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Peter, thanks again so very much for sharing all of this with us! I was still on the fence about LED lighting but after seeing the amazing results you have been able to produce there is little doubt about the "best practice".
Now all I have to do is fine a mega grant for a poor teacher LOL My real question(s) are about how you used the "mud" in your mangrove system: did you use it straight up or mix it. And I really want to create a tangle of roots but still not have a good way to mount the trees to create the long root growth without the trees falling over all the time. Any suggestions? My goal is to create a mangrove micro-environment for the students to study but any nutrients that are taken out of the system a nice bonus |
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Any chance I can have that?
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That sedan is SEXY!
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02/15/2012, 02:06 AM | #158 |
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Wow, thats a really cool car Peter.
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02/15/2012, 08:33 AM | #159 |
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Peter,
I was just wondering if there were any plans for Steve to share information on this thread regarding his methodology, the reasons behind it, and the changes he has made to your tank? I know I have benefited tremendously from the other members of the team sharing information, and I am very interested in learning from Steve as well. Thanks. |
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thanks for the knowledge sir!
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Those are nice cars but money can buy.
But your tank is exceptional. Peter. You are the man.
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Elliot, that is a cool design, the best I have seen for long term ( two weeks) feeding of frozen foods. Most designs seem to fluidise frozen food and deliver those via peri pump. Unfortunately that method would mean the food could spoil after a couple of days. You have designed a feeder that gets around that...awesome!
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We will have to add some new characters and projects to create some fresh drama for the readers Peter is well aware of the success rate of these large scale builds. It takes a certain quality of person to take on such a monumental task, and a completely different set of skills to see it through. Thankfully, Peter has both of these skill sets and the resources acquired by those skills to see the project through. It is rare to see someone enjoy a reef aquarium this thoroughly, this late into the build. Peter has been so excited about the new lights, particularly at dusk. As the tank has progressed I have been getting his enthusiastic "you should see it now" reports regularly, and he has been right every time, the development has been steady and significant. You have to understand, Peter has a beautiful home, with an impressive theatre room and a car collection that would keep most of us out of the house, but he's in the basement like a teenager looking at the tank all day, mesmerized. What we should have done from the start was monitor Peter's heart rate and blood pressure to measure the impact of the aquarium. I'm sure will attest, it has improved both his quality and likely quantity of life. You simply can't do that with shiny cars and a big house... but they can't hurt |
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Peter - I knew the LED sunrise/sunsets would get you. From conversations past, I vaguely recall a certain member of the nineball team professing they see little point in dimming LEDs
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The trees do get top heavy, so they should have a good portion of the root system anchored in substrate at all times. Manipulating the water level is a better way to encourage a tangled root mass. The mangroves we have a very long root system but, they are not "woody" because they are always submerged. |
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My most recent thoughts on the frozen feeder was a hopper similar to an ice cube dispenser located in a freezer... like an ice dispenser
The cubes would drop into a funnel, then file into a tube that leads to the return pump intake in the sump. There would be a tee in the return pump (within the sump) that draws water from the sump and allows thawed cubes to be drawn into the pump to be delivered to the tank and waiting mouths. The food would be dispersed evenly throughout the tank via three eductors just below the surface of the water. The frozen cubes or chunks would thaw in the water of the sump then sink to be drawn into the pump. We would set up a closed loop wash down sprayer to keep the funnel clean. We would use our existing pressure tank and tap into the mangrove and skimmer spray timer (part of GHL Profilux). Someday |
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Hope this helps. Sorry for the mini-hijack Peter; everything looks amazing as usual!
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Hey Shawn, good to hear from you again:
if you have an "in" at BP just let me know LOL. In their defense, they do give some teachers a good amount of coin, but you have to be in the same county as one of their operations to be able to apply for a grant from them How would manipulating the water level help out? go lower or higher ? and do you just plug the shoot into the media or is there more to it?? Quote:
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Lowering the water level encourages the tree to send out runner roots as tge dry roots become woody. As the tree develops and roots harden, you can raise the whole tree higher. |
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