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  • Birthday 12/03/1982

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    Central Austin
  • Tank Size
    20g Long
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    Male

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  1. Anyone near downtown have a soldering iron I could come use for 5 minutes. A wire came unsoldered on my refugium light.

    1. Juiceman

      Juiceman

      I have one. But I'm up north

  2. Kim, best of luck with the change. Looking forward to seeing the direction you tank. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
  3. Having seen Richard's tank and using a couple of pieces myself, I think Reel Reef rock is the way to go. It is the most natural looking man made rock I have seen and it is already nice and purple. I would not go any other way.
  4. Panty hose makes great filter bags to hold carbon or gfo.
  5. It should be pretty simple to make a cone for something that small with a sheet of acrylic. Just build a mold and heat the acrylic. I think I have a thread on making cone skimmers saved somewhere, lets see if I can find it. Edit: This isn't the one I was looking for, but it should work. http://theprodigalcube.blogspot.com/2009/09/diy-cone-skimmer.html
  6. I have had it for 3 months now. There are little issues with creating new codes and attaching new hardware sometimes, but these are all easily resolved by asking questions on the forum or directly to the owner, he is great at helping out. The learning curve for the code is a little steep, but doesn't take long to figure out the basics. The controller itself has run flawlessly and I have had no issues from it. The challenges with the system is the directions are mostly all outdated and sometimes it is hard to find the current information. They have done a great job of continuously improving the software and the products, but they have done a poor job of going back and updating the information to correspond. But as I said, this is easily resolved by asking questions. The owner has remote logged into my computer on a couple of occasions to help get something set up properly. If you ever want to come by and get a feel for the controller and the programming required, just let me know. I am happy to give you a tour. Who were you with, BTW? I thought I remember seeing a mention of III Corp somewhere. I did some time with 4ID.
  7. Excellent choice. I have been really happy with mine. Let me know if you need any help getting it set up, it can be a pain.
  8. Your led fixture looks really good. I might consider raising the number of RB and lower the number of blues. Too much blue gives a windex look. Additionally, I might considering adding in some true voilets around 420nm. Your mix indicates you have done a research, but if you have not seen this thread, it is really good. The last 10 pages are very good. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=246394 Additionally, you have the same spread in the shallow and deep ends of the tank. I might consider adding in some more on the deep end. Also, the 4" spacing is kind of wide and may lead to some color banding issues near the top. I might put them in small pods of three or four to give a bit less banding. What drivers are you planning on using?
  9. I have been following along since the beginning. This is an awesome idea and I really like the look of the drop off tank. I hate to be Debbie downer, but I agree a lot with where hydro is going. Unless this is your house, or the owner is a family member who guarantees you can rent the house forever, I would think long and hard about setting up a tank of this scale. To do it right, I would also want to have a dedicated fish room to house all the equipment and quarantine/hospital tanks, etc... I just cant imagine the investment of time and money that it would take to get this going if I ever thought I might have to move it. I would also say Hydro knows what he is talking about. He has been through a very similar build as you know. As I said, awesome idea, I would just be hesitant to do it right now.
  10. Great woodworking! This looks like it is going to be a beast. Looking forward to seeing it all come together.
  11. Any one have some soda lime they could spare?

    1. bige

      bige

      CO2 scrubber? I have been looking locally too. Airgas off burleson said they have some but thats the only other place locally I could find it.

    2. JasonJones

      JasonJones

      That is the plan. BRS has some, but it is like 8lbs. I found a better deal, but for 37lbs. I don't think I need that much for my little 20g...

  12. Enjoying having time off to research. Recently read an article about the proper way to calibrate refractometers. Realized my refractometer was 2 ppt high

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    3. Robb in Austin

      Robb in Austin

      Oh yeah, knew that one. Thought you had some new news. Not to be flippant. I just recently read something about most refractometers are made for brine and not SW and therefore off a few points; like .002 or something around that.

    4. JasonJones

      JasonJones

      This is based on that as well. However, if you calibrate it using the 35ppt solution, it does not matter whether the refractometer was made for brine or saltwater

  13. JasonJones

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    Ricordea Rock

    © Jason Jones

  14. Hey Jason,

    I should be home all day today if you would like to pick up. Its a 30 min drive on n I35 from round rock to get to my house in salado.

    I work at the toy dealership in round rock mon thru fri so if you dont want to come to salado I can bring them to work with me. lmk

    512 924 2064

    thanks, mike

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