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Forum: New to the Hobby 12/23/2007, 08:42 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 663
Posted By conjuay
2039 Eastern Daylight Savings Time, or 78 degrees...

2039 Eastern Daylight Savings Time, or 78 degrees F, whichever you prefer.
(Where I am, you kind of know what time of day it is by how hot it is...)
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/15/2007, 10:40 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 578
Posted By conjuay
Talking If you do the craigslist thing (I did) be...

If you do the craigslist thing (I did) be mindful that the previous owner MIGHT have used medications in the tank, especially if they had a fish only set-up. I had a slight panic attack this week...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/15/2007, 09:59 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 625
Posted By conjuay
minimal copper

Had the water tested, they used the Instant Ocean/ Red Sea kit.
The sample chip is brown, mine tested as a weak yellow, so it's not copper.
One thing I did realize is my sponges haven't been...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/14/2007, 03:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 625
Posted By conjuay
I'm going to run a water sample over to one of...

I'm going to run a water sample over to one of the LFS's, they're good people and will do a test for copper.

I don't have my water parameters in front of me(I'm at work). I will post those along...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/14/2007, 10:05 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 625
Posted By conjuay
It MAY be metals...

The tank was bought used from someone who had "given up", so there may be traces of copper etc from attempted remedies.

I have noticed quite a few dead crabs, snails, etc.

Besides activated...
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/14/2007, 09:02 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 625
Posted By conjuay
More sensitive than other shrimp, crabs?

More sensitive than other shrimp, crabs?
Forum: Mantis Shrimp 12/13/2007, 10:06 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 625
Posted By conjuay
mantis susceptiblies? Sick, injured...

Hi!
My reef tank has been up a full month, and there are several spots I hear mantis clicks.
Last night I come home from work and a small 1 - 1.25 inch mantis is laying curled up on the sand, in...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/12/2007, 11:47 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,253
Posted By conjuay
DOH! strangely enough, I am buying my wife a...

DOH! strangely enough, I am buying my wife a camera with an incredible MACRO lens...so she can take pictures of her garden.
What a wicked web we weave...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/12/2007, 12:03 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,253
Posted By conjuay
I can't post a picture until after Christmas,...

I can't post a picture until after Christmas, (Hee, hee hee) but it appears to be a very chalky looking limestone. It isn't a concrete product, I am fairly certain of that. It has the appearance of...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/11/2007, 09:29 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,253
Posted By conjuay
It is rather easy to sit in the seat of...

It is rather easy to sit in the seat of experience and forget that you too had to learn some lessons from your mistakes.
In my defense, the bowling ball did provide a good base in that tank because...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/09/2007, 11:36 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,253
Posted By conjuay
Live rock "bowling ball"

In my haste to get my first tank started I bought the last piece of "Base" rock in the tank at a LFS. It was round enough to have been a ballast weight on a ship in olden days.

Six months later, I...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/05/2007, 03:01 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 524
Posted By conjuay
Mine has never gone near the seaweed in a clip,...

Mine has never gone near the seaweed in a clip, nor the macro algae.
Yet it's FAT bellied and happy. Go figure...

Some are nibblers, some aren't.
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/05/2007, 10:27 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 488
Posted By conjuay
My wet/dry only holds four inches of water when...

My wet/dry only holds four inches of water when running, and about twice that when the power is off.
If you start adding baffles and make deeper compartments, make SURE you leave enough room at the...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/03/2007, 11:48 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 240
Posted By conjuay
Sorry, I mean the overflow box. It's a "pan...

Sorry, I mean the overflow box. It's a "pan world" (Mag Drive?) pump, NH-50 PX -X. At five feet it pushes 13 gallons a minute, and empties the sump in about three minutes with the present overflow...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/03/2007, 03:05 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 240
Posted By conjuay
Additional skimmer/prefilter size?

I upgraded my return pump to an external pump and find I still have very little flow in the tank, but if I increase the flow TO the tank, I empty the filter box.
So I need to add a second...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/02/2007, 06:15 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 529
Posted By conjuay
Have you come across a worm that grabs all sorts...

Have you come across a worm that grabs all sorts of debris and uses it to block it's hole in the rock? I have several, and I thought they were collecting up food that was too large to pull through...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/02/2007, 11:45 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 529
Posted By conjuay
...I don't know...

I had a flame angel that I believed choked on a chunk of bristle worm. I came home to a dead fish in the back of the tank and immediately blamed one of the mantis shrimp I keep hearing in there. It's...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/01/2007, 03:08 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 487
Posted By conjuay
I believe TBS has a forum on here (Actually, I...

I believe TBS has a forum on here (Actually, I know they have a forum here.) Click the forums button on the top of the page and scroll down to sponsor forums.
Richard is an excellent person to...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/01/2007, 03:04 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 487
Posted By conjuay
I believe TBS has a forum on here (Actually, I...

I believe TBS has a forum on here (Actually, I know they have a forum here.) Click the forums button on the top of the page
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/01/2007, 01:59 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,455
Posted By conjuay
My display has quite a bit of C. Mexicana, -Would...

My display has quite a bit of C. Mexicana, -Would adding cheato to the fuge help keep it from going sexual? (Less nutrients, less growth...)

It does add a lot to the appearance of the tank, I...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/01/2007, 11:47 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 362
Posted By conjuay
following up on this, I don't have a refugium...

following up on this, I don't have a refugium -yet.

Is it possible to throw some cheato into the 'sock' side of the wet/dry filter?

lighting it may be slightly more difficult, and there is only...
Forum: New to the Hobby 12/01/2007, 07:59 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 449
Posted By conjuay
Re: Why do people know the name of 'bristleworms' and yet think they're harmful? ...

Hmmm...

I've got a few worms that pulled debris and bits of shell in behind themselves and barricaded the entrance to their burrow. Let's go see what THEY are!
Thanks
Forum: New to the Hobby 11/30/2007, 06:51 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 457
Posted By conjuay
I would love to know where you find the K ratings...

I would love to know where you find the K ratings of bulbs from Home Depot OR Phillips. I can't find it on the packaging...
Forum: New to the Hobby 11/30/2007, 06:39 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 464
Posted By conjuay
Nope, alk is around 11.5

Nope, alk is around 11.5
Forum: New to the Hobby 11/30/2007, 01:11 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 464
Posted By conjuay
What types of light was it under at the store? ...

What types of light was it under at the store?

In the store it was under halides.
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