Webbed Feet

Hi, Got a young Mimic and after a week it started showing signs of HLLE. I decided to quarantine and medicate as the HLLE area began looking torn up. All I had at the time was some Cupramine, so used as directed for appropriate time, did a large water change and proceeded with some API General Cure as an area had turned into something more akin to hole in the head. Again, later another large water change and moved on to Melafix for a week. All during this performed a great deal of hand feeding with herbivore enriched foods. Now, a month into this, the very upper and lower areas of the HLLE affected tissue shows healing and return to yellow tissue. However, as you can see, a sac has developed over the eye which I feel is some sort of mucus sac with some occluded tissue inside. Is this sac a normal healing thing like a scab on a person? Do I call in hospice? The mimic is still eating. Thank you for your time!

We ended up having to call the credit card company as I was unable to tell if charge attempts were going through or not. Finally got the fourth attempt to work. And, yes, quite the oversight omitting the increase of at the door tickets. I predict some folks intending to buy at the door making a number of rather unhappy comments about the lack of disclosure about that price increase. Good for you for posting about it! See you there!

Emerald, do you have any idea why the PTCS web pages you've linked to says nothing at all about the ticket price being doubled if purchased at the door? Also, I am unable to tell if the on-line payment was accepted or not.

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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