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11/18/2015, 09:58 AM | #76 | |
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11/18/2015, 10:07 AM | #77 |
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Your pics are fine. I was commenting on your diligent work to provide lots of them, which is great, for you and us! Seriously!
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11/18/2015, 10:26 AM | #78 | |
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11/19/2015, 08:19 PM | #79 |
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I skimmed the thread but didn't see mention of where you purchased the bracket for the kessil lights? They look sweet.
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11/20/2015, 09:50 AM | #80 | |
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Thanks. They are made by Jon at Lerusso Designs. He was independent but now does business out of Careefco. He's on these forums also. If you google Lerusso designs you'll find them. Also stopped by my LFS last night and picked up a proper titanium heater made by aquatop controlled by my Neptune, a sweet new frag, a sand sifting star and an emerald crab which I failed to photograph. The star disappeared into the sand right after I took the photo. Also trimmed what seemed like a pound of chaeto out of my sump. Surprising there's still other macro that's alive under all of it.
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11/20/2015, 01:46 PM | #81 |
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Beautiful tank. (and fuge!)
We're kind of in the same boat. I've effectively been out of the hobby for many, many years and just getting the bug again. Although my system has had saltwater circulating for a decade, I turned the lights out and just topped up the water (occasionally) during "the dark ages". Surprisingly, my royal gramma THRIVED the whole time with nothing but indirect light and no added food. It ate pods, I assume. Anyway, I'm dumping lots of cash into it again and hopefully I will have something worthy of sharing like you have. |
11/20/2015, 01:58 PM | #82 | |
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Now onto your tank.. amazed that your gramma thrived with no added food for that long.. that's crazy you have a blog going yet?
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11/20/2015, 02:57 PM | #83 |
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So about temperature control... I've been living in PHX now for over 5 years so drastic outside temperature swings should not have caught me by surprise, but they did. I had been running without a heater since late June when I started this tank.. A couple of weeks ago temps started going crazy. It could be 80s during the day and 40s at night..Lind story short(er), I threw in a nano heater I has laying around, but it was way too small. Last night, I picked up a 200w heater and now I'm able to use my neptune to really stabilize temp .. Check it out:
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11/23/2015, 05:28 PM | #84 |
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Welp, as of yesterday, my clam is toast. I added 6 new snails on Friday, just threw them in there.. bad idea. One of the snails slimed out on me.. I thought it was harmless slime and it wasn't touching the clam. Clam looked healthy Friday night. Saturday morning, the slime from the snail was touching the clam and the clam had literally melted overnight, like almost nothing left. I thought the snail was dead, but as I was picking him up, he moved.. so I put him by the glass, and he happily stuck himself to it and started eating algae. What was the slime? Very odd.
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11/25/2015, 12:20 PM | #85 |
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ordered the Neptune DOS with the vessels and a digital refractometer from my LFS.. hoping they show up today
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11/26/2015, 12:12 PM | #86 |
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also added the WAV starter kit to my order.. all coming in Friday. My LFS beat BRS's prices...love these guys (#saltwaterjunkies yeah I'll plug my LFS here..sue me)
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11/27/2015, 10:34 AM | #87 |
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My LFS is killing it...Just added an AP700 and the Kessil brackets to my black Friday order.. can't wait.
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11/27/2015, 10:01 PM | #88 |
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$2100 well earned and well spent.
Loving my refractometer. I thought I was going to be way off, but I'm spot on And here is 8 days if chaeto growth. Time to trim my fuge's bush
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11/29/2015, 12:34 PM | #89 |
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Finally upgraded phones so I can take slightly better photos.
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11/29/2015, 12:56 PM | #90 |
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what did you do with the chaeto? send it to me!
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11/29/2015, 01:00 PM | #91 |
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BTW awesome!!!! ,im really looking forward to see the ap700 in the tank and the review you gonna do on it Im really thinking of go with the ap700 to switch from my t5 in about a year of course.
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11/29/2015, 01:12 PM | #92 |
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lol threw it in the garbage..
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11/29/2015, 01:12 PM | #93 | |
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11/29/2015, 03:04 PM | #94 |
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More great pics!
Chaeto is great for exporting nutrients. Every time you cut it back, it's like cleaning out your skimmer cup. Good luck with the new stuff, and the wife! We all have our strategies…
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[quote name="carloriv" post=24154608]what did you do with the chaeto? send it to me![/QUOTE]
lol threw it in the garbage.. Noooooo! !!! |
11/29/2015, 08:20 PM | #96 |
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It's nice having a good lfs like that! We have one in Milwaukee that is the same way and the owners are some of the nicest people you would ever meet. Like the setup by the way. Lots of nice goodies in there.
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11/29/2015, 10:09 PM | #97 | |
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Thanks
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11/30/2015, 09:16 PM | #98 |
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Super impressed with the quality and engineering of these Kessil mounting arms
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Careful with that AP700. It's a beast.
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12/02/2015, 12:55 PM | #100 |
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Took this on Sunday...just love that look of purity after a water change and the feeling of having done something good for my animals
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