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Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 06:39 PM
Replies: 34
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Posted By asylumdown
I should also add that if i were to plumb a new...

I should also add that if i were to plumb a new tank, I would make sure that both overflows had their own totally separate plumbing. Right now my overflow plumbing runs meet in a t-union, then drop...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 04:12 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
hehe, I've actually been wanting to get a...

hehe, I've actually been wanting to get a microscope for the tank for a while, there's so many problems that can happen with a tank that are easier to solve if you can identify the problem. I can...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 04:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,436
Posted By asylumdown
I think the act of stinging is quite intentional...

I think the act of stinging is quite intentional for lion fish, a brush against them won't be enough to do it. I'm pretty sure to sting you they have to extend all their spines, and then actually...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 04:02 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
I found one online that seems like a good deal: ...

I found one online that seems like a good deal:
http://www.microscopenet.com/40x2000x-binocular-compound-microscope-with-camera-p-9110.html

half off makes me a little nervous, but it's got an...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 04:00 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,823
Posted By asylumdown
No kidding, I wanted a tank room really badly...

No kidding, I wanted a tank room really badly with this one but we knew we would sell this house sooner than later so I was given a hard no. Not having a dedicated fish room was one of the reasons...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 05:23 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,823
Posted By asylumdown
hehe, well we're already talking about selling...

hehe, well we're already talking about selling this house, as it looked smaller on paper. So I'm trying to get ideas together for what the next one might look like.
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 05:18 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,823
Posted By asylumdown
If you could do it all over...

What would you do differently?

10 months in and there's things about my tank I wish I could change, and if I were to somehow be blessed with the opportunity to build another tank in to another...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 05:03 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,516
Posted By asylumdown
In my newb days, I had an 8 inch sohal tang in a...

In my newb days, I had an 8 inch sohal tang in a 90 gallon tank. Bought it as a 4.5 inch fish, had no idea how fast it could grow

I vividly remember the conversation in the fish store

Me: "wow,...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 04:49 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,739
Posted By asylumdown
A controller was the last piece of equipment I...

A controller was the last piece of equipment I bought, and it's been worth every penny. I have a really small space in my cabinet to work with, and it was a crazy rats nest of wires and cables, and i...
Forum: Reef 02-05-2013, 04:34 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
Yah I need to buy a pH probe for my Apex, and a...

Yah I need to buy a pH probe for my Apex, and a microscope. Sigh. So much for the tank sticking to it's budget this month.
Forum: Reef 02-04-2013, 07:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,523
Posted By asylumdown
I would extend that to a blanket 'everything I...

I would extend that to a blanket 'everything I didn't pay for'.

I break all frags and corals off their base rocks or plugs and throw them away. I aggressively clean (and sometimes bleach) the...
Forum: Reef 02-04-2013, 07:16 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
Yah I think i'll turn my auto doser off. ...

Yah I think i'll turn my auto doser off.

This morning my filter sock was overlfowing, and there were long, stringy strands of brown goo clinging to the fabric on the outside. I can only assume...
Forum: Reef 02-04-2013, 04:39 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
Well today it was as bad as it's been. I got...

Well today it was as bad as it's been. I got married in my house today so I wasn't allowed to put garbage bags over the tank until everyone left, but I'm starting a blackout period now. Thankfully...
Forum: Reef 02-02-2013, 06:59 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
Just read through that entire reef central...

Just read through that entire reef central thread. I'm going to try a lights out period starting tomorrow and dose peroxide. I'm going away for 16 days next friday. good lord why do these things...
Forum: Reef 02-02-2013, 06:18 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
I should add, I don't know if I could do a 10 day...

I should add, I don't know if I could do a 10 day blackout. A couple Gs in SPS in there, I don't think they'd do well with 10 days no light
Forum: Reef 02-02-2013, 06:17 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
Did you dose peroxide?

Did you dose peroxide?
Forum: Reef 02-02-2013, 05:27 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,690
Posted By asylumdown
Uh-oh, Dinos.

So since the fish started going back in the tank, I've been feeding more (obviously). The tank hit a nice ULNS with the small amount I was feeding while it was fallow for 4 months, and the water,...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 02-01-2013, 07:42 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
That was fast. All called for.

That was fast. All called for.
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 02-01-2013, 07:23 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
Hey folks, I managed to catch 6 more Berghia last...

Hey folks, I managed to catch 6 more Berghia last night. They look like they haven't eaten in days and I'm worried they're near starvation (they don't usually come so out in the open if they've got a...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics hardware related only) 02-01-2013, 08:07 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 842
Posted By asylumdown
Alright that didn't work. The price has now...

Alright that didn't work.

The price has now been reduced to a grand $0.00 Free to the first person who will come and pick it up.

Perfectly good tank, only a few months of use! If it doesn't...
Forum: Reef 01-27-2013, 10:41 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,154
Posted By asylumdown
yah, i looked in to those, but this is a tiny...

yah, i looked in to those, but this is a tiny little 5 gallon pico tank that I use to quarantine corals, I empty it out when I'm not using it, so I don't really want to invest in an animal that I...
Forum: Reef 01-27-2013, 10:31 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,154
Posted By asylumdown
I started to do that when I got it home, but the...

I started to do that when I got it home, but the rock is shaped so oddly I was afraid of damaging the coral.
Forum: Reef 01-27-2013, 10:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,154
Posted By asylumdown
Killing Asterina stars

My display tank currently has zero asterina stars. My live rock came straight from the frieght plane from fiji in to my tank (never touched a holding tank), and I've never introduced any further...
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 01-27-2013, 08:43 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
13 called for. I'll put a hold on selling...

13 called for.

I'll put a hold on selling anymore until I have filed those orders I see what's left.
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics livestock related only) 01-27-2013, 08:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,721
Posted By asylumdown
I should also mention that I'm more than happy to...

I should also mention that I'm more than happy to take trades in frags. I'm specifically on the hunt for a Red Planet frag, but anything that I don't already have I'd be open to
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