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Robb in Austin

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  1. Got a total of 4 I can harvest.

     

    One is about 4-5"  across. The other three are small; 1-3".

    $60 for the big one, $25 for the smaller ones.

    All of these will be bigger once they get in the light. They are currently on the back wall of my tank and in the shade.

    I can't say these are Sherman's but someone with less knowledge in general about everything in life, o0arzakawater, seems to think they are because they don't bubble much and split like a $5 lady of the night during Fleet week.

    Pics on request.

    Off until Sunday and in Gtown.

     

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  2. 50 ppm nitrates - 234 gal water change (90% volume) = 5 ppm nitrates. <---- repeat everytime my nitrates climb up to 50 ppm which was probably about every 2 weeks with my bioload and feeding pattern

    234 gal water change = 8 brute trash cans of saltwater

    8 brute trash cans of saltwater = 1 and 1/3 salt buckets = poor Ty = broken back = salty mouth taste from siphoning tube = dead salty grass in backyard

    Alternatively:

    Keep tweaking my biopellet/gfo use to match my tank and continue use of CaRX and amino acid dosing = no water changes for 3 years (at least that's what happened with my old tank).

    This was only an imagined scenario. No backs were broken in real life and the only salty taste in my mouth was from the vermicelli bowl I ate yesterday.

    I know I am just being goofy but realistically, water changes to suppress lower concentrations of nitrates work on a smaller scale tank but once you get to a bigger tank and higher nitrate concentrations, the logistics get overwhelming to do, not to mention expensive. Since nitrate removal is directly proportional to the percentage of water removed (i.e. 90% volume removed, 90% decrease of nitrate concentration), and my nitrates would hit 50 ppm in 2 weeks time, I would in no doubt officially be a slave to my tank, and that doesn't seem enjoyable to me or my back.

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    So what you're saying is you are going to sell the big tank and setup a 40. Can I have first crack at the livestock?!

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