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  1. Sherman

    Site Problems - Again

    To quote Leslie Neilsen: "Good luck. We're all counting on you."
  2. Sherman

    Site Problems - Again

    Then I suggest you stop suggesting. :p
  3. Sherman

    Site Problems - Again

    And slower. We should hijack this thread. :D
  4. Sherman

    help i need an id please?

    Definitely not AoGs, but pretty nonetheless. I had some of those, as well. Larger polyps, right? I'm not sure they had an official designer name. Here were mine. Do they look the same to you?
  5. Sherman

    Site Problems - Again

    Chuck, I'm sorry you have to go through all this. Reverse DNS lookup usually doesn't work with attacks like these because those who are curious enough to try the attacks are also good at hiding their tracks. I think a lot of people misunderstand why things like this happen. Do you ever get...
  6. Sherman

    aragonite sand sucks

    Sounds normal to me. It's some pretty fine sand, and that's why people like it. What are you doing to remove the cloudiness? Skimming? Mechanical filtration? I rinsed my sand VERY heavily, multiple times until it was coming out clear. I still had a clouded tank for 3 days, then I stirred it up...
  7. Sherman

    Paige Elizabeth

    It was really funny watching parents walk up with their toddlers, and say "Oh, Look Daniel! What do we have here? OMYGOD!! YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE THAT!!" and run off. :D With the sound they were making, and kids not "getting it," there was one kid who was the catalyst to a bunch of kids laughing...
  8. Sherman

    The ShermaNANO, a 12g project

    It's been a while since the last full tank shot. The goby is SLOWLY getting more used to us being around. He doesn't run for cover whenever we enter the room any more. As I type this, the aquarium only 3 feet away, he's still sitting out front and center, guarding his home, as in the photo...
  9. Sherman

    Paige Elizabeth

    And this, friends, is why the zoo is so cool!
  10. Sherman

    Hardware store sands in reefs

    As a point of reference, I used 90lbs of Southdown to cover my 120 (4x2 footprint) about 2" evenly.
  11. Sherman

    What is your Photoperiod?

    Wow, resurrected this thread from the depths of the archives, eh? I have a standard 120 (4x2x2). Lighting is: 10:00 2x39w T5 Bank 1 Actinic ON 10:30 2x39w T5 Bank 2 Actinic ON 11:00 2x250w DE Phoenix 14K ON 21:00 2x250w DE Phoenix 14K OFF 21:30 2x39w T5 Bank 1 Actinic OFF 22:00 2x39w T5 Bank 2...
  12. Sherman

    Protein skimmer question

    Just to be sure, the airline and silencer are out of the water when running, right? That's how air gets injected... through the pump via the clear airline tubing.
  13. Sherman

    RODI units...

    Yep, sounds right, Jeff. Even if it was 300g of clean water, that's 1500g, which is only another roughly $5-7. Any chance it was a broken sprinkler? Leaking toilet? Meter reader error? You make it sounds like it was pretty bad. We get meter reader errors all the time here. One month, our bill...
  14. Sherman

    RODI units...

    Jeff, are you behind a water meter, I take it? Luckily (and strangely), we don't have that in my area, so it's easy to deal with. Nonetheless, I still took the responsible route and plumbed my waste water into the garden. My father in law lives in Montana, and his water is metered, but only...
  15. Sherman

    RODI units...

    Kimo, the pH of RO/DI isn't a reliable measure of anything. Unfortunately, the water is so stripped of anything solid, there isn't a way to measure pH. The pH will fluctuate greatly even with something as simple as agitation.
  16. Sherman

    Algae for sumps Question

    Bryopsis is an algae you DO NOT want to deal with, as John mentions. It's a notorious nuisance algae. You're on the west coast, so actually, caulerpa is illegal. Of course, it's everywhere, but there are good reasons for it to be banned here. The concerns are that if it ever saw our natural...
  17. Sherman

    new coral in a new nano!@#$

    John, all goniopora require feeding. Even the photosynthetic ones. Gonis have a huge reputation for being an extremely difficult coral, with nearly 100% mortality rate in captivity. The only time I've ever seen a goni last more than a few months is in a tank that sees LOTS and LOTS of...
  18. Sherman

    RODI units...

    Is nobody using the RO flush kit? I've only had my 5-stage for a few months, but a close friend has had his for years. His current RO membrane is 4 years old, and still working as good as when it was new. Perhaps this is credit due to the flush kit. Either way, the inline TDS meter should be...
  19. Sherman

    carbon and phosban?

    PhosBan is one brand of GFO, yes. I also run both in my 120. I change them both out monthly. I don't have any alkalinity issues.
  20. Sherman

    AquaEuro USA AE Skimmers

    Ben, it's a good bang for the buck. There are certainly better skimmers out there, but the price is what works for me here. The weakest link is the very cheap pumps they put in these things. Seriously, these pumps are garbage, but I'm still running all of them. My skimmer is still in stock...
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