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Thanks for the tips guys, i was jokingly saying i wish it was that simple to where i could get away with it. But yeah, my landlord is a real [language filter] hat so if he spotted me he'll say something for sure but teehee im actually on my way outside with a 5g bucket that i've been soaking in bleach all day and night (The label said regular scent though?) going to recap the instructions real quick and have at it using Theclarks brilliant idea! Thanks Jeremy! and all. Trial run is just 3 small rocks, fills the 5g though. BTW: I'm not close to a storm drain.

I've had my radions for long enough that i should know how to program your settings but still can't figure it out lol I just had a quick try at it on my phone and computer Edit: Dang! i figured it out i just don't have violet though.

I've been thinking about buying a jbwave since the RW-20 is too much for me and it will allow me to dial it down quite a bit. I thought i'd ask to see if anyone wanted to trade powerheads that may be in the same situation i'm in vice versa. Maybe we can even do a trial run. I'll try to look up the purchase date. Only problem with mine is the knob broke off the controller and has been superglued back on but you should be able to keep your controller and it still work i think. Let me know what ya guys think.

Wait! What salt is this and how are things still alive at those levels?

BATTERY powered patient lift. This is NOT a hand crank. Make lifting immobile patients easier with this battery powered lift. Two batteries and charger, two slings for this 3 point system. On wheels (which can lock down) making moving from room to room a breeze. This is a MUST HAVE for family caregivers. I believe it's this one http://www.invacare.com/cgi-bin/imhqprd/inv_catalog/prod_cat_detail.jsp?s=0&prodID=RPL450-1 We would be willing to do $1000 with all the extras, as sad as it is i'm sure some of us here have or could be facing the use of this and wanted to give the club a chance at it before i put it to CL Just trying to help my mom out, that's her copy & paste from her previous ad And yes, before we lost my dad this thing made a world of difference! I really hope no one is in this situation but if they are, i hope i can help by offering this.

I have a metric crap ton here with your new tank kinda a one stop shop on this one

haha yeah Kim, i've heard it 3-4 different ways.

120g and pump sold.

A little bit for me but thank you so much Robert for the offer, i really appreciate it!

So did we ever get a confirmation on the pronunciation

ohh I thought you were down by Salem/Corvallis looking at your profile

Hi Steve! What would you be asking for these?

Ok sounds good, i'll Pm you with details

You guys are great! Can you guys send me a PM with how much you would like for them and i get on working on making it happen. Edit: Oh darn Robert, just realized your location, i thought you were here in Portland. Thank you so much for the offer though.

Ahh no love? c'mon guys help a guy get some color/life back in the tank! Are those prices too high? shoot me an offer, i'm desperate for coral, i feel naked!

Nobody has any!?

Looking for small pieces of different color caps. I would like to start trying to make another one of these. It was really fun to make. Unfortunately this was one of the pieces i lost in the end it was much larger with more swirls.

Ka-toe lol

I've decided after spreading out my coral graveyard last night for a picture in another thread and after all the thoughts of hanging it up i came to the conclusion that it's not time yet, nowhere near it! So in an effort to repopulate my tank again and acquire some frags i figure i'll post some things up in the hopes some of you might have some use for them. So 1st up is the tank, bought it and never got around to the planned project but i did get roughly 75% of the buffing done inside and out. So far it's looking pretty good. Tank is setup for a closed loop and the main cross support was broken at one time and not repaired correctly (See pic) very easy fix though and in that current condition it sat in my driveway for a week plugged and full leak testing when i brought it home. I had no problems. $150 Tank only, no stand. I do have a canopy for it though. Next up is a HOB overflow box. let's say $20 bucks or coral trade. Next is my backup pump, don't really want to sell it but darn! With the tank looking better i want to add some coral back so bad Gen-X PCX-70HP Not sure what it's worth yet but i'll be happy with coral trades for it. 90g glass $50 Or coral trade Glass has some pretty good scratches but could make for a nice sump with thick glass. Small chip but again, it's very thick glass That's all for the moment but i'm sure i'll dig up some more stuff.

Success! I first started out with a 75g WC which barely made a dent in no3 and removed all the rocks in the tray that were plagued with hair algae and tossed them and then siphoning out every bit of detritus and unfortunately a few heads of branching hammer that were detached (Honestly, i had no idea all that detritus was in the tray being i always ran all blues on the tray and never seen it until the flash of the camera) then moved onto the main display and siphoned all the rock and got all the piles from a few dead spots i had and again a couple heads of nicely minced hammer and another 70g WC around a day later. Next added about 50-75 lbs. of well established rock from a tank i just brought down to the DT and tray and added a powerhead on the bottom to eliminate the chance of anything building up there. For the time being i decided to keep the tray running and moved all but one of my rainbow bubble tips to the tray(Can't get that guy and i kinda like where he is ) this nem came from Steve a.k.a ssappington (Awesome guy!) and we all know Steve has nice nems! This thing has split 5 times now and since they have figured out how to make their way to the DT from the sump gauntlet maybe i can keep them safe in the tray. There is only one Azure damsel and two turbo's in the tray right now, i would like to load it up with much more snails. The damsel is only in there because i have nowhere else for him and i think he likes it in there . Here's a quick pic of their 1st split. Here's where they sit now Next i went down and had a nice chat with Tom at Upscales (Always a good talk with Tom ) and explained my problem and i ended up picking up my much needed Salifert No3 kit and came home with a bottle of Brightwell's Reef Bio Fuel. I think maybe after the previous 2nd WC and the addition of the reef bio fuel is responsible for the quick improvement. When i started to attack this a while ago i was well over 160ppm according to API and as of yesterday's tests i'm in between 25-50 ppm. Funny thing, API and the Salifert are really close together lol Yesterday's parameters S.G. 1.026 (Refractometer) Calibrated with RO/DI only Ca. 510 (Salifert) Alk. 9.1 ~target 8.5~ (Salifert) Mg. 1410 (salifert) No3. 25-50 (Salifert) PO4. 0.02 Red Sea Temp 78.5 And since we all love pictures.....even sometimes the bad ones Most of this was the couple semi-crashes i had before i noticed the nitrates skyrocketed. The semi-crashes were due to variations in test kits as to where its time for a refill and the new kit is quite a bit off from the kit you've been using the whole time, so i've learned my lesson and always buy my refills way ahead of time so i can easily compare them. What doesn't kill ya only makes you stronger so i'll be on the serious hunt to replenish my reef (been trying to get you guys a FTS) so you will probably see some sale threads from me popping up I'll be on the hunt for zoas,torches,hammers,acans, caps of diff. colors and encrusting montiporas and possibly a plate (never had one) and of course all those sps i lost but i'll be holding on those as i monitor the recovery of the tank first haha and get a calcium reactor because 3+ years of manually dosing 2-part with sps is enough to drive a person nuts Basically, seeing this improvement this quickly has inspired me to hold on and at least start down the road to try and replace some of what has been lost.

That is awesome! Let's just hope it's not leeching any phosphate or even worst, i used to use those little black potting baskets but was told they could leech phosphate and mine grew a lot of hair algae so i ditched them. But dang those look perfect!

Is that a mini grocery basket you got there for macros?

Glad you got it all fixed up. Any damage? losses? It's a good reminder for us all to replace the seals every few years as a part of our maintenance, thanks for sharing

Just got back with my couple of jugs of muriatic acid. I wish this was simple enough that i can open my bathroom window and seal the bathroom door with painters plastic and let it do its thing in my bathtub

Hey Jeremy! Thanks again for the heads up on this, i just read it again. I really want to do all the rock i've been collecting but right at the moment it's not really possible for me. first is where i live and second i have a very badly broken predominate hand (On my 4th cast now haha) so reefing has been a little bit of a extra challenge, but hey, i've been making some progress on the tank I'll have to update my thread. My question is i have a certain small rock that i let completely evaporate so it's basically a dead nasty salt block. I want to do only this rock and maybe a few other small ones tonight. I was going to head to HD and get whatever it is i need pretty soon so i wanted to ask if you had any tips on how i can do this with 3 dogs and a cat along with a landlord that would poop a brick if he spotted me doing this in front. Any ideas?