Robb in Austin

I think Chris is the only one who would do that. I wouldn't let him in the house J!

Forgot to mention it Mark.

Red Sea Coral Pro.

It's never done it before.

I think I know what the answer is but I'm gonna ask anyways.

I mixed up a new batch of SW last night and it's cloudy.

I used my normal mixing vessel, a 24g Rubbermaid tub. Before I used it, I cleaned it with a vinegar/water mixture, scrubbed it down, rinsed with tap water, soaked it in tap water with Prime added and then let it air dry. No vinegar smell after drying.

I use a MJ1200 to mix it, and this was still dirty(had a white colored haze on it which has been there before and never caused issues) from the last time.

The new SW tests normally. It's only cloudy in the Rubbermaid. When I was testing it looked ok in the test tubes.

Now the question:

Should I use it or dump it and try again? I really hate the idea of dumping ~20g of new SW.

I don't have any snow shoes, or chains, so yeah it might be an issue getting there.

Need more pics! Where's the goodies?

Get the Mrs to grab you a TB or insulin syringe at work and do like Medi suggested and hit them with boiling water or boiling kalk.

There is also aiptasia killer stuff you can buy(Aiptasia X is one).

I'd leave the starfish myself.

Look like palythoas. A cousin to zooanthids. The yellow is a sponge; it's a good thing.

Hitchiker corals! Score!

I'd add that those reusable ice cubes be filled with RODI. May not be able to drain and fill them though. You don't want whatever chemical they put in there leaking into your tank by accident, or tap water either for that matter.

I've used rinsed coke bottles filled with RODI before.

The T piece is on the return line. You would need to break into the return line, insert a T fitting and then run some more line off the side of the T back into the sump. The net effect is reduced flow back to the tank because some of it 'escapes' out the side port.

Cyano. A type of algae that is common to new tanks, and old ones with issues too. You can direct some flow towards it(it doesn't like a lot of flow), siphon it out, and/or just let the tank run it's course. It should go away in time.

Finally!

Can do but my truck died so I'm out of a ride for a few days.

In case nobody saw this:

http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php/641-My-next-tank-is-in-the-planning-stages-%28400g%29

There is a blog with details on his leak here:

http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php/627-The-280g-reef-is-leaking#comments

yeah, pep shrimp will take care of it. wait a week or two more, wont hurt then drop a few in.

aiptasia. bad pest anemone.

Welllll. How about an update peoples!?

Too bad he, and yall, arent here(Seton main) I could stop by.

Tell him to request the pain meds.

And, if you have one, take a laptop to him and he can post from the bed!

Oh yeah, almost forgot.

Sorry to hear about the bad luck, hang in there and get better soon!

Still got some. I'm not available until next Mon though.

Glad everyone is happy!

Gonna meet someone else at Frys at 2p so that would be better for me.

She's asking 150 for it.

Edit:

I just saw the $900 posting.

This is the one I was talking about; http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/12659-deltec-ap600-skimmer/

Buy that Deltec for sale in the for sale section. Great skimmer. Good for up to about 120g.

Just say No to PC. Don't even look at them.

See what you started Jarred!(Jarred and I have been talking via PM's.)

Those fixtures mentioned above are fine too.

I went with T5 based on ease of bulb changing so I could/can tweak my lights coloring as I want and I was worried about needing a chiller with MH. I also liked that the fixture I went with (Aquactinics TX5) was designed to sit right on top of the tank.

A ton of folks around here run MH without a chiller and without problems. MH do provide a nice shimmer(don't know if you noticed it on Chad and Belinda's tank yesterday) and I've seen quite a few sitting on top of the tank with support legs.

So, ask a question and get 12439786 different responses. There is no one perfect answer. (But mine is better than everyone elses because I am The Robb! )

There are no fixtures, to MY knowledge, that have timers built in. Moonlights are overrated IMO.