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A reminder that we have no validation that Jake's post was actually from a former employee and as such it was removed. There's no issue discussing the facts as we know them and having a healthy dose of skepticism but please adhere to the Forum Rules. That said, the director of the aquarium, Shaun, has made the following offer. With pending litigation he's limited in how he can publicly respond until then.

The Austin Aquarium has offered to host our club and to allow interested members to take a "back stage tour" to determine for ourselves what we think. There's a lot that can and will happen before then, but let's keep in mind that there is at least the offer of some transparency once their operation is actually running. I'm reserving judgement until then.

You can run a restaurant and give a health inspector the time to come by and your going to get good marks.... wait until he shows up unannounced to see the real hazards.

Yes, but if you show up and the restaurant doesn't have stainless steel sinks and all of the required equipment and licenses on the walls no amount of talk would convince you. It should be obvious if there are that many corners being cut.

My tank has (8) 2' BML fixtures run perpendicular to the sides. Our kitten has decided that they are perfect for cross-training. Caught her standing on two of them and dipping a paw into the tank, where my naive clowns are used to taking food from my hands. We now have a battery of motion sensors attached to compressed air cans to keep her away. Along with my fear of her falling in, being unable to escape, and drowning is the fear of what effect a wet cat would have on the health of the tank.

Who counts snails and feeder fish as deaths?

From the article, the mgmt is stating that a disgruntled employee "reported" this to try to make the aquarium look bad.

Have you considered keeping the house as a rental property? If you break even on the mortgage it can be worthwhile and give you the option to move back in later. I know that upkeep on the tank would be a huge issue with renters though.

Are you able to opt out of ads as a forum owner?

Yes, and I believe that even if I opt in that only users of the "free version" would see it.

That said, we currently do have advertisements on the ARC site. Not being subject to them is one of the many benefits that Premium Members receive.

I'd think that you could order the blue/red pvc and use the black fittings with it, sounds like there's a package deal there waiting to be built to help you clear some stale inventory. Anyone here think they'd have to have matching fittings?

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I think a Pico sub forum in tank builds would be a good idea.

I like that idea, I could put my current build into it.

I prefer to keep the reef threads in one section since our members really do range across the spectrum of tank sizes. We currently have a forum specifically for tank builds here. Since this contest has ended it might make more sense to close this thread and start new topics back in the Build or Reefkeeping forums.

Having numerous sub-categories tends to confuse newbies about where the proper place to post is and doing so creates a lot of clean up work for the mods. The ability to add tags provides a further way to filter and sort content. The previous sub-forums we've created don't see a lot of activity these days (seahorses, lagoons, contests). In general if we see traffic trending to justify such a section or sub-section we'll create one, but we try to wait until we see a true need for it. I've noted the request and will continue to watch it.

Yeah I'm gonna go order some pink.. err I mean black for my nano build

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Haha!

I have normal pvc in mine that I painted black...it came out very uniform and looks nice now that my tanks been going for a while

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I used the Krylon fusion on mine but it does tend to scratch off fairly easily. The appeal to me would be having the color throughout the pipe.

It sounds like if there were enough interest we could arrange a group order through our sponsor FlexPVC. Thanks to them for chiming in!

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How about now?

Yes, that works

Thanks Mike hope the image above worked.

They work when I use the "Image" button and then put your URL there, don't just try to embed HTML tags. I'm not sure how you tried it the first time but 2 of 3 pics didn't post.

I just think it would be awesome to have color coded pvc, though I really don't have that much. I have two hard pvc overflows feeding into the sump and a soft pvc return, but with some of the members here I can only imagine what they would do with colored pvc.

Let me properly introduce myself my name is Tristan. Live in San Antonio but drive up to Austin from time to time. Meet a few of you people and learning a lot of different views and experiences with reef tanks. Just thought I should say hi and hope to meet you guys soon

I tried posting pictures but it won let me and having trouble uploading the pic from photobucket lol

Welcome!

There's a thread for tips and tricks on how to do things on the board, as well as a thread to report issues here. If you can't get photos working after looking through those then feel free to add to the appropriate thread

Read a few articles on Reefbuilders about colored PVC for your tank recently. I can think of times when it would be useful. They link to Pimped Out Aquariums for the following, take a look:

This is schedule 40 colored PVC with a glossy finish, no printing. It's diameters from 1/2" to 2" with larger sizes available on request. It costs a little more than standard white or gray with blue and red 1" stock running aprox $2.70 per foot, with sections sold in 5' sections. Special order colors run about 20% more.

They also offer the sevice to bend your pvc pipe to avoid having all sorts of joints in your plumbing. That said, If you just HAVE to have colored joints you can follow this tutorial here, Not sure about "reef safeness"

How's the noise on these? I'm seriously considering dumping my vortechs as they're just too loud. This was my next choice.

It's a different kind of noise. The tunes have more of a click and woosh. The ecotechs are more of a whining whirr.

The tunze also has a dial on the power box to where you can adjust the current. With it full on my pump makes a distinct whirrrrr noise. With it turned down halfway it's barely audible and still delivers the wave I want.

Glad to hear you have it working Kim, how do you like it?

I can't imagine the amount of grief I would have to take if I spent $200 on a frag. Obviously, Clint, being a single man, doesnt have to deal with that I suppose.

The magic number is 150. never go over 150.

No the magic number is 1500.

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I can't imagine the amount of grief I would have to take if I spent $200 on a frag. Obviously, Clint, being a single man, doesnt have to deal with that I suppose.

Single man? Dude I have a wife that doesn't work, one kid in full time preschool and another on the way.

What you talkin bout Willis?

Join the club.

Vic has another on the way? Man, didn't you learn anything?!?

Evidently I had a split hatch and missed the first half. I wasn't able to get any of the remaining ones last night. Will read up for the next clutch.

All of our sponsors, River City Aquatics, Austin Aqua-dome, and Stinky's Fish-Mart also do custom orders based upon their supplier availability.

Looks like they're set to hatch tonight....

Any luck?

That's awesome! You throwing any goldfish in there to eat mosquito larvae?

Pending

I've got a new, in box 50 GPD 4-stage Mighty Mite RODI System w/Membrane. The Mighty Mite D.I. is a complete R.O.D.I. (Reverse Osmosis) reef water system with four stages of filtration. This system is ideal for reefkeepers with a fifty gallon or smaller tank.

Sells new for $110, asking $80 (no trades)

I like Ian zerings face. Priceless.

Yep, that's the first I'd seen him since I.... since my wife used to watch 90210.