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  1. Does anyone have a Mexican Turbo or three they can sell? Battling an algea outbreak and could use the muscle. Looks like the LFS are out of stock.

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    2. reeflover

      reeflover

      What have you notice negatively about zebra? They doing their job in my tank, something I don't know about them

    3. FarmerTy

      FarmerTy

      Kipf, I have both the zebra turbo snails and the Mexican turbo snails. They perform the same function in my tank except that the smaller mexican ones can of course navigate between the corals better.

      For urchins, I have 5 tuxedo urchins in my SPS-dominant tank. You need not worry about them touching your SPS unless yours are that much tastier than the 40+ varieties I have in my tank. LOL.

    4. Niko's Reef

      Niko's Reef

      They come out of the Cortez sea and they have been having massive die offs due to heat. They are starting to be available again, but the price is steep. Said they should start coming down on the price soon.

  2. Feeling dejected. Heater exploded on Monday when I was at work. Fish are hanging in, but it looks like most my SPS is done for. Hoping my LPS hold on as well.

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    2. FarmerTy

      FarmerTy

      I think you might have to worry about metal contamination as well from those glass heaters popping. Perhaps research a bit online on how others have dealt with a heater blowing? Like maybe using a polysorb filter pad or cuprisorb just in case?

    3. TheKipf

      TheKipf

      Well, I called the manufacture, and the lad claimed there would be no sort of contamination for such a failure. Although, she didn't leave me feeling confident in her mastery of the subject, so I'm still uneasy.

      I still have some inverts living (although several snails and hermits died) so hopefully that's an indication that there's no contamination.

    4. TheKipf

      TheKipf

      I hadn't checked out those filters/pads before. It might be worth running just in case..

  3. Prime Now: When you need a new Main Return pump delivered to your door in 45 minutes! Wow!

  4. Have to say.. I love my Vertex skimmer. Pulled it out of the sump to clean it last night and it was SO easy to dismantle and resassemble!

    1. Jimbo662

      Jimbo662

      +1 on that. also love the screw off collection cup...no more splatter / spilling trying when the o-ring comes free!

  5. 35 bucks to ships some 2-Part BRS?! I'll wait for a group order (or for more things)!

    1. brian.srock

      brian.srock

      Start a Groupbuy in the GB section. People always need BRS stuff.

    2. KimP

      KimP

      I need some things

  6. What causes coraline algea growth - because man - six months in to the tank and it is covering everything!

    1. Planeden

      Planeden

      calcium and light. probably some other things too.

  7. Added a GFO/Carbon reactor yesterday - and it seems like the tank lived through the night (and I don't have water all over my floor). Success!

  8. Saw my new ATO work flawless 'in the wild' for the first time. Must now try to keep my reek geekness in check before I go bragging to all my friends.

  9. ATO system from autotopoff.com is coming in today! Woo hoo! Love added equip to the tank!

    1. ceastman

      ceastman

      I got some of there stuff, it works good.

  10. Going to jinx myself here - but I feel like I finally have my new skimmer tuned in and skimming well! Been learning a lot about what affects these skimmers over the last month and just how finicky they can be!

    1. Clark

      Clark

      You make your saving throw! No jinx occurs!

    2. TheKipf

      TheKipf

      I was feeling a Nat 20 in there!

  11. Was merging onto 183 yesterda and saw somebody rocking an ARC window sticker.

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    2. ckyuv

      ckyuv

      My arc sticker has seen 33k miles In 1 year :P

    3. o0zarkawater

      o0zarkawater

      I'm still deciding what I want to cut for the sticker(s) on my new 4Runner =X

    4. TheKipf

      TheKipf

      I'll def have to follow next time (although tank has a little more cycling to do) - it was a newer Kia Soule (grey?) I believe.

  12. Ugh oh... 2 year hiatus and I'm re-assembling the tank again. Back on the sauce..

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    2. TheKipf

      TheKipf

      Trying to improve on what I learned the first time around. I didn't document it well - but I'll try to post up pics of the build

    3. jestep

      jestep

      One of those once you start, you can never run away hobbies.

    4. Timfish

      Timfish

      26 years & I'm still fascinated and surprised and think it would be so cool to try . . . :-D

  13. Accidently broke my frogspawn colony in half. Be on the look out for half of it being put up for sale. I bet there's 28 heads on each piece.

  14. Came home from Vegas to find my AC is out and my tank is at 86 degrees. Not good - skimmer is off and floating some ice.

    1. JamesL

      JamesL

      Hopefully you had cash left after Vegas for the AC repairs :) 86 isn't too bad.. hopefully you didn't loose much.

    2. Whit

      Whit

      dang! I hope its all ok!

    3. TheKipf

      TheKipf

      So far so good. Here's hoping.

  15. Went to go feed my fish and found my Blue Spotted Jawfish in the sump....still not really sure how he got there...

    1. mcallahan

      mcallahan

      they are escape artist. Probably won't be the last time and be happy he wasn't on the ground.

  16. Is irritated. Skimmer just died. And I was hoping to not have to spend money on my tank for awhile...

  17. Saw the green mandarin eat some blood worms! I'm relived - he had a bit of a starved looked when I got him from the LFS - hope this helps that.

  18. My one Acan isn't looking to good..and I don't know why.

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    2. dapettit

      dapettit

      Check your phosphates too.

    3. cmanning

      cmanning

      If u can, feed them at night.High flow areas makes them stay retracted..see if they're in high flow..might help. Personally mysis has better nutrional value than brine.

    4. TheKipf

      TheKipf

      I'll try some spot feeding tonight. They are in a relatively low flow area, but I could find even lower yet in my tank. Thanks guys.

      Phosphates are setting very near zero.

  19. drank too much beer last night, and is feeling it this morning at work.

  20. Happy the red slime remover completely knocked out my Cyano issue.

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