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I will try and call univar today and see what costs are associated for less then pallet and full pallet and we can go from their. When we are looking at salt specifically what type of salt am I asking for. As for magnesium is their a specific type I am asking for as well? zygote: Where is the loading dock? That shouldn't be a problem.

If you can tell me exactly what you guys want I can see what I can get and the cost. I cant have it deliverd to a residents because they wont do it. I generally get it sent to my distributor and I can pick it up. What type of salt are we looking to get? I am sure this is a stupid question, but I am not a chemist as I often feel half the WAMAS members are.

Sounds like fun. I would love to get into this. maybe a way to get actively back into WAMAS even though I dont have my tank yet. If it helps and someone gives me a list of the chemicals I can speak with Univar and see what they have in larger bags. We can split the cost among whoever wants to join in.

I am curious if their is a difference based on different products bought. I am hoping to get my tank room opend by the Spring or summer and am deciding if it is something I will use.

Christina, I have been out of the hobby a bit during my move, but am finally getting things together. I will not have a tank for at least a year but I am pretty sure I have some items you can use in setting up a tank. Years ago Jason was one of the first people who bought stuff from me when I used to by large tanks break them up and sell parts so I am certainly happy to donate. Time is what I have the least of though. I would have a difficult time getting out your way, but if you give me an idea of what you need I will see what I have. David

Very nice. do you have an overall picture of the greenhouse it is in? I would love to see that. do you have any way of shielding if it becomes necessary?

Hey Justin, I was just looking at the thread. Very nice. Did you ever get the wood stove? I got one in our house and they really do a great job. If you get one installed by the end of the year you get a 30% tax rebate. David

Wow this looks exciting. I have been away to long. I will have to read up on the entire thread to get a better feel for the work. I will enjoy following this. Looks great so far. I saw you were looking at raising water to a surge tank. Could you use something like an large auger shrouded by PVC. I dont believe it would have to be completely tight against the PVC to raise the water. They use large augers for moving grains in silos and beer making. I bought two small ones to see about mixing dry products but I think it might work for fluids.

Hey WAMAS members, I am still in business and plan on being much more active in the coming months. We have been very busy with buying and selling a house and then moving. I have held back on buying more supplies other then to supply products to the stores I directly supply and to have enough product to keep my distributor stocked up. I didn't want to have to move everything out of the basement. I just ordered quantities of my products last week and will be promoting sales as soon. I now have more time to get back on the boards, although I dont have a tank yet . My website went down because it got infiltrated or currupted. Not really sure, but now I am learning how to put it back up. This will give me an opportunity to change things a bit as well. I miss the interaction and I hope in the Spring to be able to have WAMAS members come over for a BBQ. The new place should work much better for the business and I am hoping to be able to start a tank up after we get my tank room built. My wife doesn't call it that yet. :-) If anyone needs any products,feel free to PM me or give a call. I am always happy to help. David Filter Fine aquatics

My general rule is 4 feet or less I feel 1 tang is best. When you get to 6 foot tank I believe the fish will do a bit better. I think tangs get stressed in smaller tanks. More chances of having stress related ick and other issues. I wouldn't go beyond 2 in a 90. Just my opinion though.

I think both carbon and GFO help the overall picture. Even though carbon does not pull out Phosphates it does pull out organics which can feed algea as well. Good water movment is important so food doesn't settle and just slowly release Phosphates into the water column. When you are trying to attack the problem I would do larger water changes. The water change is probbably the most effective and most cost effective way to clean up your tank. Do you have a deep sand bed? Do you have algea growth in your refugium? I think you said you have a refugium. Generally I like finding anything which can be causing the problem and attack everything hard and consistently over a couple of months. I have had good success when I have had the time to be consistent.

Well maybe we will be re-setting up our systems at the same time. Good luck with everything.

It sounds to me like it is the Phospahtes. I think Birdsnest are pretty sensitive to high Phosphates. A media reactor and using GFO should help. How often do you do water changes? This in my opinion is another important place to attack the problem. I also feel using Kalkwasser is an excellent way to lower your Phosphates. Kalk will bind with Phosphates. How is your turnover and general water movment?

Wow Sorry to see you go. Hope you will get back into the hobby soon.

That study is exactly what I am looking forward to seeing. I lok forward to seeing the results.

I would be very curious to read the article as well. I am curious if anything definitive has come up. I have heard so many theories and opinions but nothing conclusive.

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing how the natural sun light works with the system.

I use a hammer head which I love. Some may say it is to powerful but since I have closed down my 210 and will be closing my 54 all I do is throttle it back. This not only makes it more quite but uses less electricity. I have been very happy with the pump especially after coming from my old reliable Iwaki 100 which was a power hog and noisy.

What size tank do you have? I feel certain angels and tangs are more prone to get ich and if the tank is small I believe they stress that much easier and will have just that much more a propensity to get ich. Go slow and i would stay away from tangs and angels for a bit.

If you believe for a second that a smack down by Eric or you assume this will not impact the average owner just look at what they are doing to almost every other industry. These people in government dont care about anything other then the power to regulate you. They will do it in the name of anything.

I am always happy to supply WAMAS members with Kalkwasser. I give %10 discount if you let me know before you buy, that you are a WAMAS member.

Well the best is always a difficult thing to quantify. Many threads have been on the subject and at times they have gotten heated. So if you want to know the correct answer just listen to me In my opinion the GSA skimmers have been the best. I have used many skimmers over the years but I bought a GSA about 4 years ago and have never looked at anything else. People will argue about Deltec and many other brands. They are good as well but for the following reasons I will always stand behind GSA 1) All of the products I have bought from GSA I am still using. To me this says alot. I had over 300 gallons and all types of corals. I constantly upgraded equipment until I happily settled with a GSA skimmer, media reactor and Kalk reactor. 2) You get local service. Dan has been the best when it comes to helping with knowledge and or any broken parts. I drop anything off and for very reasonable price he will repair it. That being said I have had minimal issues. 3) The equipment is very well designed. Yes you can pay an arm and a leg for some of the other equipment, and many of the other companies make good products but the local service accompanied with an excellent product and very knowledgable owner means I stick with Grey seas. Years ago cant remember the skimmers name Then to this skimmer cant remeber the name anymore Then to this

Well I am the furthest thing from and engineer, but I once got a tour at the coney island aquarium. I am not sure if this idea would work for you but for one of their tanks they actually used an electrical trolling motor for the water movement in one of the tanks. It worked pretty well but I dont recall the prop size.