Isaac

my main 5lb 10lb co2 tank ran out tonight... lasted 18mo. luckily i picked up a 2.5lb 5lb along the way as a backup... where do people get co2 refills? (not sure i want a swap, this one is tagged food grade which might be glass lined)

anyone use glycerin in the bubble counter? im tired of the evap refills. is it just plain veggie glycerin 99.9% USP (ie the type i use in my cig juice?)

fry's has panduit cheaper. i stopped even giving altex my business in 99, they are too proud of their stuff.

but where are the wires?! how will it all work?! looks good

DOH.

you want to reduce the flow to the tank? the bypass off the manifold would allow you to do that, you;d dump that "extra" pressure back to the sump.

plumb in a bypass on the manifold, pump it back into the sump. this allows you to dialup/down the main flow. over time when the pump gets gunky, you can dial its back up w/ that. I have a bypass i dont use for that, but its handy when i need water to "disinfect" new stuff.

90mins after the change, nitrate 60ish. we calculated it to be about 75% water change. so.. original off the chart test was around 240-250 w/ these numbers. crazy man, CRAZY. test again in the morning, may start his fish drinking everclear!

so im at my neighbors house, and i notice his tank is.... lets say struggling yes? struggling. "dude, let me test your water" it went off the API scale in under 30 secs (its a 5 min test). So we know, at a bare min, 200, factoring delays and titration of a normal test... its probably like 600-800. but i digress. "me: you have any salt?" "him: i have this bucket" "me: still got that barrel?" "him: yea" "me: pull it out, ill go get my smaller barrels" 90ish gallon water change on a 160 w/ liverock.... so 60-70%? 1hr on mix, 40 mins for the water change.... I made my 9pm conf call at work.

farg im exhausted. oh yea, his skimmer was dead.. like dead dead.. so not he has my old skimmer too *lol*

anyone got some bourbon?

must be the angle of the shot

is that stand slightly lower than the old one?

I dunno, but you should host a "adding fish to tank" party, because we're all impatient and wanna see

hurrry uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup.

i switched from pro to instantocean/coralife reef variants since i have the CARX. no reason to pay extra for stuff you are already adding in at a more costly manner. I wouldn't do a large water change until you have a full algea bloom on both sides, or you are just extending the bloomtime[tm]. lack of patience in the enemy!

mine has 4 now- 2 carbon, 1 gfo, 1 extra for carx... more the merrier i say! I also prefer to have external-sump stuff, makes for more water volume... if you have room. I just cant wait for rory to be done! i wanna see it DONE!!! chopchop! hehe, paaaatience grasshoppa.

one wouldnt hurt if you want some wave action... really doesnt take much. I have 2 in my tank, and one is down.. havent had the need to fix it!

my tunze is semiburried under rocks and seems to be ok at 70%. cleaning it will be a problem tho *lol*

you should make your light go back and forth like RCA's

This is 2 bags of sand. I have a 3rd cured. Should I put it in too?

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I have two more unopened bags if you need em

*there are no rods* *this is not the droid you seek*

I found a snazzy app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.rethinkvision.Bimostitch

Leftover rock plus all the rock I have in the coral bin.

Gonna fill out a few spots with rubble, but I'll sell the rest

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I hear christy needs some

maybe leave it open, but map out a structure you can put in later if you need it? lookin good

rory, you want some paly's or xenia? my treat

Wow, just got back from about 6 week away from Austin / the US / any communication, and apparently have to catch up here. This is one of if not the most helpful and tolerant web forums I've ever participated in...

It all fell apart when you left us Jestep! Next time give us warning before you leave. [emoji12]

why you always shifting blame?

There's a cheaper way if you already have lights, but want to make it auto.... http://amzn.com/B0108HJAQO wire them in parallel, so any door open closes the circuit I use those on 4 doors, closes a 12v circuit to a cheap LED strip: http://amzn.to/2br4f3l

I do have the ikea one as my office lighting tho, def better quality