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Not so sure that this is Alex's set up-it ay be, but I dont recall him running Ozone.

 

What is the name of that stupid river in Egypt, the name just keeps escaping me..................

 

 

Oh I got it-its "Denile"-label maker=nerd but a organized one at that.

 

Maybe I can borrow it-(laugh) I keep unplugging my Apex thnking its my Skimmer-DOH!

Uhm, if you have an Apex, can't you just turn the skimmer off, instead of unplugging it?

Methinks you may have bigger issues than labels...

Toxic - that would be awesome! Where at in PDX are you?

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Personally I'm not a fan of curved glass...it distorts the view into the tank too much.

It is a pretty nice tank though.

Just in case people missed my previous post, I live in Portland and I'm willing to pick up frags if people need.

Great idea i have one on my shirt that shows me my name every day so i dont forget.... now just to figure out how to get underwear labeled....

This is what I used to use before I got married.

I don't think flow is really the determining characteristic of these two pumps. Both will flow a good amount of water.

There is nothing wrong with the Koralia if you have a controller that can "pulse" it. However, that is the extent of how you can program it.

I prefer the Vortech because you can tweak the flow levels a lot more. The Vortech also takes up less space in the tank, though the difference is really only a few inches. If you have a small tank, this may matter..if it's a large tank, it probably won't matter as much.

People will also say the Koralia puts more heat into the tank since the motor is inside the tank, while the Vortech's is outside. I've never really agreed with this..the extra heat the Koralias put out were barely noticeable in my tank, but again..it might be a bigger issue in a smaller tank.

Really, in my opinion it boils down to how much control you wish to have. You can't go wrong with either. If it boils down to cost, you probably want to head the Koralia route. If you want to customize the flow for your tank, you really can't beat the Vortechs for that.

We cant stop here this is bat country.

One toke?! You goddamn fool, wait til you see those bats!

If I had a million dollars I'd get TWO chicks!

You know you can get that without a million dollars, right?

Mainly to save time. It took 27 hours to fill the tank and sump - 75 gpd RO. Right now my biggest container is my giantic cooler' date=' so I mixed salt in that and also in 5 gallon buckets. When I had to go to bed Sunday night for work on Monday, we put the RO straight into the tank to fill. I was told by several people it would be fine to mix the salt in the tank, so we planned on doing that. Obviously it's not ideal, but hey, ya work with what ya got.[/quote']

 

As long as the tank is empty (including liverock), theres no reason not to mix the initial saltwater in the tank. I know plenty of people who have done this, including myself. The time and cost involved in mixing up 120ish gallons of saltwater outside of the tank definitely is not worth it..

 

As long as you add salt slowly and monitor your levels, you'll be fine. And even if you miss your mark and go too high, you can always drain some out and add freshwater to even it out. Just be sure your levels are stable before you add anything else to the tank. Salinity can creep upwards over, even if it looks like all the salt is dissolved.

 

Good luck! I'll be tagging along on this

Once again, Issac proves his rockstar reputation.

I just picked up a Kleins Butterfly fish from him last night and he's already pecking away at my Aiptasia. The coloration is beautiful and he appears super healthy.

Anyone who hasn't been to TCM yet, should check it out. If nothing else, you get to play with one of the most adorable puppies ever!

After switching out cables for the umpteenth time and not remembering where each terminated I finally got organized.

Got this cool label maker through Newegg. It was on 24hr. sale for $30.00 shipped. The nice thing about it is that you can use an almost unlimited selection of PS fonts and even import a graphic because you control it via computer. It also (as you'll see) prints vertically. It has an automatic cut-off blade etc., etc.

I feel so organized! It is not nerdy to like a label maker. It is not nerdy to like a label maker.It is not nerdy to like a label maker.It is not nerdy to like a label maker..............

I too, enjoy my label maker. While it is not nearly as fancy as yours, it is also a P-Touch brother labeller and it is full of awesome.

Do not fret over your love for the label maker, good sir.

It is a good thing. Embrace it and let your inner labeller go wild.

I'm willing to distribute in Portland if needed, but I'm headed to a wedding on the 14th so...I may be getting to Eric's later on in 15th due to uhm, post-wedding-sickness

Astrea are snails, I believe these are Asterina starfish IMHO.

 

DOH!

Asterina is what I meant...I'll go back to my hideyhole now...

Super glued mine when I broke one of them-it did not break off of both ends just snapped one end-

I thought about that but I broke off both ends of 1, plus the circular piece on the end also cracked.

Just ordered one off the EcoTech website. Should be here wednesday. I think it was $10 and $8 shipping.

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Good to know, guess that's probably the route I'll take..

 

Thanks all.

I noticed little white star fish in the picture, I have those in my tank too. Mine have separated many times and turned into new starfish but I cannot find any ID info on them. Do you know what they are called?

Looks like Astrea stars to me..

I think Harlequin shrimp eat them, but they eat pretty much any starfish so they're not safe in a tank if you have starfish you want to keep. If I remember correctly they only eat starfish as well so you need to keep a supply of feeder starfish on hand...

This is all secondhand information since I've never had the "pleasure" of dealing with Astrea

I was cleaning the wet side of my mp40 pump when I had a Bruce Banner moment and cracked a few of the "ribs". It's still functional but I don't like the giant gaps. Is there any place nearby that carries these?

I know I can get this through Ecotech, but I'd rather get it locally and not wait if I can.

Thanks all!

well I totally f'd up the first hole I drilled on the larger cooler and cracked the inside plastic, but on the plus side, the second cooler I did came out pretty sweet

 

Here's the sump so far, gotta get some more threaded barb fittings and the tubing. Then I can water test it and make sure its all sealed up right before I hook it up. I need to add the baffles still or a stand pipe on the return.

Been tagging along in the background for a while now...

It's coming together nicely! Looking forward to seeing it all set up.

thanx

Nice tank

Do you have to constantly level it? (Bad joke)

I strongly suggest avoiding D-Link. I've had nothing but issues with the majority of their stuff.

The netgear is good.

Might want to look into the Linksys WRT4GL (or some variation thereof...I can't keep up with their models)

http://www.google.com/products?q=linksys+wrt54gl&aq=1&oq=linksys+WRT

My problem with the scrapers is I'm "average european height" for a male...which means I'm short...with short arms...

I tried using a long handled scraper in the past but it seemed flimsy and I didn't like how much pressure I had to put on it to make it work. Can anyone vouch for a long-handled scraper?

Of course if you need the best, Tunze makes a motorized version. Handcrafted by German watchmakers in the Black Forrest. Each individually stamped and numbered to justify paying too much for a scraper. Plus it verifies to impressionable yuppies that gullibility has no limits.

OOH! Does it come in brushed stainless??? That would accessorize soo nicely with my kitchen appliances and giant rod I have stuck up my..erm... (whistle)

*Ahem*

Well....since you asked...

Picture it...Washington D.C, 1998. The Internet bubble is starting to take off, computers are becoming mainstream and every competitive college decides they need to have a "computer lab".

*Initiate Dream Sequence*

So there I was, fresh out of high school, having spent WAAY too much time reading about and messing with this nifty new operating system called Linux. Luckily (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view), my college of choice had decided to set up a computer lab using this newfangled thing called Linux to save money.

Security was not a consideration, mainly because no one knew how to use the system. On the entire campus, there were maybe 5 people who knew Linux fluently. Myself and my roommate were 2 of them. My professor was not among them. We quickly realized this and began to use this knowledge to "spice up" boring lecture days.

Computers back then rarely had external speakers, but they all had internal system speakers that were used to debug issues if your monitor wasn't working. For example, it might beep once every 5 seconds if a stick of RAM was loose. Linux also had the fun feature of being able to trigger the system beep with a simple command and duration. Armed with this knowledge, along with the fact that we could send commands to any console in the lab, we hatched a fun plan.

We created a script that basically looked like this:

SEND ComputerALL EXEC LockScreen

SEND Computer1 EXEC Beep1 DURATION 5sec

SEND Computer2 EXEC Beep2 DURATION 2sec

etc, etc.

Just before our (extremely pointless) mid-term, we executed the script...

"Hey! My screen just locked up!...Mine too!"

*The first long beep*

"What the heck..."

*Beeep Beep Beep BEEP..*

For the next 2 minutes, the computer lab was alive with the glorious sound of computers beeping out the Super Mario Brothers theme song..

And for those of you who don't find this nerdy, do you have any idea how long it takes to figure out the duration of system beeps over 15 networked consoles to sync up to the Mario Bros theme song?

We also aced the mid-term (rock2)

Very cute! I'm pretty partial to Kole Tangs myself, but after seeing TINY baby blue tangs at TCM yesterday...I'm tempted to switch (laugh)

So much temptation in this hobby.

Have fun with your new addition. Do you plan on getting a bigger tank down the road?

So I have a bunch of Coraline growing on my front glass (A terrible problem, I know).

What's the best way to scrape it off without scratching the glass?

Has anyone tried this?

http://www.magfloat.net/telas/pagina.php?id=26

I love my magfloat, and it's in need of being replaced anyways so...might be worth looking into?

I really like this. You guys are so scared I'm going to win that you make photoshop pics for me...

 

Ok I'm done..

 

I better win or I'm never going to live this one down..DOH!

Yeah, I'm pretty much hoping anyone but you wins

As much fun as winning is, it's a lot more fun over the long-term to say "Hey noob, remember that time you said you were going to win that zoa contest, and then didn't?" (laugh)

I kid of course (only slightly...)

In order to have better flow in my main tank, I figured I'd replace the return PVC lines with LocLine (after the tank had been set up several months of course)...I turned off the return pump (in the basement), arranged the LocLine, had it blowing beautifully, about 6" below the waterline, without a siphon break cuz...I was going to add it after I adjusted the LocLine (Seriously, what was I thinking?!).

Went downstairs, killed the return pump and watched as my sump overflowed in under a minute...

Ran upstairs to break the siphon and it had already drain about 5.5" of water out of my tank.

Went back downstairs to check my saltwater tub, and of course, it was empty...(I was going to make more that weekend!)

No real long term damaged occurred but I spent the entire weekend fixing what would have been a 20 minute job if I had just a siphon break set up...

The LocLine was a great idea though!