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Anyone have Douglas' phone? KVAL TV is showing up around 2PM and I wanted to let him know along with our mouthpiece Roy.

Be nice to His Royness! I just contacted the Eugene Register Guard and KVAL TV to see if they were interested and Roy agreed to do the mouthpiece work if needed. KVAL wasn't sure since he said he was short staffed on the weekend. I told him I wasn't interested in his physical problems. We shall see?

Hey Douglas. Think it would be worthwhile to contact the Register Guard (our local paper) and see if they would like to do a story on the meeting? The story would be about what happened at the meeting and to build up interest in PNWMAS. NOT PREVIOUS to the meeting. Might make an interesting photo rich story for them. Maybe they could talk to you and an officer of the club? Just putting it out there.

I'll bring some name tags too! Think it just might help.

I'll bring cones and sprinkles and a couple of bags of ice too.

Here is a view (scroll down) and list of participants. We are right across from the speaker's booths! I have visions of Roger, in our booth, blowing kisses at Bob Fenner. (nono) This looks very cool! http://www.marineaquariumexpo.com/SEAMAX%20INDEX.html

I've used the mesh socks before and have been disappointed. My thinking was;200 mesh vs 200 felt and they should be the same at filtering. Plus the mesh is easier to clean. Well it is easier to clean but it does not filter anywhere near as much as felt. It seems the the indirect path that the water is forced to take with felt material allows for a much higher exposure to capture the particulates.

I think we need a cadre of Eugene/Springfield reefers to help out Douglas before the meeting. It could be "Celebrity Aquarist" (I have my birth certificate). We would break up into teams and do tasks that "The Douglas" assigns. I have dibs on being Gary Bussy!

Did they give you a price for a hydrostatic test and do you remember the name? My tank is 8 years old so I'll need it. Guess it will cost around $20 for the test? So it was $9 plus the C02 for a tank under 5 years old/hydrostatic tested, right? A good deal! Sounds like the AirGas guy was full of gas! Since I intend to use Kalk in conjunction with the CA reactor I should be depleting Mg. more quickly.

Yes, this is Westside Rainbow Tort from Tim. My bad. Can't even remember my name? lol. Bill has one great shop.

These are good skimmers. The newer models have a Euro-Loc cup bayonet verses the older standard union. At the right price they are a bargain. They are built like a Mack truck. They were very expensive before imports took over. There have been improvements in new skimmers but not enough to pass on a great deal on one of these skimmers if you get a great price, IMHO.

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$68.00 for a complete MH fixture and bulb! Has to be the bargain of the year!

Kinda like this. You could also do the same in the middle. You would cut 4 for each 4X4 upright. You could also do the same for the middle. If you have a chop saw with a stop it would be quick work. If you could get it to my house we could whip it out. I would advise getting plywood with waterproof glue.

Looks very good! I like a taller stand like you have. I hate to paint/seal chipboard. I would suggest 2X4's vertically between the horizontal framing, if it is a glass tank, since the lag bolts will be the only component resisting downward shear force. Yeah, big tank!

We will miss ya Andy! Hope you come back someday. I loved how people would get into a heated debate and you would interject a completely unrelated comment. You were often the voice of rationality in this age of unsubstantiated hype. You are the inspiration for my Platonic Moose Lovers group!

Dr Merle I trust very much!!

Thanks, this could work! I just have a hard time with someone with a PHD calling himself Dr. The only "Dr." I really trust! Dr. Nick vs. Dr Tim!!!

Miles, I can't believe that you put together a fixture for less than the price of a bulb!!!!

This is pretty easy, pisano: Picture yourself at a lovely dinner party. People are all in high spirits and everyone is happy. Look, a man is playing piano and people are singing along with him! Dick Cheney is actually laughing with people instead of at them. Your faith in mankind is restored. Allesandro saunters over to the delightful buffet with his arm around his new bride, the erotic Clay. As he dips his ladle into the strangely aromatic crystal fruit punch and peers at the floating fruit, he discovers............ The party ends with gunplay and knifings. All because of one person's idea of humor.......

I felt really sorry for about 3-4 minutes, and then I thought : Good chance for buying stuff! Allesandro is now the official: Turd In The Punchbowl Thanks for relieving me of the title!

You might want to try KZ Fiji Purple. Should bring back the pink/red that can be lost with a predominately blue light.

Looking to put new endcaps to use, Rick? Nah, I have extra ballasts. Just need to get the right endcaps. (scratch)

My Tek 8 light was kicking on my GFCI so I changed to my 6 light and it started kicking on the GFCI. Figuring my circiut was overloaded I used "Clay's Theory of Overusing A Circuit" and I ran an extension from the bathroom. Smoked like a Fiat (sorry Alex)!