puffdragon

I think Laura and I are going to try to make this one also.

Do we have a topic for this one yet? I am looking forward to the photography class. (Hint, Hint)

I have to agree. The swap was well done. I picked up several nice pieces and enjoyed the afternoon.

I have also heard that using RODI water will give false readings. It is best to use calibration fluid. I think Total Dissovled Solids calibration solution is recommended.

Premium has a DIY top off kit for $40. Get that, a 10-20 gallon tank and you have a ATO. I did that and it has worked well for me for about 3 years.

I agree, a good time was had by all. Thank you Brian. By the way, it looks like 3 coats of kilns and one coat of the ceiling paint will get me back out of the dog house.

Thanks all, I will post how this turns out. It amazing how much there is to this hobby. I have kept fish for close to 30 years, 13 of those are reefs. And there are still many things I have never done in this hobby.

I really HATE to ask this question, but is this a rain or shine event???

Look for microbubbles. There is aspecial way to fill these things along with being very inaccurate. The one I used read 0.05 points low, so all those years I thought my tanks salinity was 1.025 was actually 1.021. Good if it was a fish only tank. Refractometers are almost a need for reef tanks.

Thanks

I will try the acetone.

I recently had a pane of glass break on one of my frag tanks and want to fix it. I have the broken pane cut out and have used a razor blade to clean the silicone off.

My questions are how much of the silicone do I need to get off of the glass? What is good to get the rest of the silicone off?

Once I get the new pane I plan to silicone everything, then put the pane back in place. I plan use the weight of the tank to hold it together until the silicone cures. Any additional suggestions?

Thanks

Allen

This works well if you have an older tank and have not been good at using RO/DI water. Will remove phosphates and nitrates which are tied up in the rock with out cooking the rock. With that being said, you will need a good skimmer and should ramp up very slowly. I had a very bad hair algae problem and was able to get rid of it using this method. The rock in my tank is several years old and I did not use RO/DI water fro the first 3-4 years. I now have and use RO/DI water and used the vodka method for about 10 months. I slowly tapered off the use of vodka once the hair algae was gone for about a month.

Read all the information you can about this before you begin as there can be a lot of issues. I would remember one other thing. I think it is better to keep the dosage down and take longer to remove the problem than to have a crash.

If the tentacles are fairly long (like a milli) it is a pravona. I have a purplish brown one I will try to get a picture of tonight.

My wife & I will bring broccoli slaw and a desert.

Where is yz located?

Lafayette? Nice looking pieces by the way.

Doug

That looks like a hydnophora to me. If it is given conditions it likes it will go well. As to aggressiveness, it is the most aggressive coral I know of. The one I had killed any coral it came into contact with, including torch corals. I have a small frag left low in my tank.

Allen

upgrade now while she will still let you!

Are you kidding, I told her the proceeds from what I sold after my purchases would go into the kitchen remodeling fund. She was taking notes on how e could upgrade. I think she is looking for a trailer and larger frag tank now.

I must agree whole heartedly. On a side note, my wife thought I was going overkill with my small 20 gallon tank, ligth and pumps until we walked in. Her response was "Oh My" and that was it. She was speachless. On another note Brian and crew took the extra displayers in stride. All in all a very good job.

Allen

Lets try this again. I keep hearing you must be smarter than the machine.

Here is what I plan to bring. I plan to frag some purple rim green and yellow blue polyp caps .

My wish list is bright blue; purple; and teal colored acro's or milli's. I also want some duncans.

I am bring a couple of the bright green leather frags. I am not sure whether they are Simularia or Nepthea.

Both work well. Just make sure the mouse pad is all one piece construction. Over time the ones with a lamination on top of the foam will degrade.

Make sure that the air inlet and airline are not clogged with salt. Got a picture to shower how your skimmer is set up in your sump? Also what depth of water is your skimmer sitting in?

Willy and Katrina gave you good advice. The vodka dosing is mainly for older tanks, 2+ years that have problems with phosphates and nitrates and can not get them under control. If you are not showing either when you test for them and do not have a major algae problem, vodka dosing will not do you any good and can hurt.

Allen

I plan to bring:

3 colors of candy canes

purple, red, blue polyp yellow and purple rim green caps

frog spawn

neon green leather

white finger leather

green, purple and red digi's

1 blue frogspawn

I will post pictures later.