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    Hi, there...

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    I know some of you have wondered about me.

     

    I had to have a 2nd brain surgeery, but am recovering quite well. fish tanks were too much, so Steve Outlaw helped me dry out the basement. He will be offering up some of my stuff cheap or free. Take it. If/when I can, I will start over.

     

    Thanks to all of you for being such good friends!!

     

    Bob

    Silver Scats for Aiptasia control

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    Yeh I don't mind getting the copperband but I know it will get mess up in my tank when my other fishes tangs, angles ect.... picking on him :mad:

     

    I have had no problems with tangs picking on my CBB. No problems with CBB and coral, other than he steals food from the sun corals. CBB is a delightful fish.

     

    bob

    Heater time again....

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    Not finding the rainbow heaters... Link?

     

    The lifegard modules are interesting, but certainly don't insulate the heater from the tank. Tank water still circulates directly around whatever heater you put in there.

     

    So... guess I am back to trying to find the brand least likely to have a catastrophic failure. Until I have time to invent the perfect solution.

     

    bob

    Heater time again....

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    With a few cool nights, I am starting to feel 'sparkies' in my 240. Which probably means time for some water heaters.

     

    Is there a current 'best choice' for safety and reliability??? Has anyone produced one that won't actually touch the water? Never breaks, never leaks, never leaches fish-killing toxic compounds??

     

    Thanks for all suggestions/ideas/recommendations!

     

    bob

    Life! Be in it!

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    Recovery continues apace! I drove today - ran some errands! All neurological difficulties are equal to or better than my pre-surgery condition. Even the doctor didn't expect that!! For example, my right pinkie joined the typing pool in the last 24 hours. :)

     

    Thanks to all of you for your well wishes, and offers of assistance!!

     

    bob

    @#&%^$ Hobby!!!

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    Where are you these days, Jan? I have visions of two recent surgery patients standing around venting over fish tanks!! I was just asking myself if I think I am capable of changing my filters... :)

     

    bob

    Life! Be in it!

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    I am a kind of private guy... but WAMAS has been important to me for several years now - and when you have an experience like I am having, I think this group of friends is just who I would want to tell.

     

    Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a large brain lesion, and given a year to live... some to all of it paralyzed on my right side.

     

    Cancer doc thought it looked operable and sent me to Dr. Watson, who agreed. On Wednesday, Dr. Watson spent 3 grueling, exacting hours inside my brain, removing every trace of that tumor.

     

    Expectation was weeks to months of rehab, to repair the inadvertent damage done by the surgery, to allow me to walk and use my right arm properly, etc.

     

    Two days later, I left the hospital - walking, but with assistance. This evening, 4 days after surgery, I had dinner with friends at the cheesecake factory. And I walked in on my own two feet. It wasn't ballet, but it was walking! I may have dropped my fork once or twice - but nobody noticed.

     

    With radiation therapy, there is no good reason I might not be a WAMAS member another 20 years (that I am aware of yet).

     

    So the morals of the story... and why tell one without them?

     

    1. That geeky kid that spends 10 years of his life, and borrows a half a million dollars so he can become a brain surgeon? If I won the lottery, I'd put a half-dozen of them through school. They take the largest risks, and the reward is saving other people's lives.

     

    2. When things look the darkest - sometimes the sun breaks out with a vengeance. I have found true 'friends in need' popping out of the woodwork! I even had a facebook friend light a candle for me in the 2nd smallest church in Ireland. She says 'those candles really work!' Something did!

     

    3. IMPORTANT is SUCH a relative term. Save it for the important stuff!!

     

    4. Wake up every day happy, and try to pass it on!

     

    Thanks so much to my WAMAS friends for their support during these miraculous weeks!

     

    bob

    Hair Algae...tell me all you know about it. How do I kill it!

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    There are certain GHA's that are almost virulent. I have two different ones that can grow inches a day. I am trying to figure a way to produce bio-fuel. Be VERY careful with your light spectrum. I had a pair of bulbs stop working in the middle of a fixture and didn't notice for a while. I was removing a pound a day, and barely keeping up! And that was in a 33-gallon tank!!

     

    Pure evil!

     

    bob

    AEFW paper

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    A recent post by DBARTCO reminded me that I never posted the paper identifying AEFW, and giving it an official name. Attached.

     

    Taxonomy and life history of the Acropora-eating flatworm

    Amakusaplana acroporae nov. sp. (Polycladida: Prosthiostomidae)

    K. A. Rawlinson

    Rawlinson et al 2011.pdf

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