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  1. Jobiwan

    Question on flow -- Dart closed loop VS. Tunze Streams

    Nuts and bolts, here it is: If you've ever snorkeled/dived on a real reef, you know that you can't have too much flow, but you can have too little. Set your system up to the max you can afford with all other considerations, err on the side of excessive flow, and you will be fine. Same same...
  2. Jobiwan

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

    Thanks Mark Just wanted to thank you again for your contribution Mark, those attachments are so much better than the drilled hole/nylon screw setup I envisioned, can I take some photos of them to show the folks, or is it classified? I wouldn't want to inadvertently give space shuttle technology...
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    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    It's free to anyone that wants to pick some up, It has been genetically modified, I have been trying to splice my own DNA into it for some time now...
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    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    I just took 3 lbs. of chaeto out, sold it on eBay for $30.00, I'll be exporting aroud 3 to 5 pounds a month, as soon as I can get my production up to 10,000 pounds/month I'll be on easy street....
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    new guy on the block

    Welcome to RF, cool tank, great seahorses.
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    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    I've got the BK just about wide open now Matt, It produced about 1/2 inch of dark skimmate while I was dialing it up, it's not producing now, must have got everything out, it's really whipping up the water though...
  7. Jobiwan

    Refractometers and Salinity Measurement

    I've used a vital Sine for a couple of years with great results, never had any change that would require recalibration. I've heard some concern about temp variation and the slight affect that has on accurate readings, if your refractometer is stored at room temp, wouldn't the thermal mass of the...
  8. Jobiwan

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

    Thanks Matt, I'll try that, appreciate it, I'll pick your brain more sometime. Beautiful job you're doing, Is your hood & stand back from the powder coaters yet?
  9. Jobiwan

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

    Bubble King 300 Jason, ask and you shall receive, for my initials are JC. Here is a pic of the BK 300 and a couple of closeups of the foam, you can see that the foam is breaking just at the bottom of the neck of the skimmer, for the most part it just idles along like that, I may tweak it a...
  10. Jobiwan

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

    Thanks, that feels good to hear those kind of compliments, I was very fortunate to have the best folks around, Clear Fabrications & Veralte Aquatics, put this together for me. Please stay tuned, I'll have some great pics once the hood is done and the installation is complete, just to pull a...
  11. Jobiwan

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

    Hey Jason, I get about an inch of real thick goo every few days, that's when I clean it, it's due, I'll take a pic before I clean it, I haven't tried to tweek it, I kinda like the thick goo thing, probably not optimal though I suppose. Those are fish I've had in my frag tanks since my 180 tear...
  12. Jobiwan

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

    Ricordea Placement.... Here are a few photos of the ricordea I have placed so far, all are on the front face of the front ridge, there is only one green ricordea located in the center at the top of the ridge, it makes a good point of reference if you are into that sort of anal behavior.. I am...
  13. Jobiwan

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

    Rockwork (This sounds much more manly than "aquascaping") Here we have more rock pictures, as you will recall Eric of Varalte Aquatics did my initial rockscaping (see comment in title), here is a schematic I posted several months ago indicating the basic form I wanted, it pretty much came out...
  14. Jobiwan

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

    WARNING: Pictures of Rocks Coming Up!!! With my sincere apologies to those of sensible mind, the individuals that do not enjoy looking at pictures of rocks, you may want to skip this posting, I have divided these 30ish photos into three rough postings, the first will focus mainly on the fish...
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    Joe's Wet Dream, A 550 Gallon Work In Progress

    Time Keeps Dragging On..... Haven't quite given up yet, just wanted to keep my mouth shut a few days to see if I totally screwed up by rushing the livestock stocking, looks like I may have avoided crashing my system so far. 4 days after I introduced the first 7 fish I added three more, a pair...
  16. Jobiwan

    Maroon Clowns Losing Host Anemone

    Thank you Lee and everyone else, I did try moving the Maroons into my new tank last night, they did seem fine this morning, the cool thing was they were out swimming around where I could actually see them instead of spending all their time buried in my anmones, I had forgotten how beautiful gold...
  17. Jobiwan

    Maroon Clowns Losing Host Anemone

    I'll load it up with ricordea eventually, I don't know about mushrooms, I haven't planned on LPS but I may rethink that, I've got a good sized frogspawn I may put in there if I can find a relatively calm area, the current might be a bit much for it...
  18. Jobiwan

    Maroon Clowns Losing Host Anemone

    thanks colleen, how ya doing?
  19. Jobiwan

    Maroon Clowns Losing Host Anemone

    I've never kept clowns without an anemone, how do they behave, do they move around the tank, just hang out in one area, or what?
  20. Jobiwan

    Maroon Clowns Losing Host Anemone

    Hi Lee, I've got a pair of Maroon Clowns that have been in a Rose anemone tank for a few years, I want to move them into a 600 gal reef tank, there will be no anemones in the tank. Is this something that the Maroons will be OK with, can they adapt to life without an anemone without being...
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