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Does anyone know where I can buy weld on 4 or 16 locally? I have a baffle in my sump that has come loose and need to repair it. thanks, Don

I have a stirrer and went to dosing about 1.5 months ago. I find that my tank parameters are more stable for my setup. That being the case.....I have a 1 year old GSA stirrer I will give you a good deal on if you are interested.

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thank you all. Went to Vivid last night. Awesome place. They have a 15'x3' display tank that is absolutely beautiful. More corals that I have seen anywhere. In talking to the guys there, they started a farm in a warehouse about 6 months ago with 36 3x8 tanks, totaling 18k gallons. they are looking to expand in a big way....

Rik - Great site. Thanks Don

I actually already have directions to Vivid, but that is the only one at this point.

I am in LA this week and wanted to see if anyone had recommendations on must see LFS out here. Thanks, Don

Mine is hooked up to a 2 gallon storage tank that feeds my frig(water & ice) and a seperate faucet hooked up at the sink.

I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought plastic food storage containers. They come in various depths. Mine were about 5 inches deep. Drilled a couple of holes in the bottom to let all the air out, flipped them upside down and put the skimmer on top. Works great.

PM sent and thanks.

Wanted to see if anyone in the Fairfax area has some cheato and/or caulerpa I could get to start my refugium. Thanks, Don

I have one and have no issues with either inverts or corals, to include shrimp. It is a model citizen.

I'd be interested in another MP-40w also.

I have a similar setup to Scott. 55 gal pepsi barrel in a storage room with a pump in it. The room also has a drain. Poly tubing snaked through the drop ceiling and down the wall, with John Guest valves between the pepsi barrel, sump and drain. I use the return pump in the sump to move water to the drain. Flip some values and pump premixed salt water from the pepsi barrel back to the display tank. Very easy and I can do a 30-35 gal water change in 40 min with little effort. Don

I had te same problem also. Talked with Neptune and ended up buying a new temp prob. Got it at BRK. Call out there they may have them in stock. Not sure who else carries them locally.

that will work. Thanks for the idea.

If that is the case, then any suggestions on where to get plastic hinges locally? I see a some on the net, but would pay 3-4x the price of the hinges in shipping, so would prefer to buy locally if possible.

I have two Pepsi barrels for RODI and saltwater. Cut part of the tops out, put hinges and knobs on them to make doors. The problem is that the hinge on the saltwater barrel rusted and started leaching into the water. Took the hinge and knob off wanting to replace them with stainless or hard plastic ones. Can't find any at Home Depot or Lowes, but both have brass. Would brass be ok to use in this application or saltwater in general, or do I need to go with stainless or plastic? If the later, do you know where I can find them locally? Thanks, Don

From what you have said, looks like I will have one for sale in a few months.....Mine are in a 180 and about 3".

I have a tank that is about 3 months old also. I too used argonite that is course. Bought a couple of Yellow Head Gobies 2.5 weeks ago and they are doing great. They sift the argonite, they are also eating flake, mysis shrimp and brine shrimp. For comparison, mine are about 3".

Same here. The "welts" appear better today, but not completely gone. There has not been any redness around them at all to this point. I guess I will just continue to monitor and see what happens. Thanks all for your posts. I will update if things change or if anyone else has other suggestions

For a little background... This is my first SW tank, have been in fresh water for years. The tank is a standard 180 with a 50 gal sump, in sump EuroReef RS-180 and a Mag 18 feeding the two returns and the UV. I am running a 40 watt Gamma UV that I bought used. It probably has abou 9 months on the bulb now, so will probably replace soon.... will probably order a new one later today. Lighting is 2 daylight PCs and 2 Actinic PCs that came with the tank. I also have 3 MHs, but am not using those yet since I am waiting to start corals for another couple of months to let the tank mature. Tank mates are a couple of gobies, one clown wrasse, one cleaner wrasse and a male Lyre Anthias. There are also the standard assortment of snails, hermit crabs, a brittle star and 3 emerald crabs. I have been using garlic with the flake food knowing the propensity for ick with this fish. Thanks to all for your replies. I have not yet seen any of the Ick "whites spots" yet, but will keep a close lookout for it. Know them well from fresh water.

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone is having a great day. Went down to feed the fish this morning and noticed that my new Powder Blue Tang has what looks like welts on its body. I attached a pic below. You can see some of the "welts" well on the lower part of the fish, but the whiter areas across its body are also welts. The fish has been in the tank about a week. It is eating well, algae off of the LR, brine shrimp, some flake food and otherwise appears to be fine. None of my other fish have the same symptom. Anybody have any idea what this might be and how to treat, if necessary? Thanks for your help, Don

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There are a bunch of Hemostats on ebay. Here is a link to 24" stainless steel straight and curved sets: http://search.stores.ebay.com/Surginstrume...mostatsQQsofpZ0