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And my daughter likes to compliment mikes hair when he comes over. And he says thank you. That's how it's done
LOL, you don't know how many times bald guys hear that. Especially from kids, it just makes me grin.
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In the past few days we've seen posts by members new and old that have demonstrated some changes to what we consider the "norm" of our club. While we encourage discussion and debate of topics here, we've always strongly discouraged overt or passive aggression toward people and businesses in an effort to make this a welcoming alternative to other no-holds-barred forums. We've started to lose our way.
These recent threads have made me sad. Due to some major events going on in my life I haven't spent as much time here recently. I don't always immediately see every post, but as the guy who runs things here I should have. I've obviously missed some things, but I'm working to correct that.
Many of you haven't been around long enough to know that in addition to me we used to have three very active moderators. Two of them have moved, leaving us a bit shorthanded, and it's obvious now that some things slipped by that previously wouldn't have. This has started to give ARC a bit of a different feel. We're working to correct this by doing the following:
- We've added more moderators and we'll all be reviewing more content more frequently. Part of that means that we will be vigorously enforcing the forum rules. Rules violations will be moderated and the posters will be contacted. Repeat violators will be warned, culminating in bans for members that continue to violate them.
- Dan has taken over as meeting coordinator and will be working with me to try to make sure that all members feel welcomed and acknowledged at our events.
- We'll also be watching for members that exemplify positive behaviors and rewarding them in various ways. It might be a gift certificate to a sponsor or a free Premium Membership, but will recognize members and their actions that build and maintain the community that originally attracted us.
I'm sorry to those on the receiving end of those negative behaviors and appreciate the restraint shown in their attempts to defend themselves. Those behaviors don't reflect the type of community and forum that we want this to be. I've reached out to several members and hope they'll see that they were heard. I'd love to have them continue on in the club, but either way the staff and I will continue to try to make ARC a better place.
As members here you can help. First by being positive and supportive of each other. This means that if you're new, speak up. I know it can be intimidating to be the new voice, but I also know that the vast majority of our members are great, friendly people who love the hobby and love to help new members in discovering it. Our staff are all volunteers, demonstrating their commitment to keeping this thing going for everyone else's benefit and enjoyment. Secondly though, you can help us in making this the type of place you want it to be by notifying me or the moderators when you feel that we've missed something. There is a "Report" button at the bottom of each post that should be used to flag content that deviates from our vision. Using it is anonymous to all but the staff.
We all have stresses and bad days, but when posting keep in mind that most of us were attracted to this hobby for beauty and relaxation it can provide. We come to ARC to add a social aspect to that enjoyment, so please help us keep ARC as a place where that hobby can be shared.
Mike & the ARC staff
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^^ What do you mean? How do you use it in that manner?
The same as putting netting or anything else, use it the way you have it unraveled. Put the coral on top of the plug or rubble piece with a rubber band, then put that inside netting and close it off. If the coral manages to escape the rubber band, you'll be able to easily find it and try again.
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Good luck! Watching this with interest...
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The problem w/ adding pics like that is that 75% of them get posted sideways. Honestly one of the only complaints I have about this site/software. Hotlinking eliminates that.
As I look through the earlier posts in this thread, I notice something I've come across, which is being able to follow a thread w/o posting in it. On another forum I frequent, I can elect to automatically subscribe to any thread I post in, as well as subscribe to other threads w/o posting. That allows me to primarily follow my subscribed threads (I set that as my bookmark), and then look at new content. Here, that's 3 groupings instead of 2. Honestly not enough traffic here for it to be a big deal, but if that function exists here, can someone point me to it please?
Interesting, I've never had the issue with pics posting sideways, but I have all of mine rotated before trying to upload them.
There is a pending significant upgrade to the site software that ARC uses. I've delayed upgrading because of bugs, missing features, etc., but will most likely be pushed into using it by the end of the year. There are quite a variety of changes that will come when that happens.
I have to rotate every image I post 4 times back to it's original position and save it to prevent them from posting sideways.
Noted, I'll continue to dig into this one.
Are you using the basic uploader or the flash uploader? Can you tell me what type of device, browser, and browser version you're using?
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Surely you've seen the dozens of posts from others that have their pics posted sideways, yes? Rotation doesn't always hold from one format to another. I just hooked up an external hard drive I've had for probably 5 years, w/ pics going back 10+ years on it, to my laptop w/ Win10 on it...about 80% of the pics are back to the original orientation. Many times people rotate their pics and then upload them to a site like this and the edit doesn't hold. I can only speculate that's what is going on, and not that people are just saying "screw it" and uploading pics sideways.
I've definitely seen the sideways pics, but as an exception and not as a rule. I had assumed (wrongly?) that many were just uploading them that way. Given the number of Hardware/OS/browser variations it's difficult to troubleshoot the specifics. Additionally apps like Tapatalk that change frequently compound the issues, so I generally try to deal with the most significant issues reported by multiple users. Behind the scenes I spend quite a bit of time troubleshooting, fixing, and when there is not an issue, educating users. That's the primary reason for the "how to upload a pic". As always, if you're having an issue with the software please let me or a mod know and we'll do our best to resolve it.
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The problem w/ adding pics like that is that 75% of them get posted sideways. Honestly one of the only complaints I have about this site/software. Hotlinking eliminates that.
As I look through the earlier posts in this thread, I notice something I've come across, which is being able to follow a thread w/o posting in it. On another forum I frequent, I can elect to automatically subscribe to any thread I post in, as well as subscribe to other threads w/o posting. That allows me to primarily follow my subscribed threads (I set that as my bookmark), and then look at new content. Here, that's 3 groupings instead of 2. Honestly not enough traffic here for it to be a big deal, but if that function exists here, can someone point me to it please?
Interesting, I've never had the issue with pics posting sideways, but I have all of mine rotated before trying to upload them.
There is a pending significant upgrade to the site software that ARC uses. I've delayed upgrading because of bugs, missing features, etc., but will most likely be pushed into using it by the end of the year. There are quite a variety of changes that will come when that happens.
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I used the shower loofa idea I cooked up above for some rubble rock to keep it from being a pain to move around in my rock curing tank. It worked great and the thing never ripped even though I snagged it a few times on rocks.
The shower loofa also works great when trying to get soft corals to attach to plugs or rubble. You can put mushrooms, etc in there with the rubble and it keeps them from floating away before they attach.
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How to add a picture to your post:
(If you're not creating a new thread, but rather responding, click the "More Reply Options" button at the top of the 'Reply to this topic' box.)
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My wife says my hobby is collecting hobbies. Currently I'm still into my reef tanks, scuba diving, and trike (three-wheeled bicycle) riding (<-- yes, nerd). I'm a software engineer and work on several open source projects when I'm not gaming (Xbox, PC). I also do a little gardening and woodworking, but with a wife pursuing her PHd my spare time is still at a minimum.
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Maybe one day I'll be as lucky as you Ty [emoji847]
Probably not.
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do you have a water sensor for leaks and such?
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Mark Callahan had documented something similar with ph in his house, I believe he had a full thread and even a video about it. He got to where he was leaving a window open each night. I seem to remember he even ran a pipe or something to bring in outside air...
found it
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Oh and by the way, I still can't figure out what the heck was going on with my pH yesterday. It continuously jumped around all day, and both my CaRX and sump probes were unsteady for the same time frames. It corresponded with feeding prepared foods soaked in Selcon on Wednesday afternoon and ended Thursday afternoon when I fed prepared food not soaked in Selcon.
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I can't be certain that was the cause of the erratic pH, but it's the only variable that really corresponded with it. Perhaps some compound in the Selcon caused the probes to whack out? Maybe some kind of electric noise in the Apex? I'm left scratching my head...
All that to say, I don't have a real good pH graph and baseline for this microbubble observation at this time [emoji849]
Mark Callahan had documented something similar with ph in his house, I believe he had a full thread and even a video about it. He got to where he was leaving a window open each night. I seem to remember he even ran a pipe or something to bring in outside air...
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That update was overdue sir!
Tank looks good! What's the beaming orangy-yellowey-reddish thing on the rock? [emoji6]
My favorite part of the update is that you answered a question Mlaw posted two years ago. [emoji4]
Long LONG overdue.
A colorado sunburst BTA.
Better late than never!
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Man, four years on and I haven't done a full tank shot, so thought I'd share!
I still haven't finished all of the wiring, and still haven't put in the rock tower for the anemones on the end. I'll be removing the anthelia and working on the nem tower soon, but wanted to get a good series of pics of the state of the tank post-hair algae cleanup.
And Mlaw - yes, if you have a hood you can certainly mount the led power supplies to it, but I don't have a hood and if I did I wouldn't want all of those exposed to moisture. Having them on the plate and outside the aquarium protects them and makes getting to them easier.
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Wow, incredible. Congratulations!
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I don't get it ?
You'll have to read the whole thread...
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http://www.zeovit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32657this one is awesome
amazing what someone can do with photoshop....
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* Bump * time for the reminder people, Please remember to just add the word Sold to your thread title and posts rather than removing content. Thanks!
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And now an introduction from Ty:
Hello ARC,
I am honored to have been given the opportunity to participate in the ARC mentor program. Here's just a quick biography of my experiences and what has driven my passion for this amazingly rewarding hobby!
I won't tell you of the first time I smelled saltwater, or of the first time I setup a betta tank. I will tell you that I was an absolute nature show nerd (back before the Nature Channel or Discovery Channel existed) and when I saw my first video of a coral reef... I was in love!
This passion even drove me to attend Texas A&M University at Galveston to get my major in Marine Biology. That's where the intersection of my dreams versus reality set in and I realized there wasn't much of a career to be had for me in Marine Biology, so I majored in Ocean and Coastal Resources instead and became an environmental scientist. Fast forward to me moving out to California to be a beach bum and during my first Christmas out there in 2003, I went home to spend it with my family back in Texas and my brother sends me back with a 12-gallon nanocube. If he'd had known the obsession he inspired with the one thoughtful gift, he may have gotten me a new sweater instead!
I ran that 12-gallon nanocube for the better part of 5 years. Being the tinkerer that I am, I upgraded the fans, added an extra power compact bulb (probably cranking a whole 100 par by that time... wow!), turned the back middle chamber into a refugium by adding chaeto and a refugium light, and proceeded to nail down my water change schedule (I'm sure ARC as a whole is letting out a collective gasp... Ty? Water Change?) to every two weeks, religiously. That nanocube purred like a kitten. And guess what my first coral was? A green fungia plate coral about the size of a dime. Go figure!
Then it was time for me to move back to Texas... can't keep a boy away from the south too long! What did I do? Well, drain the water down to 4 inches, strap that nanocube in the passenger seat of my Jeep, and drive almost 22 hours straight right to Austin because it was the middle of the summer and I couldn't risk everything dying in my tank. Yes, I was a nut back then too!
I upgraded to a 65-gallon tank once I bought my house and had a little more real estate (
) to put a bigger tank in. That was quickly replaced with a 125-gallon tank and that's where the tang and SPS obsession began. I met a good guy named Tim Huynh (Wizard) who lived dangerously too close to me. He quickly got me hooked on SPS and I killed my first 4 pieces he gave me. Then he helped me tweak my levels and proceeded to replace the 4 pieces he gave me to try again. Once they started encrusting on the plugs and colored up, I knew right there, I was going to be a SPS junkie for life.Fast forward again to 2014 and I upgraded to a 215-gallon tank. There have been some hiccups with the transition but it looks like everything is running nice and smooth again.
I guess experience-wise, I've been running a reef system for 11 years now. I dive into every research article I can get my hands on and as most of you know, I'm a big fan of experimenting on my tank. I'm a big fan of technology as well and enjoy automating everything with my Apex. I also enjoy the testing and tweaking of my water parameters.
I hope to be able to contribute to the mentor program and to aid anybody who's willing to lend an ear. I've seen a lot, been through a lot, and hope some of what I've run across can help someone down the road avoid some of my early pitfalls and make sounder decisions regarding their reef tank.
Cheers!
-Ty
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It's one of those TV magic things Kim. You could wear the same shirt a week later and we wouldn't have realized it as they haven't invented smell-o-vision yet.
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I thought it was to keep the kids entertained. "Name two things that changed during the course of this video..."
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