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Oops, sorry about that Chad : BTW, it is sold. -Dan

I have an ARO VHO ballast for sale. Details: Electronic VHO ballast powers up to 440 watts max. 16' of T12 VHO lamp Input: 120V, 60Hz operates 2, 3 and 4 lamps Model: VHO Florescent High performance, Energy Efficient Asking $40 I bought this from Shane and Belinda a couple months ago intending to use it on my system, but I decided to go a different direction. -Dan

Hmm, might help pay for my hobbies . It is well water so no city water company to call... I did hunt around on google a bit and the only thing I could find was TDS in swimming pools, and they said to drain the pool and put in fresh water... -Dan

So apparently I have really bad water The TDS on my well water is about 1800ppm. The water coming out of the RO membrane has a TDS of about 65. Apparently (from what Bulk Reef Supply told me in an e-mail) I have delpeted my DI resin in less than 100 gallons of water. So, my question is, does anyone know any way to lower the TDS on my supply water so my DI resin will last longer? Thanks, -Dan

I'd love one as well!

I have a little clown goby I got from shane a while ago. I don't know if he has any more of them, but it is about our favority fish. Bright yellow, and he is all over the tank. -Dan

They found each other yesterday afternoon. The wathman seems much happier now . He was just hanging out under a rock looking sad all day Saturday, he looked much happier gaurding the hole all evening last night. They have sort of run off the blennie that was using a hole in the top of the rock as somewhere to hide. He seems to have relocated to the other side of the tank. One questions though. Do I need to worry about the pistol shrimp getting aggresive and/or eating any of my other fish? He is fairly small, and I'm assuming (hoping) that if I keep him fed he will be ok? Thanks, -Dan

I picked up a Watchman and a pistol shrimp last night. The pistol shrimp took off into the rocks as soon as he got into the tank, and I haven't seen him since. The Watchman is hanging out on the sand looking sad. Will they find each other again (they where paired at the LFS), is there anything I can do to help, or will it just take a couple days for the pistol to get comfortable enough to come out of hiding? THanks, -Dan

I'm a (semi) retired engineer. I'm now teaching (warping) young minds teaching them engineering (www.pltw.org). You think managing adults is fun, try the same thing with really smart, but no common sense teenagers . -Dan

Thanks, that is what I figured. If I don't have to plumb a drain line for the waste it simplifies the install a lot, and I don't waste a lot of water that should be fine for irrigation. -Dan

have a (maybe) sort of strange RO/DI question. I just bought the 75 GPS deluxe unit as part of the Bulk Reef Supply group buy. I have a pump house that has my well in it along with a 1500 gallon storage tank for the well water. I will be using (preasurized) water from the tank to make my RO water. My question is, how big of a deal would it be to run the waste water back into the tank? The vas majority of the water in the tank is going to be used for irrigation, and I'm thinking diluting the waste into a 1500 gallon tank shouldn't have much of an impact on the RO system? Thoughts? Thanks, -Dan

I'd like to get in on a group order, end of the month is fine with me. -Dan

So we went down to Fish Business Friday evening (also went to RCA but didn't buy anything). Talked with Shane for a while and wound up with... six more nasarius snails six more margarita snails Skunk cleaner shrimp - This guy is wild. He mostly hangs out behind a piece of rock, but will occasionally just start shooting all over the tank. At one point yesterday he was actually walking upside down just below the water surface. He has also tried to clean the Clown and Blennie with limited success. Bi-Colored Blennie - Was a little worried about him at first, did not seem happy by the time we got him acclimated and ready to put in the tank, but he was swimming around eating algae yesterday and seemed pretty happy. Thinking about maybe a Hippo Tang next, but I'll probably wait a week or two for that. -Dan

Do/will the Nassiruis eat copepods? I would like to get a mandarin somewhere down the road, so I want to be careful about adding anything that might make that more difficult. The wife and I are thinking about going down to the RCA sale tonight to look at some stuff. Just want to have some idea of what is appropriate before we show up. Try to minimize the chances of an impulse buy . What about adding an urchin and maybe a few emerald crabs? BTW, the tank is cycled and seems stable, but is still a new tank. -Dan