Byrd

Get suction dish like you use in the kitchen or bath. Make sure it has small drain holes for flow in this case, put rubble in it, stick to side of tank or sump in low flow area. Drop them in an wait. Worked well for me.

 

Beckie

Good idea-it was not so much the flow as the darn golden headed sleeper goby, burying everything, and me having to use the turkey baster to blow the fine layer of sand out and therefore disrupting any type of adhesion that had started-

Love the hobby-LOL

Heay! I have the best Xenia in the state! I have what you want.(clap)

Please post a pic of the infamous "best Xenia in the state"

I have not seen it B4-

How do you "flush" the RO membrane? I thought you did that by plugging it in and letting it run for an hour to flush it? The instructions that came with it said to just hook it up and run it for 15-30 minutes before using the water. It didn't mention anything about needing to unhook the DI units while flushing.....

Flushing I think is soaking it, thats what I did and have to do.

I have terrible water pressure in my house, my RO/DI worked for about 3 months and stopped, I thought the filters were plugged so I replaced them-DUMB

Same story almost zero water coming out.

I had to by a booster pump (eBay of course-my home away from home-(laugh))

Could not find one locally and I had to order stuff from this guy

http://shop.ebay.com/h2o-science/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Now that sucker fills my 35 gallon res. in 6 hours.

You may need a booster, I think mine requires 35 pounds of pressure-how the heck you test that I dont know, I just know my pressure sucks-flush the toilet and the garden sprinkler nearly shuts down

IMO-the valve on the waste line wont increase pressure-I would bet what you have is a pressure issue

Good luck

just what the title says' date=' it doesn't have to be very big, maybe 4"x6". I can trade frags for it.[/quote']

 

4 inches by 6 inches?

 

trade frags?-whatcha get for a 4x6 piece of eggcrate 1/2 polyp of zenia stalk-LOL

 

Shoot me a PM if you still need it, I got an 8" by 23" you can have-

 

does that qualify for a colony?

Brad

 

The best way is the tried and true method, the one you have no time for DOH! Of you could throw it in the sump and forget about it for a couple of days to a week.

Its no so much the time as I dont have a place in my dispaly and the 20 gallon- I tried that method with a ricordia and another shroom-3 weeks later, not attached-Thats why I say I cant wait, I should have said

"I'm not willing to wait and SEE if it works"

Thanks Charles

I have a piece from my Devils finger leather that was getting ready to drop off.

I helped it out with my razor blade, dried to the best I could, super glued (gel) it to a piece of rubble and 10 minutes later, full polyp extension ove rthe next 2 days it detached and was curios what other do.

I dont have time toplace it in a shallow dish and wait for it to attach on its own.

Presently I have stuck a toothpick through the "body" and have the ends of that toothpick rubber banded (lightly) to that same rock.

Any help would be great, I have 3 other frags I need to take care of.

I have this red what I think is coraline growing on my rocks and in looking over peoples threads about Cyno made me remeber last year(another forum) someone saying that what was on my rocks was cyno.

It cant be removed by toothbrush, its not slimy. When I google "red coraline" what I find looks like what I have (it was that comment from ONE person that had me curious-one out of many people)

Any ideas on what it may be if it is not a form of coraline?

One pic is my display the other is "holding tank" sadly my 20 gallon gets 1/10 the attention as my display-params are good-thats all I care about

TIA for any ideas;

my 20 gallon-(sad)

My main tank-

Same seller as this guy I believe;

http://shop.ebay.com/hellolights/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

I have bought from them in the past-Great seller Free shipping on a lot of items

295.00, it is posted in the header

OMG that is a screaming deal

My xenia is not quite as tall but maybe cuz I dont let it grow. You have me thinking that maybe I should start selling it.

Thats just how mine grows-It would not cover rock if I wanted it to-not that I do. It grows in "stalks" with the 2 inch tenticle type waving arms

As long as I can keep it contained to a removable piece of LR all is fine-that way it helps off set the cost for food-(laugh)

I think we have 2 different types of zenia-I'ld toss it if I did not get 20 bucks per frag I take in. It just stays confined to a single rock and I lop a few branches when it thinks its time to "spread"

This is the type I have;

and the frag;

Your tank looks great, add a nice superman, sunset, danae or all of the above-LOL

I have plenty of xenia though:D

And you always will-(laugh)

I have a few 5" zenia frags to take to the LFS- I keep a few "wavy" things just for accasions like you/I had.

I could not fit a colony in my tank if it was free-:eek:

Love the story, glad we are all not alone

I hear ya!

I give up! I put alot of pride into the many colorful and healthy sps colonies I have and to have someone come over and love the coraline algae and xenia is just amazing.

What abot the GSP???

LOL-similar thing happened to me yesterday- We had some family and friends over for dinner and in looking at my tank someone comes up with

"Where are all the fish?"

(laugh) I think I have over 40 varieties of SPS and then the LPS and then the zoos- I have 6 fish the largest being a purple tang. After I explained every single thing you see is alive..well, much respect and compliments were given-(clap)

Get used to it, people are not accustomed to seeing reef tanks-

The very best one to date is my son's friend who the 1st time coming over to stay the night sees the tank and says

"Whoa, this is way better than the doctor's office"

I say, Yes, yes it is-(laugh)

Tell the grandparents about the 50.00 dollar 1 inch frag you bought and see-:eek:

Maybe stick with the Zenia and let me take a colony or three of your hands-The offer is out there-(plotting)

Did you actually stop dosing, see negative results?

 

Some people shut down their skimmer for 6 hours after dosing.

 

Make sure you have a great skimmer-all I can attribute the death of what I had die is the skimmer did not do its job. I am sure in those 30+ readings there had to be a few that stressed the importance of a good skimmer-Which according to all the reviews mine was.

I did the twice a day method outlined in the thread coralreefer mentioned-

Anyway-my goal was reducing NO3 lower than the 20-25 I was seeing with my 20% H2O changes every other week.

I have accomplished that-current NO3 level- .01

Good luck-I'll never be an advocate for Vodka dosing, because..

IF it does not work like it is supposed to, and there are times (I sure you read) that it does not, well things dies.

Hats off to all you vodka dosers- glad its working for ya!!!

My Purigen accomplishes the same thing and I don't have to add it every single day-(laugh)

I have actually gone 6 weeks without a water change feeding daily and my NO3 is still .01

If anyone out there has some colonies they would like to part with for cash, please let me know, send me a pic and price

Thanks

G

Another plug for Saltwater Fantasies-Patrick is not in on Sundays-He has a few new set ups with colonies

I'm sure the filter sock part is fine' date=' I was looking up specs on a skimmer for sale (Lowman) and it said it had a fitting for CR effulent to remove excess C02, I thought that was interesting I had never seen that before[/quote']

 

I had the Aqua EV-180 that I ran the return into the fitting on the skimmer-work well for expelling the excess Co2

 

I am running my effluent from the reactor into my filter sock, the reason for this is since the water in there is highly agitated with oxygen bubbles i was hoping that would help drive off any excess CO2. Anyone have any thoughts on this idea? Would the filter sock limit the amount of calcium passing through it?

 

Thanks

Roy

 

Hey Roy, this is how I am currently running mine-into the sock. I have the return tube zip tied to my PVC down tube so it stays put, and it works fine. Same as when I had the EV series. MY PH stays pretty consistent at 8.10.

I have a Marine Pinpoint PH Monitor that I have in the sump to view PH at a glance and it is always where I want it.

My tank never goes above 8.13 w/PH

I am sure you are calibrating correctly. In the beginning I had found I was not letting it sit in the calibration fluid long enough-I would place the probe in the solution and make the adjustment right away-I realized later that was not working.

I ended up letting it sit in the fluid a good 25 minutes before making any adjustments. I had thought my fluid was bad/old or the probe was bad, all along it was me not letting it sit long enough.

After that everything has worked fine.

I understand all the things you listed can go wrong-Fortunately we know what our tanks look like and sense with something is not right-

Milwaukie is a great line I am told

I'll cross my fingers mine hangs in there

I use Salifert.

I use the Marine Pinpoint PH Controller with my Ca reactor and it keeps my KH right at 11.2 and Ca right at 470.

I test it weekly out of habit but it is always exactly the same values as above. I see you have a Ca Reactor, add the PH Controller and eliminate the need to drip Kalk and your KH and Ca will ALWAYS be at the values you determine.

Set it and forget it.

I use a Pinpoint PH monitor in the sump so I can see at a glance where the PH is.

I here Milwaukie is a more consistant line than MP

What are the dimensions of this one (particularly the height)?

My skimmer pump just died last night and I could use a back-up skimmer!

Here is the 220;

http://www.marineandreef.com/Coralife_220_Skimmer_Coralife_Super_Skimmer_220_p/res33004.htm

Hey do you got any pics with the 20ks?? Later

This are like 6 months ago, at that time I was running 20K, but I also have the 4-65 watt actinics so these are not just 20K;

I dont have anything to compare-like before/after.

But for 44.00 delivered 2 250MH DE 20K-you wont be disappointed-IMO

As a side question' date=' how often are we supposed to change the Actinic bulbs??? Still researching all the light issues while my tank is cycling.[/quote']

 

As a rule I have heard one year on actinics, as far as the the Plusrite-same general answer one year, although it has more to do with when the bulb begins to lose its "output".

That is why I am testing my bulbs monthly to tell when they start to diminish.

If they only last 6 months you are still saving money-and I will bet my last dollar they last more than 6 months.

When I get time I will post a new thread that I will report back to over time with results in case there are people who want to know.

Take BYRD's advise. I travelled the same road you did and the Plusrite's are great!! Thanks again BYRD for the heads up!! p.s. I liked your handgun avitar much better. lol

LOL

They work for me, but there are many who prefer other brands-I believe its a very confusing topic full of "opinions"

The internet

Yes eBay and this guy in particular;

http://shop.ebay.com/trust_deals/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

And here is some reading for you;

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1703568

or pay retail for a name brand that only runs 4x the amount-choices!!

blues and dragon eyes pending.

Hey Miles if you have someone that wants to buy these please sell them, Bob said his trip South is not in stone.

I want them but cant make the drive when fuel is more than the corals-LOL

Any info I get I will update you

Thanks

Hey Byrd do you still got the 20k's?? Were they Plusrites?? Later

Yes I do and yes they are. I have posted to that thread on RC and that is what I refer to when people ask. There are those over there that have been using the Plusrite for years with great results and are very happy with them.

I've been usung them for a year.

The bulbs are great- I actually pulled them and are running 15K (odyssea-the brand that camne with my fixture) because I wanted more coral growth( and WOW the corals responded almost immediately-1 month later and I can see the growth difference). I have 4-65 watt acrinics so I was not worried and the color.

Once the 15K are toast I will buy the 14 or 15 Kelvin that this seller has;;

http://myworld.ebay.com/trust_deals&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID

I sell weekly on eBay so I spend alot of time on there, I buy most of my reef related items there-Sorry locals-(sad) but you cant stock everything it costs money to carry inventory that does not move.

Here is the RC thread;

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1703568