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  1. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    Hi Krish, how are ya, you have a point, I'm judging "effectiveness" by the amount of chaeto mass removed in a given period of time. Didn't notice any change in water parameters either way though, and I don't know about the "trapped waste" thing, since the fuge takes on water that has been...
  2. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    Be afraid, be very very afraid Sherman, you are judged by the company you keep....:evil:
  3. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    Well, actually I have tried the balling method, I found it to be less effective due to the much smaller biomass neccessary to create a situation where it would tumble, I sell my excess on ebay, my quantity available to sell went way up about threefold in the same refugia, perhaps the amount of...
  4. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    Boomer, I'll pit my 60 gallon fuge of chaeto against your tumbling baseball any day. Let's not get too lost in the science, I also graduated from the 8th grade...:D PS As you have seen in the thread, we prune frequently...
  5. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    I've been keeping score, the huge chaeto block group wins hands down with the most popular votes, although the supreme court may hand the victory to the baseball tumblers....:D
  6. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    What you said Scooty, I just harvest it when it gets a bit dense, I pull the remainder apart until it completely fills the tank again and leave it alone until it gets kinda dense again, that methodology has worked well for me, we all have our techniques, if everyone did things the same no...
  7. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    On the other hand a tumbling setup would indicate a smaller biomass of chaeto as compared to a setup in which the entire area is taken up with chaeto, it could be argued that the softball sized tumbler may take up more nutrients per gram of chaeto for those of us who like to speculate without...
  8. Jobiwan

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

    Good idea Scooty:D If you think there is a lot of algae now you should have seen it a week ago, it exploded in the first 3 or 4 days and since has been dying back, stuff I haven't seen before, brown and slimy, but it had tufts and streamers an inch to two inches long, it's like it sucked up...
  9. Jobiwan

    Snail Acclimation

    Thanks Anthony, I appreciate it...
  10. Jobiwan

    Too Much Chaeto?

    I've kept chaeto a few years, never have done the tumbling thing, I try to load up the whole fuge so all the water flow has to pass through it, I harvest a bit now and then so it doesn't get too dense, I also pull it apart, kinda fluffing it up for the same purpose, never have seen any kind of...
  11. Jobiwan

    Finally, room for fish and corals

    great job Matt, that is really coming along, can't wait to see it in action
  12. Jobiwan

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

    Something Only A Reefer Could Love.... OK Snowboard, no more whining, here are some lovely photos of rocks and snails, the algae bloom has subsided a lot, the snails are only partly responsible... . . This is the beach I put in place at the front of the tank 2 days ago, I put down some big...
  13. Jobiwan

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

    Thanks Kris, sounds good, how long do you QT? What kind of tangs do you have in the big tank, I'm a tang fan myself. Kirk, you have some beautiful fish in mind, that will be spectacular. I wonder how all the big angels will do with each other, I imagine you would want to add them all at once...
  14. Jobiwan

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

    Thanks Kris, I would appreciate that info, I am quite a ways out from getting any new fish other than some chromises, I've got to get the fish I've got out of their cramped quarters in my holding tanks, also need the space for quarantine, gonna try to do this one right, I've been lucky not...
  15. Jobiwan

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

    Okey dokey snowboard, I shall post some lovely photos of the gravel I placed in the tank on Tuesday shortly. Kirk, if you want a good laugh check out this site, you will not believe it: http://whozoo.org/Anlife2001/lorabrys/lrb_butterflyfish.htm I bet you didn't know that Golden Butterflies (...
  16. Jobiwan

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

    LOL I am in that really boring period now right up there with watching paint dry or chrome rust, forcing myself to go extra slow, living with the "nothing good happens fast in a reef tank" mantra. I played with my water change setup today, but since I really love to live on the edge I decided...
  17. Jobiwan

    Pre-order the new illustrated Book of Coral Propagation!

    I noticed that MD has "Availability: usually ships in 4-6 weeks" right at the top of the item description under the title, since MD always ships items in stock in 24 hours (in my experience anyway) they are just listing this item in anticipation of getting it within a month, pre orders as it...
  18. Jobiwan

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

    Speaking of poop, here is a photo of the first week of skimmate from the BK, it is thick and dark and really stinky, now I know how proud parents feel at babies first BM.... . . .
  19. Jobiwan

    RBTA vs Koralia Powerhead

    That's a great idea Jamie, I never thought about using those strawberry containers, I could see using them for a lot of other uses, like trying to get something to attach in a certain area, gotta love these forums...
  20. Jobiwan

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

    I thought this was kinda interesting, a friend came over today, I wanted to show him the flow patterns, so I tried something new, I put a bit of flake in there, 2 hours later there was still flake moving around in the current, since it was not at the surface it didn't go out the overflow, every...
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