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Forum: Reef 05-24-2014, 03:40 AM
Replies: 124
Views: 27,033
Posted By StirCrazy
no no no, we were looking at them with your...

no no no, we were looking at them with your microscope, we were scraping coral and dipping them, we spent 4 or 5 hours on it one day and yes it was in one of your older tanks, befor you moved to the...
Forum: Lounge 05-24-2014, 03:33 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,691
Posted By StirCrazy
hmm sounds like a bunch of people who are to...

hmm sounds like a bunch of people who are to young to know that the 1998 version of godzilla was not the first. this new one goes back to the original 1954 series of godzillia movies where godzillia...
Forum: Reef 05-21-2014, 01:20 PM
Replies: 124
Views: 27,033
Posted By StirCrazy
Brad, didn't we use iodine to kill them last time...

Brad, didn't we use iodine to kill them last time you had them?

Steve
Forum: Reef 05-13-2014, 02:55 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 16,747
Posted By StirCrazy
Nat gas is way cheaper than electric up to 70%...

Nat gas is way cheaper than electric up to 70% cheaper, propane is about 10 to 20% cheaper than electricity. so propane a bit cheaper than electricity, now this is for heating and assumes an average...
Forum: Reef 05-13-2014, 01:45 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,467
Posted By StirCrazy
I am not positive on this, but if I am...

I am not positive on this, but if I am remembering correctly it is used like an offset. so if your chiller is saying the water is 77 degrees, but you measure it and it is really 75 you can change...
Forum: Reef 05-10-2014, 01:44 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 16,747
Posted By StirCrazy
ahh that explains it.. ...

ahh that explains it..





very wrong, propane fridges are very expensive to run, the older ones 3 to 4lbs of propane a day, newer ones 1.5 to 2lbs a day. so even if you buy your...
Forum: Reef 05-10-2014, 12:37 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 16,747
Posted By StirCrazy
man either you don't use it much or you have...

man either you don't use it much or you have super duper high efficiency stuff. most propane fridges will burn 100 bucks of propane in a summer by themselves.

Steve
Forum: Reef 05-09-2014, 02:37 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 24,183
Posted By StirCrazy
ahh, ok, I never ran any of that fancy stuff...

ahh, ok, I never ran any of that fancy stuff :mrgreen: used to keep my alk 9 -11 ish

Steve
Forum: Product Review and Equipment Forum 05-08-2014, 12:48 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,397
Posted By StirCrazy
yup, I know.. who would have thought... ...

yup, I know.. who would have thought...

Steve
Forum: Reef 05-08-2014, 01:44 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 16,747
Posted By StirCrazy
not intending to say don't use it, yes for down...

not intending to say don't use it, yes for down on the coast/Victoria or north where people have cooler climates it is a good idea for occasional heat waves, but I did try this very same thing oh...
Forum: Product Review and Equipment Forum 05-08-2014, 01:15 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,397
Posted By StirCrazy
no, not you.... another free option to keep...

no, not you....

another free option to keep your side cutters/plyers working, is to actualy rince them with fresh water and dry them when you are done.

Steve
Forum: Reef 05-08-2014, 01:01 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 24,183
Posted By StirCrazy
why would "sps guys" purposly keep a low alk...

why would "sps guys" purposly keep a low alk tank, alk is one of the main building blocks in coral growth, if anything we would tand to keep it higher.

I agree with Brad, that swing over weeks...
Forum: Reef 05-05-2014, 06:53 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 16,747
Posted By StirCrazy
I guess the whole point of this, and I refrained...

I guess the whole point of this, and I refrained from saying it in my original post, as it has been said numerous times over the years.

we all know when it gets hot we can have problems, and we...
Forum: Reef 05-02-2014, 01:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,449
Posted By StirCrazy
ok, back the bus up :mrgreen:, are we talking the...

ok, back the bus up :mrgreen:, are we talking the drop test kits? no one said electronic testers..... sorry I assumed we were still talking the standard add the drops and watch the color change...
Forum: Reef 05-02-2014, 02:45 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,449
Posted By StirCrazy
ya, 10 years ago RHF did a comparason, sailfert...

ya, 10 years ago RHF did a comparason, sailfert and elos were the better ones, sailfert for some and elos for others, hanna was consistantly off.

Steve
Forum: Reef 05-02-2014, 12:40 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 16,747
Posted By StirCrazy
not the best way to do it for a few reasons, the...

not the best way to do it for a few reasons, the first being it only works when you are running your ro unit, the second is that it is a pretty expensive way to cool water if you pay for your...
Forum: Tank Journal 04-30-2014, 11:27 PM
Replies: 691
Views: 347,362
Posted By StirCrazy
your pretty lucky, about 2 years is where...

your pretty lucky, about 2 years is where starving dollars start to die off, the problem with them is each type has a spicific food requirment and 99.9% of the time a tank doesn't support the right...
Forum: FOWLR 04-30-2014, 11:12 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 7,388
Posted By StirCrazy
let me guess, you bought it from the store that...

let me guess, you bought it from the store that doen't deal in salt water, tuffa is not good for salt tanks as it has all kinds of nasty things it will leach into the water. but its good you found...
Forum: Reef 04-30-2014, 11:04 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,484
Posted By StirCrazy
light. all mine every got was lots and lots of...

light. all mine every got was lots and lots of light, well maybe got some byproducts when I feed the fish, but I over skimmed like crazy. I ran my Ca at 380 my alk at 11 dkh.

here was my big...
Forum: Reef 04-30-2014, 08:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,484
Posted By StirCrazy
one of my favorite corals, I found them very easy...

one of my favorite corals, I found them very easy to keep, a lot easier than other types of acro. mind you I never had any corls RTN or what ever so maybe I was just lucky.

Steve
Forum: Reef 04-30-2014, 07:54 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,449
Posted By StirCrazy
I threw all my hanna stuff out as they are pretty...

I threw all my hanna stuff out as they are pretty much junk. I used salifert myself, as that was about the best back then.

are you checking Mg on the tanks also? low Mg will alow low Ca with...
Forum: Product Review and Equipment Forum 04-27-2014, 05:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,852
Posted By StirCrazy
neat, but not $633.00 neat.... Steve

neat, but not $633.00 neat....


Steve
Forum: Reef 04-25-2014, 02:41 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,892
Posted By StirCrazy
PH might be a bit high but let me know what your...

PH might be a bit high but let me know what your getting, another problem brought up by Randy is the test kits we use are basically junk for lower concentrations and quite often give bad readings,...
Forum: Reef 04-24-2014, 09:05 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,892
Posted By StirCrazy
yup not 100% in another article by him, he does...

yup not 100% in another article by him, he does tests and finds he normaly starts out with about 2ppm and the ro brings it down to about .1 - .2

now in a healthy reef aquarium when you test the...
Forum: Reef 04-24-2014, 03:15 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 12,892
Posted By StirCrazy
the Carbon breaks the bond and removes the CL,...

the Carbon breaks the bond and removes the CL, but the ammonia still carries on. the RO membrane its self will reduce ammonia to very low levels, depending on the PH of the water, design of the...
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