AlexKilpatrick

Price drop to $750.

This is kind of weird, so bear with me. I have a Aqualogic 1/3 HP Chiller for sale that is new in the box. As in, the box is still sealed from the manufacturer, and it has never been used. This is the kind of chiller that has a hose with coils, and you just drop the coils in your sump, so you don't have to mess with plumbing. However, it is about 5 years old (long story), so you won't have any manufacturer's warranty. Aqualogic makes great chillers, though. Is is this exact chiller: http://www.marinedepot.com/Aqua_Logic_Trimline_Cyclone_1_3HP_Chiller_TLC_4_with_Temperature_Controller_1_3_HP_Greater_Drop_In_Aquarium_Chillers-Aqua_Logic-AL2133-FICHDIQT-AL2137K-vi.html (ridiculously long URL) New is $1000 + shipping. I am selling for $800. You can test it out to make sure it chills a bucket of water, but I can't provide any more warranty than that.

@chark -- I don't think it is on the market yet. It is supposed to be something they are releasing soon. @DaJMasta -- I don't expect it to save costs. I just think it might be easier to manage, and certainly cheaper to ship.

Actually, you hit on a potential problem. I mix up saltwater in a trashcan, and I don't have a precise measurement on the amount of water. I just put in salt until the salinity gets to the right point. That approach won't work if your saltwater mix is in two separate parts. You would have to put in the exact right amount of the trace elements, and then you could adjust the salinity with NaCl. But you would have to know exactly how much water you had.

I would assume food salt. It is just NaCl without anything else in it. I would guess the difference would be the level of purity.

I haven't looked, but it doesn't seem like it would be that hard. NaCl is NaCl. It just needs to be relatively pure.

This is a clever idea. I wonder why no one thought of it before. http://reefbuilders.com/2010/03/18/neomarine-kalibrate-saltwater-premix-brightwell-making-seawater-bulk/ The idea is that they can ship and store saltwater mix much cheaper if they don't include the salt, which is 80%. You can get the salt locally. I would love to not have to deal with those huge buckets.

Did you know the iPhone software for interfacing with aquacontrollers is not connected to Neptune in any way? It was just written by some guy.

My philosophy is that you don't need to have more flow through your sump that your skimmer outputs. For example, let's say you skimmer outputs 100 Gal/hour. That means it can only take in 100 gal/hour. If you have more flow than that through your sump, you have more flow than you need. You can use something like a vortech in the tank to handle all the flow needed in the tank without having to have a huge pump shooting water through your sump at 1200 Gal/hour.

I did a couple of months ago and then had to retreat a second time. They seem gone now, though. The only think I have noticed is GSP being retracted. Everything else seems ok. I have read that skimmer production is usually low for a while after treatment, but I didn't see much difference. In fact, my skimmer production has been UP for several weeks after treatment. I don't know if that is related or not.

Just be glad you aren't on vacation.

Can you just run an extension cord to a different plug? That would allow you to keep running. You would just need to be careful when you are working with the tank because you won't have the GFC protection. That will give you time until you can investigate further. You can also get a GFCI extension cord as a different test. In my experience, GFCI's pop immediately, or not at all. Is a heater kicking on?

You should really try Salifert flatworm exit. I treated with this when i could see hundreds of flatworms. About 5 minutes after putting it in the tank, I saw thousands of dying ones. They came out from everywhere. I siphoned them all up and had no worries after that. No impact at all on the rest of the tank.

Mark (or anyone) how do you soak mysis in garlic? Do you defrost the mysis first and then drip in the garlic? With or without extra water? I am just nor sure how much garlic the actual mysis will soak up. It seems like I am just making a solution of garlic-water that they are floating in.

What lens were you using?