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    Aquascaping question

    in General Discussion

    I'll offer two suggestions and you can take them for what they are worth.

     

    1. I had an art teacher that said all straight lines are bad. Application: don't stack rocks so that they form a wall, you want lots of ins and outs as far as the edge goes.

     

    2. Let the rocks "tell" you where they want to go. Think of it like a jigsaw puzzle. The edges of some rocks will fit against the edge of another. It should help to make it more seamless.

     

    Don't despair! It almost never works the first time. (or second or third ;) )

    Bristleworms and BTA

    in General Discussion

    They come running any time I put food in the tank. (I use frozen) I've never seen them actually get on my anem though. Them being desireable / pests is a debate. I've never seen them do anything bad in my tank, but . . .

    Frozen or thawed

    in General Discussion

    I drop the frozen cubes in. I make my own food and I've noticed that by just dropping the cube in the tank frozen and letting the fish pick at it there is less "dust" which in turn means less nuisance algae. On the flip side, some of my corals like to eat things and I may squeeze the thawed cube over them from time to time to get them some small particles. . .

    Aiptasia on LR

    in New to the Hobby

    Just use the boiling water in a turkey baster. Suck it in and keep the open end pointing down otherwise it'll all shoot out! The most damage I've ever done is killing off about 1.5"x1" section of coraline, but I was being a little careless then and it grew back in a week or two. We're going to see how good of a shot i am though as I have one hiding in a bunch of yellow polyps. . . :blast: :smokin:

    How to Frag a RBTA... the ultimate tease!!!

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    For those who the video is not working: You need to install a codec to get it to run. Here is a link to the DivX download page.

     

    http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/index.php

     

    After you download and agree to the license, you can select which parts you want installed. The only part necessary is the first one, the codec (everything in this tree should be checked). You can uncheck everything else. You do not need to install the google toolbar, google desktop or give them your email address. When it is finished, you will be able to play it.

     

    Thanks for posting the vid! :cheers:

     

    (sorry for the redundancy, but since this topic is in two threads. . . )

    How to slice and dice, no more teasing

    in General Discussion

    For those who the video is not working: You need to install a codec to get it to run. Here is a link to the DivX download page.

     

    http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/index.php

     

    After you download and agree to the license, you can select which parts you want installed. The only part necessary is the first one, the codec (everything in this tree should be checked). You can uncheck everything else. You do not need to install the google toolbar, google desktop or give them your email address. When it is finished, you will be able to play it.

     

    Thanks for posting the vid! :cheers:

    How Much Kalkwasser

    in General Discussion

    My understanding is that kalk will only take your numbers up so high on its own and you will have to boost it with some additive to get your numbers up as high as you like. I'm dosing kalk and had the same thing happen. I had some kents calcium lying around so I added that until my numbers were good.

     

    As far as the lime goes. Only so much of it can be absorbed by the water so you can add as much as you like and it will only be able to absorb the same amount. The extra will just sit there until it can be used when you add more water. The exception to this is you can get a little more in by adding vinegar to drop your ph. There is an article on RC that explains it in much more detail but hopefully this helps.

     

    http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php

     

    Here's a link to it. . .

    RBTA - frag fest

    in General Discussion

    I was hoping you'd do it at the meeting so we could put it on the bigscreen :biggrin: Oh well. . . Just make sure to PM me an address if there's room!

     

    If "there" is at my house in McLean then YES.

    I will not be at the meeting.

    Adding a tang (tangs?)

    in General Discussion

    beatle,

     

    I have a yellow tang and a sailfin in my 75. . . I don't know if you noticed when you were here the other day. They get along reasonably well. The yellow was introduced several months ago and definitely is the boss of the tank, but he doesn't usually do more than take a swing at the sailfin when he swims past.

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