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I'm not sure. I did it all online. He has a system where you send measurements and drawings and then someone contacts you and sends a CAD file for you to approve.
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Still just feeding the cleanup crew here. The hair algae all went away on its own. Coralline has started on powerheads and other areas so I assume that's what is happening. I am still getting a layer of green cyano on all of the sand because I have very little stirring of it that happens. As I add livestock and things to move it around a little more I bet that will subside.
The big news in our house is that I'm now ready for fish. I got a Clearview lid delivered today made by Adam (formerly Artfully Acrylic). It fits absolutely perfectly with about a 1/16" gap on both sides of the frame, so I don't have to worry about jumpers (or nerite snails) on the floor. It even has a cutout for the overflow box top that still lets me access it. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
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One more additional raffle item:
4kg of REBORN Calcium Reactor Media ($40 value)
Donated by Two Little Fishies!
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Also for the raffle, we have two 2-packs of 120 gram jars of Maxspect Professional Coral Putty. That's a $40 value. A 100% reef safe Coralline Algae Colored Coral Putty that can be used underwater. This two-part silicone-based coral putty cures in 3 minutes. No foul odor, will not cloud the water, and will not cause the protein skimmer to overflow. Can be used for both marine and freshwater aquariums. The color of the putty allows it to blend in with its surroundings making it easier to hide than other forms of adhesives used in aquariums. It is recommended to use a minimal amount since most corals will grow over the adhesive in a matter of weeks.
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I'm happy to drive up there to help, at some point Mike. I'm not that beefy, but I bet we could hoist it up there with a bit of discomfort. I'm down the road in Gaithersburg and in office 5 days a week, but can duck out at some point or come on a weekend.
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Donation by platinum sponsor SaltwaterAquarium.com:
TLF Coral Dip & Foods Pack ($40 value)
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Lynn at Reef Nerd Aquatics is donating two coral packs worth $150 each for the raffle. Thanks, Lynn!
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If a member or sponsor wants to sell on-site at the meeting please send me a PM @AlanM to help us coordinate.
We also plan to have a table designated at the meeting as a "Meet up spot" for advance sales to meet each other and exchange items.
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Reef2Rainforest Media has just donated TEN one-year subscriptions to CORAL MAGAZINE to our raffle! Each subscription is a $37 value and includes both a print copy mailed to your home and access to their current Digital Edition.
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Raffle items are starting to come in for the meeting in less than a month!
First up, is 5 boxes of Fritz Blue RPM Salt, 200g size from ERC.
These were very popular during the recent group buy, so I imagine they will be popular choices in the raffle.
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Maybe you aren't waiting long enough when mixing NSW before measuring SG to add it and it isn't fully dissolved. Then when you put it in it would be higher than you thought.
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21 hours ago, howaboutme said:
You almost don't need fish!
Right! I kind of don't miss them yet. It's more casual to just feed the cleanup crew.
Just for my own reference I started seeing coralline algae on the plumbing Tuesday. It has been growing on the rocks for a while which came in with it already.
I'm not taking heroic measures against hair algae yet a side from physical removal in spots. In my experience once coralline grows on an area it pushes out the hair algae.
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Hey, while you have it open you could consider installing white FRP on the back instead of just painting it. It's nice to be able to splash stuff all over and not worry. 8)
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Nice stand. Looks very sturdy.
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Brand new hitchhiker today almost 2 months into the rocks. I found a small black urchin just hanging out on the rocks.
So I've had some issues with the aquacultured rock which was fairly dense and kind of full of gorilla crabs (2 so far in just 30 pounds total of rock) and mantis shrimp (2 so far), but it is honestly really fun to see new stuff popping up. Snails I didn't add, porcelain crabs, bristleworms, limpets, macroalgae (seems like feather caluerpa) in both fuge and in main tank, and now a small black urchin.
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Bring them in to work if you want. I got no fish until probably end of april so no ich or velvet. Got some aiptasia, cyano, and hair algae, though.
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The main issues I had with tiger tails was that they would move the sand through their guts in large quantity and leave piles where it came out and they split fairly often I my tank. I ended up with 4 of them.
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Too funny. Sounds like you need to get some crabs into a fuge or something. They are troublemakers.
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I hope lots of people use it right away on release in April so we hear lots of experiences good or bad. Live Aquaria is owned by Petco now, right? We have known the folks there for a long time, and it seems like if they put out something with their name on it we should be able to trust it, assuming those people are still in charge.
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I thought the microalgal chloroplast thing was a different product?
I agree the two of them together there are confusing and don't seem related.
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https://www.sundew.bio/products
In April, Live Aquaria is going to start selling this as "Proto Pro" that asserts reef safe ich treatment in a full reef. I'm interested in seeing early reviews. I would likely not use it in a full reef, but if it worked well in QT that would already be great. Copper is pretty harsh and prazi doesn't last long enough to achieve consistent treatment concentrations from what I've read.
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I admire you for sticking to it through the various issues. Such a large tank is a big beast to steer once it gets off track. So many moving pieces. Fingers crossed that the recent additions to the controllers and setup will get it working well.
Reading back through the thread, on the heater power front, I ended up making a little box with a solid state relay that uses 120V AC on both the control side and the output side. The control side was wired to a plug that went to the Apex outlet which would switch the SSR on and off. That way I could have the actual heaters on a dedicated 20A circuit without drawing all of that power through the Apex power bar.
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6 minutes ago, YHSublime said:
I was thinking about hooking up my DOS today, just cleaned up the old bubble magus dosers as well.
Hit me up if you want to buy a really nice tray for them. 8)
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1 hour ago, BowieReefer84 said:
Dang Alan. Can you slow down a little. I take a few months off and you're already up and running.
Hey, are you still local?
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Wonder if you could get some self leveling compound to pour in the middle of it now that it's leveled all over so you wouldn't have to worry about the shims getting loose. Or maybe some sanded grout or thinset shoved under the bottom 2x4's.