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    Shipping equipment and livestock

    I had a business that involved shipping delicate items framed in glass picture frames. When I was developing shipping methods, my test was to throw the shipping box at a wall from about 10 feet as hard as I could. Not very scientific, but if you don't think your package can survive that, then it...
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    DIY Doser AKA "Drews Doser"

    OK... thanks. The maxijet idea was more or less what I was thinking about if I ever went this route.
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    Good Place To Buy Fish Near Federal Way

    You might try Barrier Reef again - maybe you just hit them on a bad day for fish? Agree with jaygalindo... my first fish came from A Place for Pets. Sierra's is good. I was just out to Aquarium Paradise in Lakewood (Tacoma) and their selection and quality was good - contrary to some rumblings...
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    DIY Doser AKA "Drews Doser"

    Nice! One question that seems dumb, but is probably obvious... When you use any type of automatic doser for 2-part solutions, how do you keep the 2-part solution mixed? I always have a little undissolved solution at the bottom of my bottle every morning when I dose. I shake up the bottle to...
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    Choosing the right coral??

    Just to add to Sid's good comments... I have 2x96W compact fluorescent over my 46g and have some less than fussy SPS in the upper third of the tank, and plenty of LPS. If you place the corals correctly, you don't have to limit yourself to the typical "low light" corals. Just don't think you'll...
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    Arrivals 8/2-8/6

    Let me know if this comes in, or if it gets zeroed on this order. Thanks! [Edit: Nevermind... got your message on the ol' answering machine!]
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    New Rimless/Braceless Nano Tanks

    [unsolicited plug] I saw a sample of one of the small cubes at the store this last weekend and just have to say... these are really sweet looking pieces. Makes me wish I had a spot for another tank! :) [/unsolicited plug]
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    Sudden drop in salinity

    And you also want to calibrate it using 53mS calibration fluid like this: http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/pinpointr-salinity-calibration-fluid.html Refractometers are not necessarily linear, and calibrating with RO/DI just sets it at 1.000. Better to calibrate with something closer to what...
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    *New* Koralia Nanos.....

    Do you know if both the old/new (240) and the new/new (425) can be cycled on/off as a wavemaker without breaking? Just curious because I saw an ad for the 425 nano that mentioned that it could now be used with a wavemaker - like the evo series - but I wasn't sure if that applied to the 240...
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    Testing

    You'll find as many differences in opinion about brands of test kits as you will for salt! When I started out, I was using API for everything. After a year of having "zero" nitrates with the API kit - first color change on the color match card comes at 5.0ppm - I decided to try a different kit...
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    coralline

    First thing I'd check is calcium and alkalinity. Any ca level above 380 should be OK for coraline. You probably also want to aim for 8-12 dKh on the alkalinity. When I started my tank up I wasn't checking those since I didn't have any coral. My coraline was growing gangbusters but then started...
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    Filter Question

    I run carbon, GFO (granulated ferric oxide), and Purigen pretty much all the time - but that's just me.
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    Filter Question

    All depends... The Aquaclear gives you a place to put some chemical media, otherwise I suppose you could put some in the output of your skimmer if that's possible. The Koralia nanos could be used to help create some chaotic flow with the Vortech with the K-nanos always on and then varying the...
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    Cheap controllable powerhead setup?

    The brand new Koralias called the "Evo" or "Evolution" can be turned on/off repeatedly with no issues - so you could cycle those in an on/off program with the Apex. The original Koralias will eventually break after constant, repetitive on/off cycles. The controllable Koralias need to be...
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    Torch Coral Reaching for Something

    Yup... it's reaching for something. When mine did that, it was trying to reach a Stylophora that I'm sure it could "smell." Just by chance, I happened to see it finally reach the Stylo... wasn't pretty. Tissue on the Stylo went white almost immediately. Torch is no longer in my tank!
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    algae id

    :lol: Would it be too risky to try smothering those few remaining galaxea polyps at the base of the zoanthids with some kalk paste? Seems like they'll just overtake the zoas again before the zoas get a chance to spread out more.
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    ID Please

    I had those little white things come in on a rock of mine too. I scraped as many as I could off (not knowing what they were), but didn't get them all. Nothing ever came of them that I'm aware of. That was like 8 months ago and I haven't seen anything new in my tank since. Regarding the vermitid...
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    At least the house didn't catch on fire.

    Wow... consider yourself lucky! I'd have to second this advice about abandoning that outlet. In fact, I'd remove the outlet itself and throw a cover plate over it. With the amount of stuff you had going on right next to that outlet, something was eventually going to happen. Glad to hear it...
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    What type of coral?

    I was going to guess pearl also, but a bigger photo would help. It's not a hammer/anchor though.
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    Inconsistent dosing requirements

    I have never understood why, but if I use the calcium portion of a 2-part to try and increase my calcium levels, say... more than 20ppm or so... it takes a couple days for that increase to show up with my test kits. If I use TurboCalcium dissolved in saltwater to attempt that same increase, test...
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