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  1. dgasmd

    A 750g SPS system is born

    About 10 days ago, I tore the entire system down. Fish and frags of the corals are in a temporary system in my garage. I hope they do well in it. No skimmer there now, but I will do massive water changes bi-weekly to compensate for it. We'll see how it goes. I wouldn't expect any updates from...
  2. dgasmd

    MACNA, Who's going?

    Well, after yearly attendance for a while, I will skip this year. Too many other things in my plate right now. I do expect those going this year to take notes and take tons and tons of pictures to post as soon as they are back. It is the moral obligation and simply the right thing to do!!!!
  3. dgasmd

    A few more big Tanks in the process in Tri-Cities.

    Nope. Haven't moved yet. I am waiting to sell my house before moving. Meantime, I rented an apartment where I started my new job, which is only about 1.5 hours away anyway. I come and go all the time in the meantime. Home sales have taken a slow down to almost a hault in FL as late, so it may...
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    A few more big Tanks in the process in Tri-Cities.

    Tank looks great.
  5. dgasmd

    A 750g SPS system is born

    By the way, I will start a whole new thread documenting from begining to end of the new set up.
  6. dgasmd

    A 750g SPS system is born

    Thanks guys. Moving this tank in the grand scheme of things will be easier than most of you imagine really. Plans are in motion. Good thing is I am not in a hurry to do it. One thing is to increase the return flow to increase turn over through the sump. I am running now about 1800 gph, maybe...
  7. dgasmd

    A 750g SPS system is born

    Tim: Thanks for the words. I appreciate them. This tank has been a huge challenge int he last 14-16 months I've had it. I certainly have had every pest and problem I never had all in one. Very frustrating too. I have, however, learned a lot from it too. Unfortunately, because of work and other...
  8. dgasmd

    A 750g SPS system is born

    No more fairy wrasses for me. The more I add, the more get killed within 24 hours by my current fairy wrasse population. So, I am done for now.
  9. dgasmd

    A 750g SPS system is born

    Angler is in a different tank.
  10. dgasmd

    A 750g SPS system is born

    The shor tof it is yes, I am. First of all, you have to keep in mind that I am using my previous skimmer, an aerofoamer 848 (becket based) with an iwaki 100 as my gold standard for comparision of performance and electrical usage. When I went to this skimmer, I had an initial investment that...
  11. dgasmd

    Dual Skimmers?

    Still waiting on Mr. Calfo's pictures.
  12. dgasmd

    New Skimmer

    I didn't change them because they kept sending me the same thing I already had. The performance in the skimmer could certainly be much much better. Even if I got the same percentage of air in it, if the bubbles were half their current size that would be an improvement in itself. I don't run 13%...
  13. dgasmd

    New Skimmer

    You can see the entire story about the stones here: http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11317 I don't measure flow rates. What I did was to measure the entire skimmer from the bottom to where I was going to runt he water volume (neck). I took 13% of that from the top and made a...
  14. dgasmd

    New Skimmer

    Although flattering, I know I don't know enough to lecture anyone on anything:lol: :lol: :lol: I don't know what Mike has done with his skimmer. I haven't talked to him about it for a while. He was getting very small bubbles and excellent results last I spoke with him. My skimmer still is...
  15. dgasmd

    New Skimmer

    Let me be as blunt as I can and tell you they have no idea what they are talking about. I spent as much time on the phone with them as a human can tolerate to listen to their babble crap, and my conclusion at the end is that we were talking about 2 complitely different animals. They have no idea...
  16. dgasmd

    Dual Skimmers?

    Would you mind posting a picture of your tank? I would love to see it. I always wonder what the expert tanks look like. I saw some of Julian Sprung's sponge tank pictures at MACNA and it seemed pretty impressive. Even more so after looking at the technical aspects behind it.
  17. dgasmd

    Article Discussion: New Salt Study

    Boomer: I also saw your point;) ;) I do agree with you in a lot of the points you make :lol: :lol:
  18. dgasmd

    Article Discussion: New Salt Study

    Boomer: That may be so, but the fact remains that not only survival but thriving animals is what counts in terms of practicality. Most of us will never know what the exact effect of each of the ingredients is on the animals and more so the combination at the proportion the artificial salts have...
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    Article Discussion: New Salt Study

    Someone asked Shimek in RC a while back after the second article what he thought abou it. After a rather long reply and somewhat of a short thread, I posted something, which I hope is OK to reproduce here.
  20. dgasmd

    Let's See Some Macros

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