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Christy's Reef Blog My 180 Build Every electronic component is shipped with smoke stored deep inside.... only a real genius can find a way to set it free.
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09-27-2005, 04:54 AM
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Actually I have found out that I can't run 3 plant tanks one breeding tank one fry tank and a reef tank and have a job and take care of three kids and a wife.
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cats and fish tanks do not mix well if you have any wires or hoses hanging from them. This happened 3 or 4 years ago now, but the cats decided to chase each other behind the tank when in the middle of the night, and lets just say I woke up to an empty 77 gallon tank and a carpet with 77 gallons of water in it and a pump running dry.
The only good thing about that incident is I decided I hated cichlids and turned it into a reef 
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09-27-2005, 06:17 AM
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Did you know that too much water pressure is worse than not enough when you're installing an RO/DI? Did you know that even pure water will stain your clothes after it s(t)eeps through the kitchen floor into the basement laundry?
Did you know that the best way to make your telephone ring is to be up to your armpits in salt water? Did you know that MH lights run pretty hot, and that you shouldn't touch the glass sheild when they're on? And finally, did you know that idiot-proof assembly instructions only mean that they can prove you're an idiot?
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09-27-2005, 04:29 PM
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I have a problem with to much water
Did you know when filling a large garbage can with ro/di water takes about 9 hours. In knowing this when going to bed you still forget to shut it off when you go to work in the morning causing a nice flood. Remembering this you only fill the garbage can at night but after a couple hours you forget and go to bed waking up to a flood of nice clean water. Making a large note to remind you to shut off the water and sticking it on the door only helped once. After the clean up of the water and doing a water change you go to bed only to find you forgot to turn off the skimmer and it causes its own flood after the collection container overflows. On a good note though - when having a power bar catch fire causing huge amounts of smoke - which will in turn causes the fire department to bust open the front door, not being able to see, go to the wrong end of the house and put 2 large holes in the wall behind the computers but come up with no fire - they head to the front room and use Co2 everywhere - which mixed with smoke kills all your livestock in your tank by morning - still no fire but the smoke is gone after busting out a window and opening the doors and using fans. The next morning the cause of the fire is found - a expensive powerbar - but the heat from the fire melted a hole in the ro/di line making a perfect arc onto the power bar which either put it out or fueled the flame then put it out. Great - but the fire department failed to turn off the ro/di water and i had another flood.  Now i have a auto-shut-off for top ups and way to many spare towels but i know when its all running again i will find a way to make the floods return to my little corner of the world. Jack wins though
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09-27-2005, 06:39 PM
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Way to go Jack
Did you know that it is a bad idea to train your 14" Volitan Lionfish to eat from your hand, especially if you still have to clean the glass by hand (this was before magnetic algae scrappers were available)? Yup, used to have my Lion come up to eat smelts, squid, prawns & whatever other seafood I could get at the local shop. Then one day, I shoo him away with a net so I can clean his tank but my fish in another tank (I think it was a smooth horn shark) jumped & made a loud banging noise against its canopy. Of course I turn to look at the shark tank to see if the canopy was going to fall in or if it was carpet surfing. While I am suitably distracted, my friendly Lion swims over to see if I have a nice, tasty snack in my hand for him. Yup, you guessed it. 2 poison filled dorsal spines jabbed into the middle finger (how appropriate ) of my right hand, since the smart guy that I am, I was still scrubbing algae when not paying attention to where the Lionfish was. Before I could even finish the thought "This is going to F...g hurt......" the poison hit & Holy Cr@ppers Batman did it hurt. Yank the arm out of the tank, get my buddies to take me to the ER at Mt. St. Joseph's & wait an hour in the waiting room while answering stupid questions like "Your mother's maiden name?" Leave the hospital, call Poison Control & they tell me that "Poisons are enzymes, Enzymes are proteins & Proteins denature (break apart) when heated. So, sir, pour as hot a water on your arm as you can stand." Well at this point, I can bloody well stand almost boiling hot water. The poison was travelling up the arm & through the shoulder & I was begging my bro to cut off the arm before the poison hit my internal organs. So off to the kitchen to get 1st or 2nd degree burns from using water that was too hot, but what the heck, it worked. Poison broke up & the arm healed up nicely, blisters & all. Needless to say, Mr. Lionfishy was traded back "cheap" the next day back to the LFS I originially bought him from. I think it was Paul's when they were still located on Kingsway & Earls. Lesson learned. No poisonous fish. Now to just avoid my 2 very large long-spined urchins Anthony 
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