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  1. jnarowe

    Need Help, Misplaced Refractometer

    Press? :D Seems to me it would be very difficult to have a 35ppt reference since SW is such a dynamic compound (maybe with individual portion controlled packets like Neptune uses for conductivity probe calibration). And although I do calibrate mine with RO/DI water most of the time, there again...
  2. jnarowe

    just shoowing off

    yeah, sweet collection for sure. So Dang, how goes the upgrade?
  3. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Well you bring up a lot of issues/questions: 1. I do not run skimmerless mostly because I just don't have the experience or talent yet to do so. It's my belief that although it is certainly possible to do, I would consider it very advanced reef keeping. 2. I am not into baffles as a method...
  4. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    And something I have been wanting to discuss for a while... Mangroves!! Mine keep out-growing their space. I had to pull them from my fuge a long time ago and now house them in my QT/Snail grow-out tank. This tank has more space above it for adjusting the pendant, but the fact is, I really...
  5. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Hi! Well, budget and skimmer don't go well together. More like skimmer = couch. :lol: Opinions on skimmers can make your head spin as well. If you really want to save money, don't buy a cheap skimmer. If you are even remotely handy (Like you state "DIY reef system), then build one. Keep in...
  6. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Yeah, Cash & Carry over here may have it, but it is a hump to get there, and I always am a bit leary of the products sold there. I guess that is a prejudice since one of their primary markets is the Roach Coach. Purato's delivers on my block at least once a week because we have 3 bakeries on...
  7. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    So I got a couple bags of GetTanked Formula 2 (25g) from Jan. I mixed up two bags to make 50g yesterday @ 1.026. The Formula 2 is for Ultra Low Nutrient systems (typically those running the Zeo Method) so I knew its alkalinity would be low but I wanted to try it out and to have a second person...
  8. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Yeah, I just haven't gotton to the ozone issue yet. In order to install a large enough one, it looks like some major cash, which I don't have right now. My attitude has become a bit more relaxed though, out of necessity. When I am all better I will spread out the survivors and start working on...
  9. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    yeah, well even if someone was to come over and help, there's really nothing that can be done. I had a small acro RTN the other day, and it transferred to an encrusting coral (brain fart) that is now STNing from left to right. This coral has been in my system since the very beginning and has...
  10. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Sherman's fish are practically crappin' themselves. The watanabe is all over the tank having a great time, eating like a maniac. The barred goby is a surface fish for sure. Stays there but travels the whole tank, apparently unafraid of the other fish, and eats crap way to big for its mouth. I am...
  11. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Hey Dan, Thanks! Slowly but surely I guess. Currently I am losing corals but there is really nothing I can do. All params test out well, but something is going on. Someone up here mentioned you recently...maybe D. Nguyen? Can't remember. Anyway, things are slowly getting better physically and I...
  12. jnarowe

    February meeting

    That looks like a great time! Now Jan will be all frantic. I wish I had put a nanny cam in her place when I visited. :lol:
  13. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    yeah, it's going well so far. Thanks!
  14. jnarowe

    kitsap county reefers

    So Dan, It will take about 6 weeks for me to be able to drive again :( Bjut maybe I can get another reefer to bring me down. We'll see. Got any pics?
  15. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    yeah, luckily I didn't have to fight with my Doc. I just told him I needed the referral and it was done. 80% loss? I would be freakin' but I did lose some percentage. In fact when I woke up, I was amazed at how much difference there was. Our bodies and minds really adjust to injuries to protect...
  16. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Thanks for the well wishes everyone!
  17. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Yeah I am back. Surgery was 3 hours. When I woke up there was zero pain or numbness in my leg and foot. Bascially I am just recovering from the invasion. Pain was really severe in my back the first couple of days. They had me on a pain "button" plus orals. Came home Thursday evening and I have...
  18. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Thank you both very much. It's always a timing thing for me and my reef, but I have done all I can to prepare, and it went very well with the transition of Sherman's livestock. Everything looks very good. We found a few "lost" corals under his rockwrok, including a frag of duncans that had been...
  19. jnarowe

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    Just got back from Sherman's place and we basically moved all of his livestock over to my place. His tank is down completely. Somehow the basslet went AWOL but everything else seemed to do fine. We put the watanabe angel, barred goby, and the marine betta in the display. The rest went into the...
  20. jnarowe

    kitsap county reefers

    Darnit, I still haven't made it over Dan. So much going on. Got any pics to post?
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