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  1. Jobiwan

    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    Feeding them is a real trip, with all the current everything stays suspended until it is consumed, I'm putting a lot less food in the system than I was in the smaller systems, but the fish are eating more, and they are getting a hell of a lot more exercise, the Vlamingi is really pigging out...
  2. Jobiwan

    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    As far as moving corals, gotta get my real lights in place first, Jason and I will meet with the stainless contractor next week, hopefully that will come together in the not too distant future.
  3. Jobiwan

    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    Thanks Guys, but so much for my determination to go slow, who was I kidding anyways???:confused: I decided it would minimize agression to put them in all at once, they had been spread out in 3 different frag tanks, it seems to have worked, 48 hours later and things are pretty harmonious, other...
  4. Jobiwan

    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    Bummer Chad, I'm sure Paul will take care of you, shame you have to go to all that trouble. I got brave and moved a few of my fish out of the teeny holding tanks they have been in for over 6 months, I couldn't deal with the guilt any more, keeping them cramped up while they were staring at...
  5. Jobiwan

    What is the difference between RO/DI water and distilled water?

    Ouch, good point Scooty, you are absolutely right, I'm staying off this thread now, I don't want to think about how environmentally unfriendly our hobby is, bad enough trying to hide the electric bill from my spousal unit....:cry:
  6. Jobiwan

    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    Thanks Nick, I was wondering if there was a way I could increase the clearance, nice to hear from someone who has done that, I'll give it a try.
  7. Jobiwan

    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    Ocean Motions Sand Issues At least you have Clownfish to look at:mad: Here's a little something to share with those of you considering OM-4's. If you have a lot of sand grit circulating in the water within the tank the rotating drum that turns inside the body of the OM-4 can jam if sand...
  8. Jobiwan

    My Nitrate Factory Is working Two Shifts

    You need a panther grouper, just be sure to feed him heavily:idea:
  9. Jobiwan

    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    LOL I'm really sorry I don't have anything more interesting, It's killing me, but I'm determined to go slow, it'll pay off in the long run, at least that's what I keep telling myself...:cry:
  10. Jobiwan

    My Nitrate Factory Is working Two Shifts

    Beautiful Croceas, they love nitrates:D
  11. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    LOL Actually Don, what you are looking at is 12 pounds of Walt Smith Fiji Mud mixed in with 200 pounds of oolitic in my 3 week old fuge, if I were lucky enough to have detritus and stuff rotting in there I would have a sand bed mature enough to support my Seagrass setup. You could also be...
  12. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    OK Don, I see where you are coming from. There seems to be an underlying assumption then that chaeto is not removed from the static system, and that detritus/waste products are allowed to build up until a potentially problematic nutrient sink is allowed to develop. This can be avoided with a...
  13. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    Hi Don, I'm here to learn:) Just to clarify things, what would you define as the two different purposes of the two subsystems? In my mind (correct me if I'm missing something) the rolling ball serves primarily, perhaps solely, as a nutrient export system, whereas the static mass provides this...
  14. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    Thanks Krish, I hope I can get to the stability of your system, when that happens I will eliminate the chaeto and replace it with seagrass, shifting the fuge purpose from nutrient uptake to epiphyte production, I'll PM some questions to you
  15. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    I don't think you would ever see chaeto die off from lack of nutrients, but you might see it's growth rate drop way off. In this situation (a good one to be in, BTW, nothing beats good husbandry) the primary role of the chaeto could be to serve as a matrix for pod production, there are none...
  16. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    A picture is worth a thousand words (or is it a thousand posts???) Here's a photo of my fuge on my new system when the chaeto was added about 3 weeks ago. The volume is about 60 gal, lighting is 2 x 96w PC's. The only nutrient source for the chaeto should be the byproducts from the 800 lbs of...
  17. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    Golly gumdrops, who would have thought chaeto could generate so much energy??? :lol:
  18. Jobiwan

    What is the difference between RO/DI water and distilled water?

    Distilled water is pretty much guaranteed to have 0 TDS, RO/DI varies according to the condition of the filtration elements, which is why RO output has to be tested for TDS to determine when the membrane needs to be replaced...distilled is more expensive to produce, uses more energy to obtain...
  19. Jobiwan

    bending acrylic?

    I use some PVC pipe for a jig and a heat gun, gives you a lot more control and a more consistent result, and it's a lot easier than holding it over a heat source...
  20. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    You'd be hard pressed to find a hobby that can provide more opportunities for learning than this one Krish, I started 30 years ago, but I didn't realize how limited my knowledge was until I started participating on Reef Frontiers, the ideas and experiences of fellow hobbyists has done as much or...
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