Much easier to price frags haha

    Yeah, I wonder where lol!

     

     

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