pdxmonkeyboy

probably start within a couple weeks hopefully. waiting to hear from Jeff. I need to get a better head count. maybe we assume 12 and cut it off at that? At any rate, I am not a huge fan of herding cats. I am open to suggestions on how long the contest should be. 6 months? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

looks sweet! When you are done you can put it next to your boxes of salt and 5 gallons of kalk. lol Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

they really didn't drop that quickly but I was feeding oyster feast and also reef frenzy. I took GFO and vinegar off line. starting numbers were 0.06 and about 12. ended up at 0.02 (I added phosphates) and about 2 nitrates. the tank is about 270 gallons or so. It is a 6x3 AGE starphire rimless. Total system volume is about 400 gallons with frag, sump, and fuge. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

spoke to El Jeffe today. He and Brad have a couple ideas about good colonies for a grow out contest that are in there secret stash. We need to get a head count of who is going to participate and also how much do people want to put in. The higher the price the greater the prizes. I am thinking $30 or $40 per person. prize wise... that frag kit I won in the zoa thing was pretty dope. But I would be just as happy with food, gfo, carbon, any of the stuff that most of use. ANYWHO.. jeff is going to post a couple pics and here is a nice colony... I'm not going to vote for this one as I just bought a frag of it Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I bought a used RSR and had the same problem. Here is what I did and it worked great. 1. Take the tubes out and pry off the o-rings. 2. go to the hardware store and buy new o rings. same size or a TINY bit thicker. 3. buy a little pouch of silicone greese. 4. grease o rings, install, smear some grease on the female parts. 5. boom, no more leaks. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

send a private PM to me first if you have acros for sale. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

nice looking hawk. my hawk has been a total freak lately. he was always down in the rock and now he stays near the top of the tank. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Bump for someone that obviously takes care of their stuff. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

knowing what I know now, I would have never bought any alk test kit except the hannah. the thing is THE BOMB and its virtually idiot proof. the same thing could never be said for any kind of titration. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

we should definately have a last place prize. I have the perfect gift. it is a lab squeeze bottle with the 90 degree squirt tip. I use it to clean my test viles out. I love mine, i gave one to @optimusprime on Friday. they are pretty slick and they cost me like $2. so even the losers will be winners . stay tuned people and if your interested then vote and get your funds ready. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

uggh... Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

this seems like the best idea yet. how about this.. I'm going to go to cuttle fish tomorrow and talk to El Jeffe. I will take a picture of a couple colonies, we vote, we buy, jeff will chop it up and we will get this thing going!!! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

since we can't get an acro grow out going... seems like algae it is:) Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I have a jebao dosing pump, one of the heads dorsnt work so I would sell it super cheap. dosing pump with cal and alk and a hannah dkh meter. this is what ALL corals love. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I would like to donate zoas, some monti cap, etc. let me know if it is a reef or fowlr. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

kudos!! I have a closed loop system that provides similar flow. LOVE it!! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

super nice indeed. if it was 261 gallons bigger I would be all over it. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

it could be dino although I initially thought cyano for sure. That said, I dont see any of the air bubbles that are classic cyano. I would love to have to dose nutrients but I have a very heavy bioload. I was taking pics of my tank and my cyano is annoying me so i removed my chaeto and dosed vibrant. maybe I will take some pictures and start a thread. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

wow, thank you. It's not where I want it's coming along. It is nice to have fish again though and they are all (for the time being) getting along. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

did you ever sell this fish? man what a beauty !! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

well, from my experience and most of my readings as I can remember them, if you get a phosphate spike AND your nitrates are fairly low..like While I was fallow my nutrients dropped pretty low. 0.02 and 2. I added phosphate when I was getting 0.0 on the milwaukie. I read the directions wrong and ended up with 0.4 phos. ARGGGHHHH. I dropped it down over the course of 5 days with tiny amounts of lanthium chloride. it was too late..cyano popped up. Like most things, once you have it, it's hard to get rid of. There are soo many spores that vacuuming does a little but not a whole lot. Same for black out, yeah, kill for a day then boom! you have another bloom. You scour the net and everyone tells you yeah..you have to reduce your nutrients brah. like clean your filter socks and do water changes. Yeah maybe. I went that route and did TONS of water changes (50 gallons is about 15% for me) and I had this strange mix of cyano, hair, and dino. it was whack.. I was leaching phos from my life rock. Finally i said, ok, i am giving vibrant a try. two doses... HOLY F'IN LANGUAGE FILTER BATMAN!! It was gone, and I mean GONE. I did a third dose and never added it again. downsides... it melted half my chaeto. I didn't see a huge reduction in nutrients actually. many people have but many do not. My understanding is that it is NOT a nutrient reducing bacteria like carbon dosing would bring, the bacteria actually attacks the algae directly, hence my melting chaeto. I have cyano and some other stuff right now, I am tempted to add it to get rid of it but i am going to try out the traditional method for right now which is getting phos under control. Redfield is an interesting concept but I see it miss applied more often than not. People seem to think that if an organism has x ratio of this element to that element that having the environment match that ratio is ideal. Ummm..no, that is fuzzy science. By that logic... we are surrounded by air, which is 80% nitrogen but yet 70% of our body is hydrogen and oxygen.... There is a good ratio of phos to nitrate but I am trying to stay around 0.02 and Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

After 74 long days... yes, I know, supposed to be 76 but I had a broken canister filter and my hippo got MHLLE and I just said I am done!! All my fish are back from QT and my fallow period is OVER!! yeah!!! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

vibrant will take care of it. 100% Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

there was a lady on YouTube that obviously doesnt have a job or a boyfriend that covered her wire shelves with foam board and self adhesive drawer liner. it looked really nice and I think in and around a saltwater aquarium it would last about...hmmmm 2 days? I still vote for glitter... Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

just saw it and replied. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk