Caribbean Jake
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anyone knows if we can DEDUCT all these expenses from our 2006 tax dues ?
after all, these fish and corals can be seen as dependants... right?
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a microbiologist at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, scuba dives past a cluster of elkhorn coral at Looe Key Reef on Feb. 13. The brown areas of the coral are healthy, but the large grey area is dead. Elkhorn is a threatened species
Elkhorn coral polyps protrude from their hard skeletons at Looe Key Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
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A NASA researcher captured this 2005 photo of the Antarctic ice sheet in West Antarctica. photo courtesy NASA.
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Dave
I had that probem once. It was pressurized air in my case, forcing the remaining water to be push out from inside the chamber. Davelin help me correct this by blowing water in reverse through the chamber, meaning pushing water from the output thru the chamber and out the input side once or twice, and then reconnecting everything back to normal. It worked for me, and as matter of fact it increased the water production by 25%. Hope this helps, this has been my experience, and it may or may not be them same results for you.
Jacob
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Sounds good -- anything to save money in the short run. How much LR do you recommend at first to get things running? Should I do a 50/50 mix, or 75/25, 25/75 of LR to base rock? Having never used LR before, I'm not sure of the best way to proceed with it.
Both of my tanks are 100% live rock. I have no base rock in my tanks. I started my 55G tank with 75 pounds and soon realize there was too much for my liking, so I scale down to about 68 pounds. ON the contrary, my 125G currently has 90 pounds of rock, all live rock.
One advise on the rock, when buying live rock, go for the one with most porus (holes) and wicked forms, they are easy to work with when creating or building the puzzle. Rocks with more holes on them allows for a better fauna of copperpods and amphipods as well as good bacterias. Also, good when you want to add frags, since those same holes serve as holding puts for the new frags.
and I agree with james.. you started on the right foot, and your plan sounds like a winner
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looks good Jason, if it was my system, I will not put a floating thermostat, rather use the sticky thermostat that attaches to the outside of the glass. Also, 90 punds? you don't need to match 1pound of rock for each 1gallon, you could start with less and progressively add rocks as you like, if you like.
ON the heater? Are you buying two just to have one extra? or are you placing both of them in the tank? If you are placing both, you might want to put one in the tank and one in the sump.
Sump, you need to add the cost of acrylic for the baffles, to devide the sump which will help eliminate bubbles. We can talk more about this on another forum or thru PMP.
Good Luck
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if you run out of Joe Juice, you can also use vinegar with a seringe
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there is a store in Centreville just off Centreville Rd and Route 50 that sells only pkumbing and they have all those wierd clamps and out of the ordinary meassurements. I will check the name of the store again and get back to you.
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Dont mean to hijack this but it seems like useful information for this forum, if one does decide to get a RO/DI unit, what is the minimun amount of stages you would recommend? Of course more is better, but for some of us that would like to work our ways up to the $300 Unit, would a 3 stage be ok if I were looking into it?
Check airwaterice.com they have units of 4 and 5 stages recommended for reefkeeping starting at $135 and up. They are a good and reputable company, and has supported me through the last 3 years. I am happy with this RO/DI and glad I didn't pay more than $130 back then
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http://www.venus.uvic.ca/index.html
VENUS delivers the latest information from the seafloor via fibre optic cable connected to instruments. Data are delivered to the University of Victoria, British Columbia, where they are archived. For real-time information, visit Data where the latest data plots are presented. It is also possible to Search the Data Archive page to find data that suit your study purposes.
One year ago on February 8, 2006, we plugged the first instruments into the node deployed the day before. Data began to flow. On February 8, 2007, we have data coming from 31 sensors on 15 instruments in Saanich Inlet. We have 132 registered users from at least 10 countries and an archive containing nearly half a terabyte of data.
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At least 20 new species have been discovered in the first comprehensive survey of Indonesia
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few weeks ago I went to a LFS and spent $316,
then two days ago I went to another LFS and spent $158
but there have been weeks were I go to several stores and spent $00.00
and last night, at CHIP's frag visit, spent $35
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I'm going to say this... for some it is for some it isnt...
After using the TDS meter and gathering 216 ppms reads on the Fairfax County Tap Water, I will say it is a most., I will not want to risk $$$$$$ (fish and corals) and use the tap water conditioner on my livestock
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well, look at it this way. It is a documentary, and wll benefit you in some way at school.
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Is there any strong current over the dormat area? Usually this type of softy does not like string currents, and they close their polyps,. it is only one possibility, there could be other reasons.
by the way, welcome to the club
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one of the segments is about Barrier reef, other about dolphins, one about whales, and one for whit sharks. the rest is abut all around the world.. you know Monkeys, Tigers, Bears... so forth so on....
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I was at BRK last week and they have some in stock.. not sure about F&F, but you can also give Sean a call and see if he has some in stock
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The basic life support your saltwater aquarium will need when the power goes out is oxygen, water circulation, and particularly under cold conditions, heat. Rather than modifying your existing equipment to operate on 12 volt batteries, inverter equipped generators or solar power units, here is a list of some 12 volt operating or adaptable appliances you can buy and run as emergency aquarium equipment during a power outage. With these items you won't ruin any expensive filters, pumps or heaters you have
Submersible Bilge Pumps; hook up a portable submersible bilge pump you can get water movement and circulation going through your system, and even pump the water from the tank into or through a filter to keep it going as well. The 12 volt operating submersible bilge water pump, check out the Bass-Pro Shops Marine Bilge Pumps, Aerators, & Accessories. They have a selection of these types of pumps, as well as many other products, such as batteries, chargers, other marine pumps and portable electronic equipment. Aside from Bass-Pro, you can find these items at most fishing and sporting good stores or departments.
Aeration Pumps; The easiest and most reliable way to supply a continuous source or oxygen to an aquarium in an emergency situation is to use a portable 12 volt battery operated aeration pump system like the KeepAlive Oxygen Infusors
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Thanks, Jake. That large cap on the right is from a small piece you gave me, along with others. See that big patch of GSP in the middle is from two small pieces you supplied.
Most of the corals are from small specimens. I wanted to plant a 'garden' and watch it grow. Didn't think the garden would be so full only after two years.
I am looking to creating some frags for the Spring meeting and will post on that thread.
cr
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that makes me feel good. your tank is coming along and growing very nice. It is a undiscribed satisfaction when after two years to see a tank grow, is understandable.
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Spill ?
how fast are you driving that RV ?... or are you doing Off-Road driving too?