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Hi, We are still pending verification regarding Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery versus Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery as they are two different addresses two miles apart and appear to be two different places, not the same place. Originally it was to be the shellfish hatchery and that would be 2975 Netarts Bay Dr, Tillamook, OR, United States, Oregon. Awaiting confirmation. Thanks!

Hi Brittany, My wife and I will both come. We have a family membership. I have a new 100 gal tank that has been cycling for about three weeks and I have very little to go in it, just few things from a 25 gal I have running for a quarantine tank. . If you have any Capt Jerk or Red Monti left that would be great. Very much looking forward to meeting you and seeing your lovely home/aquarium.

If and when you decide to part out, I'd be very interested in the yellow tang and hope you'd message me. Also clean up crew members.

Glad you have what for a setup? Lacking any details as to how that was done electrically, doing what you described is very dangerous. I hope you just overlooked letting us know a few very important details about what all goes into hooking up to your home that way. I am very glad no life was lost, and I am including your reef pets! https://landmarktools.com/blogs/guides/how-to-connect-a-generator-to-your-home-without-a-transfer-switch

My Inverter (type of generator) is dual fuel propane / gas. I went that way because propane will store indefinitely without degrading. A few 40 to 60 lb propane tanks will beat out attempting to store gasoline for what our needs are. My inverter has never had gasoline in it and very well may never have gas in it. Many of these can be cleverly converted to natural gas as well, I believe it is just an internal valve change. I purchased an "iPower," however today I would go with a Champion inverter as they now have a model with insanely simple controls that automatically switches from gas to propane when the gas tank runs out. Thank you all for telling your stories. Very valuable information, I am taking notes and so should everyone else on our forum. I bet everyone with remote sumps that read all of this will consider insulating the pipes between sump and tank. All sorts of good to consider aspects from hearing about all of your struggles. I am sure glad very few reef losses so far!! Thank you all for telling your stories. Very valuable information, I am taking notes and so should everyone else on our forum. I bet everyone with remote sumps that read all of this will consider insulating the pipes between sump and tank. All sorts of good to consider aspects from hearing about all of your struggles. I am sure glad very few reef losses so far!!

Very glad it seems you've avoided a Reeftastrophy, hope everything recovers well. Wish your neighbors as much positive for them as possible as well. I have both a computer intended battery back up from API that was designed to piggyback extra batteries and a mid-sized inverter generator waiting in the wings. I get about three to five hours on one circulating pump and 200 watts of heat depending on ambient temperatures I've noted it's advised to fire up generators once a month for one hour. I tend to let time slip by and go several months without doing so. I bet after this you'll be test running that generator more often if you've not been doing so. Looks like having your tank next to the fireplace worked out really well.

Is that measured per weather report, build up along the curb, or the middle of the parking lot? <smile>

I am currently trying what you have Reefsakes. All working pretty well. Takes quite a bit of time. I cannot say I have felt following the BRS method of first creating a scape 100% with superglue and then after following with epoxy or reef cement is the best idea. I've found I immediately want to final bond my base rock with epoxy or cement before I start building on top of it. As far as your hot glue experiments, have you ever tried Infinity PUR MP75 Multi-Purpose Polyurethane with PUR specific designed glue gun?

Has anyone tried a hot glue gun and hot glue adhesives? I am pursuing information in the area. Great Article Hot Glue I have asked this company to comment on environmentally safe hot glues for strong bonds involving drinking water and/or enclosed aquarium-saltwater environment usage concerning fish and corals.

Krux, did you catch the part where he stated he used 28 tubes of epoxy and then at the end corrected that to be "only" 20 tubes? SORRY BRS!!!! But with the cost of the rock, the two types of superglue (thick and thin), the 5 bottles of accelerator, 20 tubes of epoxy, we have an aquascape approaching $600 to $800 or so. $300 in epoxy tubes. Yes, "just" the cost of one high end light. I like all of the other pointers as you do Krux. But I'm wondering if there are not other ways to wonderfully bond rocks safely for aquarium reefs without purchasing reef supply vendor's products to do it.

Are you using a concrete drill bit?

Thanks David, kinda confirms what I've had on my mind. Reefing isn't a great hobby for those wanting instant gratification. The tank setup I've been working on should be more than capable of handling hard corals. The greater question is am I capable of having hard corals? Regardless, I'll keep the design 14 inches and under with doing my best to design in many varying heights to select from as I decide on corals. I guess my only good answer on what I want in corals is I do not want any that grow like weeds and take over entire areas in the aquarium or can be so toxic they just don't play well in the sandbox or make friends at all. I have lots to learn.

Thank you for the tips! I started creating 1 to 5 inch rubble this afternoon after making a mock up of the inside of the tank for visual reference. One question I have, how many inches below the water line of the tank would you recommend keeping the top most part of rock sculptures under?

I totally missed this! Thanks for the salt!

Hi, BRS shows a method of using accelerated gel/thick superglue for adhesive for the basic design when aquascaping, followed by a marine grade cement for final stabilization of sections, then using a soupy cement brushed over that marine grade cement with some sand pressed on to cover the cemented areas for aesthetics. Have any of your used something else other than superglue for the initial adhesive?

Thought I did RSVP but do not find it now... Two...

I am a supporting member. Family membership

Thank you very much for donating the Oregon Blue Torts Lexinverts! My raffle tickets paid off and I got the first one! Also, to Eatsfrenchfries, excellent presentation, well done! The amount of work that went into the Purple non-Sulphur bacteria sounds daunting so I ever so appreciate the free sample. I had a good time and look forward to future meetings.

Thanks Blue. I'll have to try a manual float and see what it does. I'm thinking it won't hurt the pump and may end up interpreted as a "run dry" fault. Even if it does hurt the pump, if set up as the "last resort" to stop an ATO overun... who cares? I'm not going to sweat a $29 pump much when there is a 50 gallon fresh water tank sump flood potentially waiting for the front line shut down stuff to fail.

Hi there! The Tunze 3155 comes with an electrical float and optical sensor eye. I'd feel better also to have an additional mechanical float at the egress of the 1/4 inch top off tubing going into my sump. So far I am not having much luck finding a 12v shut off solenoid that would work with the low pressure of the Pump for Tunze Osmolator 5000.02 to shut the pump down should the float be raised by high water. Instead I keep only finding solenoids for direct connection to RODI filters (house water system pressure). If someone knows of a solenoid perfect for this that would be great. Or, I am wondering how the 3155 system might react to a mechanical float restricting/stopping flow without a solenoid to shut down the pump?

My wife and I attended today and greatly appreciate all the hard work and expense that went into the setup, food, donations for the raffles, low priced frags, mystery boxes, cleanup, etc. Great job to all of you! Really wonderful event. I'd also enjoy a smaller weekend "brunch" type of get together with a focus of chatting about equipment, the trials and tribulations of setting up new tanks, etc. Thank you again, Webbed

Hi !! Hope this is a good choice for area to post this question. I know the club loans out such things a par meters. I don't suppose there are sets of vacuum cups for lifting 70 to 100 gallon aquariums available? Thank you in advance for your time.

Hi everyone. I very much wanted to attend the 2022 holiday party, was planning on it and afterwards going to a relative's 90th birthday party. Instead, I got one of the lovely viruses going around and ended up staying home while sick all weekend. Hey, maybe next year?

Hello Layton, I know it has been a bit since you posted your question. However, if you've not made a choice already this may help, or others might find this worthy. I did extensive research into battery backups for your same reason. I was asking what is something less than an entire house automatically kicked in generator system? I found a backup by APC. Pro 1500 with Accessory Battery Pack The reason I feel anyone interested in going the UPS route for hobby power confidence / security reasons is this model is capable of having pretty much an unlimited number of accessory battery packs cabled into it. The accessory pack is model BR24BPG from APC., is hard to find so I ordered one directly from APC themselves. With a single Pro 1500 and only one additional battery pack, I have kept a 70 gallon tank (circulating pumps and heaters) going for a solid five hours minimum. The Pro 1500 will predict run time end of life based upon power draw taking place. I have found it to be very accurate. This allows you to simply setup the desired equipment on it, unplug the Pro 1500 from the house outlet and just look at the control panel report of how long it will run. Very helpful when deciding what pumps to use for emergency circulation during a power outage. My home location has a history of all power outages being resolved within three hours so far. So this has been a solution I have had confidence in. During one power outage I connected an additional 30 gallon tank into the backup with an extension cord, it kept the 70 and 30 pumps and heaters going over three hours. The quality of APC has been very good for me. I got around four and a half years out of the first set of batteries (such batteries expected life normally is around three years) and my Pro 1500 with accessory pack is now on a second set of batteries that I was able to easily find at very competitive pricing. And, it also acts to protect all hobby electronics connected to it from poor incoming power fluctuations as well. I located it a couple of feet from the tank elevated on a small stand to create a drip loop. I have had no problems with salt creep entering the unit so far and it has been five years at least. APC is still making these and have done so for many years, for me that says something. With shopping around, I was able to put the 1500 with one additional battery pack together for about $330 (at that time). Versus a generator that provides dirty power (not an inverter) and cannot come on automatically upon power outage, I found the price point to be acceptable for the purpose. Webbed.