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Forum: The Lounge 04/27/2007, 05:32 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 4,393
Posted By DitchPlains2
nina

NJ is a marital state, familarize yourself with the laws of the state first before you make remarks that bear no relevance on what I was addressing.


Alimony is often granted a stay or is...
Forum: The Lounge 04/21/2007, 09:55 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 4,393
Posted By DitchPlains2
Talking dood

Your alive? You breathing? Your not dying of cancer or aids??
Sounds silly.... but seriously man life is up for you. BE HAPPY I with what you got!



STOP BEING HUNG UP ON HER!!! You have a...
Forum: Nano Reefs 04/15/2007, 08:34 AM
Replies: 526
Views: 69,157
Posted By DitchPlains2
Talking anguswu

anguswu: Thanks so much for the info!! I want to point out to fellow nano-reefers out there that you change:

20 gallons of water 2 or 3 times a week!! Changing water every 5 days of that volume...
Forum: Nano Reefs 04/14/2007, 09:13 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,360
Posted By DitchPlains2
hi some suggestions

First, your getting a large diatom bloom in your tank, suggesting it's still cycling. I would say do some water changes, make sure your water sits for 24hrs first with airation to insure proper Ph,...
Forum: Nano Reefs 04/14/2007, 08:56 AM
Replies: 526
Views: 69,157
Posted By DitchPlains2
Wink nice tank

I want to thank you for sharing your tank however, I have a few things I'm curious about.

Firstly, please explain more about your maintence and cleaning, water change routines, I understand you...
Forum: SPS Keepers 04/07/2007, 06:44 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,464
Posted By DitchPlains2
FWIW

I can see a lot of what is in the bucket as looking like pests but alot of those creatures look like small crustaceans, ie:copopods and amphipods... redbugs are tiny, flatworms well thats obvious.
...
Forum: Southern California Reefers 04/07/2007, 12:35 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 715
Posted By DitchPlains2
reefer

have you tried using a peristaltic pump for water change? 1gallon a day via drip in and 1 gallon a day via drip out of premixed saltwater hooked to your ro, and with a mixing pump? Seems the most...
Forum: Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment 04/07/2007, 01:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 244
Posted By DitchPlains2
Talking Starphire is clearer then float glass, I forget...

Starphire is clearer then float glass, I forget the numbers, but no Acyrlic is much clearer then Starphire, by how much I don't know. I did read this;



and this



as well as....
Forum: Southern California Reefers 04/07/2007, 01:35 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 715
Posted By DitchPlains2
beautiful tank

Love the tank, cube's are perfect and soon to be mine, I want to setup the exact same size cube asap... are you using a Wavebox? Tunze?

Thanks for serving!
David
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 04/07/2007, 01:30 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 2,737
Posted By DitchPlains2
ummm lol

ok nobody's getting it's joke? lol

advice from a poissonist? wait isn't poisson french for chicken? lol

cheers!
Forum: Do It Yourself 04/03/2007, 05:04 AM
Replies: 826
Views: 85,882
Posted By DitchPlains2
hey thanks for the info

Well I'm going to use my old UPS the same way, actually I did this before and it worked fine, we had a small brown out when I was in NY and it helped me fine. I have another question, sorry to bog...
Forum: Reef Discussion 04/01/2007, 12:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 297
Posted By DitchPlains2
well.....

Theirs actually a big difference between the blue and the orang linka's as far as survivability. I have read several threads where people have had major problems with blue linkias dying after a few...
Forum: Used Equipment & Drygoods Selling 04/01/2007, 11:26 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 3,604
Posted By DitchPlains2
huh??

dood why are you replying for someone else? am I missing something ?? why is this response not from

LPabsolute




zoos your selling the tank not lpabsolute.
Forum: Nano Reefs 04/01/2007, 10:21 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 250
Posted By DitchPlains2
great!

Great start! Looking good and clean, love the mixed tahitan sand. cool picaso clown.... keep us posted... how is that tank btw, Is that the one manufactured by Red Sea? What features does it have?...
Forum: Arizona-Sierra Vista/Tucson Reef Keepers 04/01/2007, 08:45 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 624
Posted By DitchPlains2
amazing

Great accomplishment in only 11months, nice job, can you give us your maintence routines, and equipment specs.

thanks n cheers!
David
Forum: New to the Hobby 03/30/2007, 05:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 200
Posted By DitchPlains2
ok so...

what about Diamante Glass or Starphire, I know their just name brands but does anyone prefer a specific brand or manufactuere, sorry tagging onto this thread.

cheers
David
Forum: New to the Hobby 03/30/2007, 12:38 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 181
Posted By DitchPlains2
actually.......

The true problem with carbon that I have experienced is a drop in PH. It seems to lower ph a lot and that will cause problems if done to quickly with too much fresh carbon at once. I use fluidized...
Forum: Do It Yourself 03/30/2007, 11:14 AM
Replies: 826
Views: 85,882
Posted By DitchPlains2
still tagging along

looking good, can you explain how your hooked up the car battery to the UPS. I have an old UPS lying around its huge and very powerful I hardly use it, wondering, is that dual redundancy there, using...
Forum: Large Reef Tanks 03/30/2007, 11:00 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 7,858
Posted By DitchPlains2
ok well

So here's my question, given the possibility of getting a crappy piece of starphire glass that will chip or degrade over time, versus the weight and clairty and the easiness to scartch of acrylic,...
Forum: Large Reef Tanks 03/30/2007, 10:32 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,892
Posted By DitchPlains2
Talking nice thread

very cool thread, not many people post their reaquascaping and mods thread to their exsisting tanks, I applaud, but actually I think I liked your tank before you changed to the pillars, only because...
Forum: Do It Yourself 03/30/2007, 07:37 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 809
Posted By DitchPlains2
ha awesome

LOL great had me rolling...lol nice one with the Kelly Clarkson.. what movie is that from? lol

cheers and prayers for regrowing your chest hair lol

David
Forum: Large Reef Tanks 03/30/2007, 07:11 AM
Replies: 429
Views: 77,604
Posted By DitchPlains2
Talking hey hey

Just letting ya know I'm still tagging along for the ride, cool durso's let's see a pic of that top with the holes that you said you can adjust by twisting. comming along nicely btw!

Cheers!...
Forum: SPS Keepers 03/28/2007, 06:43 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,821
Posted By DitchPlains2
very nice

Beautiful reef, and very interesting to see a reef from Bejing, however I will say your second to last coral, is very bleached, and has lost nearly all of its zooanthellae. infact alot of the corals...
Forum: SPS Keepers 03/24/2007, 01:25 PM
Replies: 366
Views: 58,439
Posted By DitchPlains2
Steve

OMG is exactly the thought that came to mind when first reading this thread!! Steve I am sooo sorry to hear this, I feel awful, your tank is an inpsiration to all aspiring reef keepers. Absolutely...
Forum: Do It Yourself 03/18/2007, 05:56 PM
Replies: 826
Views: 85,882
Posted By DitchPlains2
ha

AGREED.... another reason why I only use TEK 5 lights now... lol I wont do Halides anymore not afterthat incident, and I always shut off my lights now... but I wont do that heat ever again.

David
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