TheClark

Awesome, interesting, welcome!

Congrats! Very awesome picture Jeremy! I just came back from Maui this week and I saw lots of naso tangs when I was snorkeling! Does this now famous fish of yours have a name?

Oh wow that sounds so fun, definitely on the bucket list. His name around here is "TheNasoTang"

Happy Birthday Thomas!

Hey hey, looking good. So this is the marine strain right? I still have your fresh strain going (barely) but am going to let it go if you are good. Tell us more about the marine stuff, care etc...?

Awesome. thanks!! This fish is like a part of our family, very cool to see he is 'famous' on the internet at least here locally.

There are some amazing photographers in our forum, I have allot to learn yet. Truly quite an honor to win.

Jeremy

I have a sincerely curious question... My test kit is European and measures in parts per mL's... How does that translate to parts per gallon? And did you do the conversion when you gave me recommended levels? I honestly am just trying to decide where my current levels stand and if I'm really at 10 x's the norm or if you read my levels as if it were ppg's? I ordered this kit with my nano and it tests everything so I haven't ever looked into how other kits measure- I'm clueless lol.

I did no conversion! Good catch. Things are looking good all the best to your new build.

Hey ya, thats better thanks

I LOVE ROCK NEMS! Super colorful, hardy and they don't hardly move. No worries of stinging SPS. My mini maxis move about 10x as much as the rock nems. So cool there is another rock nem fan in town. Congrats Brad!

Thanks for the update and bringing this thread back. I am counting on this insurance plan. I am an APEXjunkie now...

Thought I'd redo the thread that shows those who went in on the APEX base module that was purchased as a back up.

If memory serves the following people went in on the back up base unit;

Theclark

Frank

Kknight

Danik

Reefnjunkie

Dteck07

Stylaster

Micah -- added by Micah

 

I think that was it but I could be wrong (scratch) I asked Frank to check his PayPal account being he collected the money

 

Let me know

Great thanks for the update. Cannot wait to see pics!

Very nice upgrade, good stuff in there. Lets see some water in that sucker!

I paid 50.00 for a used piece of equipment-thats all I know

Score! I want one for that price (Rim)

20" x 20" x 18" tall marineland 27 gallon cube. Hope that qualifies!

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Please don't tear me apart... I know it's cluttered and I'm sure someone noticed my ghetto frag rack! My 90 gallon build has taken a little longer than I initially thought, so I have acquired more than I should have in the mean time

Cool frag rack idea! Where did you get the magnets?

Just curious who has it, and how I can get back on the list.

Thanks - Jeremy

Club should buy those. Rotate them around for asterina infestations.

Great idea!

Ooooo score!

Test with new signature.

Oops, I guess I have a half cube. 4x4x2! Nice job on the logo, adding to the sig..

Fun idea, like the logo did you make that Vanz?

Need to redo my build thread. My cube is 4x4x2 240 gallon.

Thank you Jay for the years of service, so very appreciated.

This board rocketed me into reefing. I thought I would start with a nano, in just over a year there are 500 gallons of water in the office.

I have met allot of great people and learned so much.

It is a shame that this happened but you have done an admirable job moving things forward working with people.

I am confident that these problems are behind us now and looking forward to pressing on.

Do you still keep a reef tank?

Use a siphon hose and scratch/suck the bubble into the tube.

That is a GREAT idea. You could even siphon from the tank, to the sump into a filter sock if the job is big to conserve saltwater...

Well, keep in mind I am totally jaded after fighting this for a several months.

Allot of people shoot for .05 or even .02. So that means that you are running 10x higher or even more than some shoot for.

Because of recent experience, if it were me, I would acid bathe the rocks. Extreme I know and sure won't help your tank cycle, but it is probably what I would do. Others should chime in.

No matter what you decide, at least you are going in with eyes wide open! Good luck!!

QUESTION: I cycled rock in brute can for 5+ months' date=' bought live sand, added a bit of water from cycled rock can and the rest was freshly made. I added Aquabella to the water day 1, day 2, and day 3 treatments... soooooo- theoretically, my tank is cycled. It's been up and running since Sunday. I tested Monday and got 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 0 nitrate. I threw in a squid leg to let it rot and see what happened (a small one) and it got stuck to the tunze. It finally finished 'melting' by the time I got home tonight and was gone so I tested again. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and I see the faintest change in color when I tested for nitrates which would be expected but it was still just barely above 0. SOOOOOOO... I feel very nervous to do it, but I really want to add some of the fish teasing me in the qt tanks for the past several months. SHOULD I DO IT? It just all seems too good to be true, but it was my plan to not have to cycle the tank after set up. Guess I'm just having a hard time believing it worked out so well.[/quote']

 

Kind of a side note...

 

After my terrible, terrible battle with phosphate laden rock I feel compelled to recommend this.

 

I really recommend you do a phosphate test before getting too far into this. See if someone can do it on a hannah checker for ya.

 

If your rocks are leaching phosphate the next six months will be painful and expensive to fight it.

Ah good learning, I did not even think of that. All my drain valves are accessible under the sump which is not pretty nor easy to get to but still easier I suppose then by the wall. Thanks for sharing the good and the bad, we all learn from each other's experience.

Awesome, so restricting the intake size increases the air flow or vice versa?