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  1. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Armed chemical warfare Do not try this at home... (: I still have not set up my new 90 and everything is growing together in the 55. I am now referring to it as the nano-jumbo. Or jumble. Or jungle. Really need to thin things out, especially that huge hydnaphora and trumpet coral. If I can even...
  2. Electrokate

    Can you dissolve hardened PVC glue?

    Cool... There is an Ace down the street and I like them better. Thanks! I figured you could not undo pvc glue but had to ask. Working on the next big project which involves undoing quite a lot of glue. I was warned (: Free tank, needs a lot of cleaning. Thanks, Kate
  3. Electrokate

    Can you dissolve hardened PVC glue?

    Hi, So is there a solvent that can undo PVC cement? Just have to ask before I chuck these old bulkheads I have and buy new ones. Also some people insist that you can buy bulkheads at Home Depot but I have been to 8 H. Despots in 2 states and all deny it as does Lowes and a couple other chains...
  4. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Hoping to bring you some one of these days, maybe we should do a thermos trade. i have never mailed corals, need to learn that as these frags are driving me nuts. That slimey soft coral is trying to drop a new stem, self frag I guess. i am going to try to tie a bit of rubble to it and see what...
  5. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Broke a few links, the first two were the apple green zoas and the montipora growth progression so here they are: http:// I found that I broke one more but can't figure out which one it was. Maybe a hydnaphora picture. Oh well. Need to not move the photobucket images once I get a thread...
  6. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Ok, I am losing track of what I posted here. I am going to add a photo of this green kenya tree like softie I got. It is the fastest growing coral I have ever seen, does not seem to sting neighbors, and has great color. I use 2 6500K bulbs and 2 actinics, and in this photo you can see that part...
  7. Electrokate

    Krish's Bahamian Photo log

    That poor shark! What were they thinking putting a chlorinated flume through a salt tank? I guess they have not seen MY fish jump. Which usually goes thump splash cuss-they always do that right after I clean the lid. I used to have a freshwater tank in my bedroom and all night long it was stupid...
  8. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    I am very sad to report that I lost this fish yesterday. He was stunning. I raised my arm above the tank and he got excited and found a gap in the lids to jump out. I don't know if hitting the floor killed him or the shock later-I put him in a bag and floated him in the dark sump so I could try...
  9. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Thank you! I always enjoy your photos, and hoped to have a thread with Hawaii photos like you do, but my camera is kind of cruddy. I did it for a while til I realized it was embarrassing (: They are now here: http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n72/electrokate/Snorkeling%20pictures/ I tried...
  10. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    thanks! I love that guy. He used to be part of a pair but I lost one. They were with Susie for a while. Oddly they would bed down with a pair of yellow head pearlfish. The pearlfish would actually force them to stay deep in the burrow, which you could partly see into because it was against the...
  11. Electrokate

    SPS eater

    That is a good idea for most people... My main camera is a generic import point and shoot the size of a deck of cards, focus is able to see flat things like mushrooms but it always aims past the SPS. I have an old 2.3 megapixel Fuji with manual focus that sometimes takes a decent macro. The...
  12. Electrokate

    SPS eater

    Hi, I was out of the hobby for a little over a year, which is a long time in the reef world. I see references to STN but not much useful info, and flatworms that eat SPS. I am getting back into SPS so want to learn more about what to avoid. Can you tell me about what parasites and diseases are...
  13. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Portland definitely seems far during a big snowstorm! Today we have more snow and a entire suburb was told to stay home due to flooding. Your frag is odd, it can change color seemingly overnight after a water change, lid cleaning, or bulb rotation. Lately it does seem to be growing, so I think...
  14. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Looks like I broke a link on that last one... probably was a bad picture anyway. Wish I had a better camera... Anyways here is a purple nephthya or carnation coral type. It has grown a bit since I got it last summer. I do feed newly hatched SF Bay brine shrimp at least every other day and I...
  15. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Lighting... My setup is cheesy looking. I have a cheap T5HO fixture from ebay suspended from the ceiling, which was complicated by heating ducts right above the tank. So a series of draped chains was required, and a weight because the light angled oddly when hung. The weight is an old clarinet I...
  16. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Ha ha ha. Susie tried to talk me into her 180 but I have nowhere to put it. Our little bungalow is full! I think I could do a 90 or 110 though since it's the same footprint. So I may have spoken too soon. Now that my car is encased in ice I have broken one heater and two thermostats on the reef...
  17. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Hey, thanks! It's partly your fault (:
  18. Electrokate

    Electrokate's 55

    Hi, I had a thread with my tank's progress but I guess it was too old, all the pictures are gone as is the edit function. So I am trying to do a new thread. The tank is only a 55, I planned on a bigger one but in this economy... ugh. 55 will have to do for a while! So here goes, the 55 in...
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    7/20/08 whole tank shot

    Trying to show the color I am getting from T5HO lighting. Have a URI superactinic, actinic white, and 2 6500K grow lights by some generic company that I got on ebay. Color is pretty dull but growth is amazing, most corals have tripled in size in 6 months. Now they are too big for my 55 so am going t
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    T5 Lighting recommendation

    Oops, sent a double post by accident so am editing it out. Thanks, Kate
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