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  1. fly guy

    Show me your full tank shots

    I guess i can add a couple to this thread. Both are less than a year old.
  2. fly guy

    Every Reefers Worst Nightmare come true -Warning graphic photos

    Nothing to add but sorry to hear. :( Good luck on saving what you can and moving on.
  3. fly guy

    Bryopsis only thread

    twallace...thats SWEET!!! Im very glad to see your success story, and how relatively easy it was to achieve. I wish i would have been enlightened when i was struggling with the stuff. I am curious though, do you have very many (or any) sps in this tank??? I ask because I have heard that...
  4. fly guy

    Electricity Costs

    lol. I didnt even know that there WERE tiers based on usage. I have a choice of one power company, so its just one of those bills that needs paid every month regardless what it comes back saying. On that note, do you guys have a choice of who you buy your power from??
  5. fly guy

    Electricity Costs

    im not actually sure what im paying per kilowatt hour. I do know im pulling over 70 kw a day though to run my tanks. I would guess $175 worth of my monthly electric bill is my tanks. Im too lazy to figure out what the math is on that, but im pretty sure its WAY less than you. sorry. :(
  6. fly guy

    Reef Crystals alk, mg and CA levels

    I tested my RC make up water last water change for kicks Salifert and I mix at 1.026 Calcium- 425 Alk-11 Mag-1300 it had been over a year since i tested my makeup water and that alk number was 2 points higher than it typically used to test for me and the mag was 200 points higher than it...
  7. fly guy

    tamron 90mm macro or sigma 105mm macro lens (nikon mount)

    did you get it from B & H??I only got a $50 rebate when i bought mine. :( lol :)
  8. fly guy

    Bryopsis only thread

    Which method?? The cooking? no, I tossed some rocks that i absolutely didnt love(they are still in buckets by the woodshed....lol), and the ones i did like a lot i blow torched as i said earlier. I have been bryopsis free for about 8 months.
  9. fly guy

    Bryopsis only thread

    I didnt mean cook as in literally "cook" in a oven. I meant cook as in shut out all light and leave in circulated and aerated tubs fo saltwater in yoru garage, 100% water changes and swishing the rock clean once a week in an effort to get the beneficial bacteria to consume as much organics and...
  10. fly guy

    can a crab climb an acro?

    Cant tell much from the pic, but im a believer that if it isnt a good acrocrab, or if it isnt a emerald or other crab with little discs on their claws designed for picking algae, it doesnt belong in my reefs. I have had crabs climb up and eat towards the tips of acros before.
  11. fly guy

    Bryopsis only thread

    its kind of funny....i went looking throuogh some old pics to find you a pic of it, and i came across the specific coral that I allowed it into my system on. I wish I knew then what i know now and i would have fragged the coral immediately and gotten rid of what was growing out of the underside...
  12. fly guy

    Sump question

    What size your return pump of course cant be larger than your overflow can handle. But ideally what you use to size your return pump off of is what skimmer you are using. There is no point in moving more water through your sump than your skimmer can process. the goal of course is sending as...
  13. fly guy

    Bryopsis only thread

    How i won my battle with bryopsis abput a year ago went like this. All the usual skimming wetter, feeding only what you need to, water cahnges yadda, yadda, yadda. Anyone one who has had it knows it takes more than that to get rid of. The crap will grow when no other nuisance algae will...
  14. fly guy

    spy light?

    Either get a red LED light, or get a few layers of red cellophane to cover your flashlight. I prefer a minimag light with a few layers of red cellophane. You cna get the red cellophane at a floral shop or a car parts store....look for the tape that can be used over broken taillights. The red...
  15. fly guy

    Closed Loop Pump 24 hours?

    24 hours here. Even if i didnt think that good flow all day long was a good thing, I have so much piping in my closed loops that if i were to shut them off for any length of time i need to get out the shop vac and suck all the dead water out of the lines instead of pumping it back into the tanks.
  16. fly guy

    lets talk Reef Foods

    Little fishes....what I didnt add to that, is that 1/4(maybe less) of my concoction, I blend to liquid before freezing, just for the corals.....that and the oyster eggs of course.
  17. fly guy

    lets talk Reef Foods

    I use: All fresh from the supermarket Clams mussels oysters salmon nori (sometimes other stuff...but thats usually it) I chop it all up into little tiny pieces, then add mysis and oyster eggs, and lay it out on a piece of waxed paper then freeze it. The once frozen I cut it into...
  18. fly guy

    ReefTankSupply

    I have. No problems.
  19. fly guy

    Instant ocean deals anywhere local?

    Fosters and smith is always as good a deal as anywhere you will find on IO and reef crystals. They ship 6 buckets of reef crystals to my door for less than $220. I think shipping is 14.99 regardless of how many you order
  20. fly guy

    My tanks

    Also...heres a little video i shot showing some cool OM 8-way love. I simply drop the water level down a couple of inches so a few of the 8 ports can catch some air bubbles....showing some water movement :)
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