Piper

I have personally had some very bad experiences with them. I have contracted their services on a couple of occasions, and found them to be unprofessional and argumentative. I would never have them work on my equipment ever again nor would I waste money in their store. Obviously experiences may vary. Since they are still in business, I assume they must. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2

Talked to the wife and explained it. Her desk would have to move and I'd do well to tile that bit of floor upstairs, baseboard and tile to spread the weight across a couple of ibeams and she immediately agreed. Cool. Guess it's a project. Need to rearrange the room first.

I think I'm sneaking up on a better alternative. I actually do want two tanks, a show refugium and the frag tank, and I want them in the room directly above the main tank. I have a 90gal with drilled, top/back overflows that would be pretty good for the show refugium, could run a pipe up the exterior wall feeding water from my SPS tank to the frag tank on a stand above the refugium, overflow from the frag tank to the refugium, overflow from the refugium back down to the SPS tank. Would be a great way to get copopods going. Love dragonets but have never been able to keep them for long, so I don't buy them. If I well establish this setup, shouldn't be a problem. Sneaking up on it, I think

I have overkill for skimming and reactor on my existing sump for my 220 and want to feed off the same sump.I'm limited on where i could easily take a feed of that sump, since I went under stairs through crawl space and the wall to get to the garage. To put the frag tank in the house, i'd have to do the same thing again, or leave it in the garage. I actually want a show refugium in the room above the garage as well, so maybe I bite the bullet, plumb to that room and do them both there.

Mine's single ended as well.

I've got a mh bulb floating around in the cabinet but I've long since forgotten the wattage. I'll see if it's printed on the bulb somewhere.

Perhaps a dumb question, but seems like it should be possible. I'd like to find a shallow, acrylic frag tank and suspend it from I-beams in the ceiling over my sump.Yes, i realize it could sway a little if pushed, It could be hung such that it would lean into a corner and I don't think it would move, ever. Anyone ever done anything like this? Am I talking foolishness? Might be what, 200-300lbs with water?

Eastern shore, off route 50 on the way to Ocean City maybe 20 miles east of Cambridge, MD.

Been buying from Mac for years, but just saw the place for the first time last summer. Great setup, great people. Super clean, far as I could tell. Came home with a really nice order that day. And yes, great prices, especially standing there in the facility.

Behavior is the same, but the blue spot is simply gorgeous and a joy to watch.

I'd use dykes.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2 And it wasn't really about the salt per se, though when I use a dash of the Himalayan stuff its not just salt. My wife knows what she's talking about as well, me thinks.

You sound like her, apparently preaching to the choir.

Apparently there are certain essential minerals our bodies don't store in excess, only have what we need, and our bodies require these minerals be present in our water to properly process. So the body leeches minerals we need from our tissues to process ultra filtered water and then they are expelled with urine, not returned to our tissues. It's not salt, but some other essential and trace minerals that we simply don't hang onto. This is the most I could understand from just asking the wife before my eyes crossed.

Stopped in and had a conversation with them a few days ago. Sadly, really unimpressed and won't be back. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2

Per my nutritionist wife, its not an issue of the sodium level in your body. You need to have sodium in the water or it leeches your tissues. I guess its a matter of it coming from the wrong place in your body, bones instead of fat cells for instance. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2

Yep, overeating lowers your immune response. Feed a cold is not a bad motto, but soups and salads, not pizza.

If you know anyone into boating, it's normal to take your filtered/desalinated water and add a tablespoon of seawater back. You should add a dash of salt to any glass of water. My wife is a nutritionist and takes this very seriously. Our shaker salt is some really high end Himalayan mineral salt that's supposedly is the closest match to what our bodies need to process water. Every glass of RO water you drink without adding back minerals leeches your body's reserves, your bones. But it's no big deal to just keep some good salt nearby and shake a few dashes in each glass. Far better than the alternative. Inadequately filtered water is ripe with poisons. Whole house filter is a big deal as well. Your skin is your biggest organ, and it's a sponge with a blood barrier on the other side. It's a big deal, and living in the Matrix, we don't give it much thought until someone that cares about us opens our eyes to how unhealthy the world has become. Doing these things doesn't affect your lifestyle at all. It's a very, very important investment. I had to bypass my whole house filter for a few days last fall when I changed out the prefilter and ran out of gaskets, had to order more. We have really decent municipal water, but you could smell the chlorine and feel the difference after first shower. Nasty. Strongly recommend Pelican whole house filters. Very cost effective.

We're in River Creek. We should all do a local tank tour

Right, whatever you do, that bladder tank is essential to making it usable. I have one on the RO/DI for the aquarium as well. The one thing to be aware of is adding your minerals back in. Shake a little salt in every glass, preferably good stuff. Reef crystals :D

Also in Leesburg, have met him, and agree his corals are fantastic, oversized, parasite free and he took his time to offer to look over my tank, talk pH, offered to come back just to be nice and a helpful friend to another hobbyist. Great guy, not just great corals.

Might seem a little excessive, but we have a whole house water filter in addition to a four stage on the kitchen drinking water tap.

Jan, too funny. I know you make great stuff, can't wait to try your blends. But I couldn't help laughing out loud seeing someone who makes food asking why her fishies are puking. Instant visions of evil plankton at the Chumbucket. Too funny. But I do hope it's okay and nothing serious.

Next time hopefully. Thanks.

Turns out it'll be impossible for me to attend. Darn. If a mod reads this, go ahead and delete the topic. Thanks.