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    Just when you think everyone is reef safe!

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    Hmmm... my hippo has grown to about 8" or so - and while I have never seen him eating corals, he DOES decide where they belong in the tank. He can pick up half-pound rocks, and distribute them around the tank. No 'frags' in the 240, unless they are well attached.

     

    darned fish... they look pretty, but they sure can get in the way of growing coral!

     

    bob

    Avast skimmer help

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    hahahaha... the Avast cone skimmer works great! BUT!!! It is very sensitive to changes in water level. Raise it up a couple inches. laughing at the photo - I could have a few of those. If I forget to turn off the skimmer when I turn off the return pump (and the water level in the sump rises) - about 2 minutes later I have the same "Oh, @#$%!!!" moment.

     

    bob

    Help identifying montipora...

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    'Flower petal' is blue polyps with white stripes. I have a beautiful little colony of that one.

     

    Only reason I'm looking for a name is because I know it was purchased with a name, but can't remember what it was called. Might be Strawberry Fields, but that just doesn't seem right in that little bit of functional memory that I still have.

     

    Thanks for trying - I will just call it my green w/pink-polyp monti cap.

     

    bob

    large bristle worm control

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    For me, bristleworm control means NOT grabbing anything without checking for the little @#$%@!!

     

    I find soaking my finger in vinegar seems to get rid of the bristles fairly quickly.

     

    When I am going to be moving rocks and frags around, I always keep forceps and a container nearby.

     

    Have never tried to actually catch them, but I do have one of those traps, in case I decide they are too many.

     

    bob

    The cutest most amazing thing has happened

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    Sweet! A small goby and shrimp were the first inhabitants of my 240. They took up residence under a rock right in the front of the tank. About a year later, they disappeared. 6 months later, I found them - not too far from their original hole. About a year after that they disappeared again, and it's been about a year since I saw them. I think they are probably gone. But they sure gave me a lot of pleasant entertainment!

     

    bob

    Formalin - Where can I buy it or who's got it to sell?

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    Wish I had known MS had formalin. Though maybe it wasn't pure enough. When I was 'fixing' AEFW specimens for DNA studies, I had to have someone ship it to me.

     

    It is just hard to get, unless you are an institution (school, etc.). And even getting denatured alcohol is a challenge - they put 'gasoline' in it, so people can't drink it.

     

    Both items used to be available at the corner drugstore - no questions asked. Of course - you could get an ounce of mercury then, too.

     

    bob

    Oh, fudge - I screwed up this time!

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    Thanks, Chip - I saved it as a 'sample'.

     

    Naturally all of our switches have different names, etc.

     

    I just started simple, and added a bit of this and that over the years. In 3 years of having an AC-III this is the first time I've lost my programming. I'll be ready for the next time! :)

     

    bob

    Oh, fudge - I screwed up this time!

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    I accidentally pushed the wrong 'reset' button on my AC-III. I'm guessing I've lost all of my programming. I meant to push 'network reset'.

     

    FIRST problem - if I want a 4-character userid or password, how do I END the userid input? i.e. - if I want 'abcd' for my userid, I can put in a, b, c, d... but then it wants me to choose another letter. There doesn't seem to be a 'okay, that's all I want' selection. I know I did it before, but now I can't figure it out.

     

    Any assistance??

     

    Thanks,

    bob

    Reefmageddon

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    Ugh! Fortunately, my daughter understands what it is 'supposed' to look like, so wouldn't think things were 'normal' when they weren't. And I give her a phone number or two of WAMAS member when I leave.

     

    Best of luck on getting it going again!

     

    bob

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