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  1. brandon429

    Tank turned 41 years old

    -- Thanks for your reply. That is really neat, a bed exporting approach I have read about them but not ever seen one applied. thats a great reason for the bed to be clean, current is pressured out of the top rather than in through the top! a reverse UGF really smart. You know I wonder how that...
  2. brandon429

    Tank turned 41 years old

    excellent read!!! longest running tank Ive ever heard of that's for sure. the one thing I didn't see covered is the color of the substrate...how do you keep it from developing coralline and assorted patches of color from various calcifiers and algaes ranging from microalgae to assorted...
  3. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    -- meaning she doesn't care about reefs, rc airplanes, drums anymore etc but scuba diving re-hooked her to something aquatic lol. when I ask if its time to go diving at the ywca the answer yes can't come fast enough
  4. brandon429

    Questions about open bottom/upside down tank

    HA! lol something looked unstable gracias still a cool idea had you seen it before this vid>
  5. brandon429

    Questions about open bottom/upside down tank

    -- okay that helps. so if one pump fails at the top but does not fail at the bottom the tank will drain out? I can see where using a Y output off one pump is ideal, if that pump is both the input and the pressure output it stays in equilibrium?>almost there maybe.
  6. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    brother you and I have a lot in common. My child used to take montipora tips in a baggie to show and tell in kindergarten, here's the harvest lol. I noticed the things small daughters will do with you for fun at age 2 become less diverse when you buy them a blackberry at age 12 if this is...
  7. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    -- heater is a tetra preset 50w. you couldn't have a house cold enough to make this pico register less than 78. 78 is the best temperature for all reefs in the home, not just picos. its the beauty metabolic ideal in between anabolism and catabolism in a reef considering the waste we tend to...
  8. brandon429

    Questions about open bottom/upside down tank

    -- Ha! welcome. I have been watching that thread since like 2007 and I can't figure it out even with all the posts about how to do it. I get lifting a full glass out of water upside down in a bathtub and not lifting it high enough to break the water seal...the cup will hold water...its the...
  9. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    I have about 15 of them I would guess, they count as bioloading and little things to watch their arms waving around the rocks but they won't do much to change measurable water parameters. in a bowl this size, they contribute to nitrate measures by adding ammonia as a respirative waste to the...
  10. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    that sounds like an acceptable change up. the biggest benefit you will instantly see is the evaporation restriction benefits when you top off the bowl as often, or less often than your giant reef comparatively speaking lol if your substrates are already pretty free of detritus thats not a...
  11. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    -- sure its crazy but it works. without pics and vid admit you guys would be hammering me lol If time goes by and this thead drops catch me on youtube comments to bring me back k I started with really tiny frags per the pics, and grew them up together patiently. most people buy frags too...
  12. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    lol one update, this should be the only known example in reefkeeping of alveopora grown up and onto the side of glass like xenia... come on guys, who out there with the 300 gallon reefs have alveopora on anything but a live rock surface speak up lol usually there's a tiny eyepatch of black tape...
  13. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    this is nearly five years old and was slowly added during the first two years, it doesn't sound as stable to pile it all in at once although with 100% water changes it doesn't surprise me in the least if it works. montiporas hydnophoras acansXlordhowe and echinata lobophyllia xenia but was...
  14. brandon429

    30+ months in the micro reef, invertebrate care ideas

    This video shows how invertebrates condition to high feeding/high water change scenarios and will adapt to nearly any sized container as long as its a complete ecosystem that meets all needs...though not much is scalable between the pico reef and the full size tank even the larger tanks can...
  15. brandon429

    Globe Ecosystem and sealed palmtop SPS mixed reef

    -- thanks for bringing that up, it's an important point to state that a lot of reefkeeping edicts aren't really fact...that air exposure is harmful always is just one. Another is that nettline/allelopathy will result anytime you blend corallimorphs and stony corals. Although they are fine...
  16. brandon429

    Globe Ecosystem and sealed palmtop SPS mixed reef

    -- finally some pics i couldn't get the loader to work for two weeks, finally started working
  17. brandon429

    Globe Ecosystem and sealed palmtop SPS mixed reef

    -- yes they are fast because I keep two gallon jugs ready for each week under the sink. in the mornings I siphon the gallon out and replace it about twice per week, this is how I can feed it so heavily and still keep it free of algae without using a cleanup crew. i guarantee the redox data of...
  18. brandon429

    Show me your full tank shots

    - ok here's mine: heres the video of it live. I have already posted this up but I wanted it in your awesome thread too. b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOsitYhihc
  19. brandon429

    Globe Ecosystem and sealed palmtop SPS mixed reef

    I bet you have not seen anything like these before! I want to join to 500K post club in youtube and at 3,000 views in ten days I will make it by the time I'm 80 my math says. :) My living room has very diverse aquarium systems and its my little chunk of man cave so come on in...
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