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08/12/2014, 06:42 PM
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Did you witness it? Could it be just clean up crew at work?
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08/12/2014, 07:40 PM
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"...for it is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations..."--Introduction (attributed to Andrew Osiander) to On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Sphere by Nicolaus Copernicus. Current Tank Info: 600g DT, 140g sump, 200g Cryptic, 90g Refugium, 3-400w MH, 2 Reeflo Barracudas, and 3 MP60s |
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08/12/2014, 07:52 PM
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Yes. Witnessed the attack. Hard to believe such a delicate crab could be so cold and violent. Also ate a glass shrimp.
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08/12/2014, 07:53 PM
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He's in quarantine - going back to the store this weekend.
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08/17/2014, 04:54 PM
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Decided to give it another chance - weakness for pretty things.
Here's the skimmer foam:  
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08/17/2014, 04:56 PM
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08/17/2014, 04:57 PM
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08/17/2014, 04:58 PM
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08/17/2014, 05:08 PM
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08/17/2014, 05:21 PM
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08/17/2014, 05:22 PM
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08/17/2014, 06:43 PM
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Took too many videos trying to get this right. The clearance between the skimmer top and the ceiling is 4" and lighting was a challenge. I think that's as good as it's gonna get.
I should have taken a pic of the quart of black skimmate before dumping it out, but the wife was 'insistent'... |
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08/17/2014, 07:40 PM
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Nice! This is a wonderful skimmer and a great argument for DIY!
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08/17/2014, 08:40 PM
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Thanks Lavoisier. Here's 6 hours of skimmate - running wet
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08/18/2014, 06:19 AM
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08/18/2014, 07:06 AM
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The top was part of an old 18" bioball ETS skimmer that fell apart a decade ago. I salvaged it for parts.
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08/18/2014, 10:14 AM
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Looks like Harvel LXT, which is blue in pictures but all of it I have here is purple. I sometimes wonder with the way some on RC are so particular and exactly scientific why nobody has said you must use LXT on a reef. But its easy, 1" is about $10 a foot and 2" is $24 a foot. And they wont sell you a foot.
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08/18/2014, 02:34 PM
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I think the plastic body in my skimmer cost $100. Most of my cost is in my pump.
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08/20/2014, 05:27 PM
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Cycling with uncured live rock... Messy business
Alk 11 dKH Ca 320 pH 8.15 Temp 76 Salinity 1.025 NH4, NO2, NO3 all unmeasurable Skimmer now creating about 1/2 quart every day Diatom bloom mostly gone BUT... Hair algae  I'm sure it's hard to avoid with uncured live rock, but still... |
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08/20/2014, 05:31 PM
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08/20/2014, 05:37 PM
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08/20/2014, 05:40 PM
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Three days worth: 72 hours = 2.5 pints
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08/21/2014, 05:17 PM
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Next step on the system is adding A 90 gallon! Current Tank Info: 475 multitank system is now running! Several hundred gallons of additions planned! |
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08/23/2014, 08:50 PM
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Well... I would do it somewhere other than my DT... But the DT is so large, nothing else fits in the garage. LOL.
I'm still adding sand buckets to the refugium section.  Here's the basis of my CO2 scrubber - it's a cheez balls tub  
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