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I'm thinking about ordering 3-4 more cases of salt. with the discount and free shipoing its almost $20 a case cheaper than my lfs. Steve
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11/29/2011, 07:58 PM | #52 |
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That skimmer is awesome, it's all coming together now...
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Steve,
Boxes coming in is so much fun! That skimmer is huge! This year I did not have that many...I only needed a few things! You are getting me inspired to get moving on my tank again.
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11/30/2011, 08:24 AM | #54 | |
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Pictures looked great! I will be looking forward to the rental agreement...LOL. I am swapping out bulbs and need to know how much more light the new bulbs will put out.
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12/01/2011, 07:01 AM | #56 | |
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12/01/2011, 07:15 AM | #57 |
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The Pukani has arrived.....
I was ready to order another type of dry rock but a good friend suggested I really consider the Pukani rock from BRS. After a few emails with BRS I decided to take my friends advice and ordered 100lbs of Pukani and 30 lbs of the shelf rock they sell. The boxes arrived yesterday and my expectations have been exceeded. I thought for sure there would be a lot of breakage but I had no more than two handfuls and most of the pieces that broke are perfect for frags. The way they packed the rocks was amazing....I now have enough packing peanuts to start my own shipping company
For the 100lbs of Pukani I received 20 pieces of rock with about 5 of them being true large show pieces. There's only a few boxes left to be delivered at this point and they are just small parts and supplies. I still need to order my plumbing fixtures and have been thinking about getting my ball valves from Savko. I have one right now that was given to me and the valve is so easy to open and close...not like the ones I have gotten from HD. TANK UPDATE.... Glass should be in next week and they will start building the tank. The builder said they will forward progress pictures.
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12/01/2011, 10:50 AM | #58 |
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Rock looks great Steve. How you planning to arrange the scaping?
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If I went that route I could add a shadow box and really make tank look like its got some major depth. With the scaping you could have three separate areas and like real reefs...Have the cave like structures and open sand valleys. Having the caves and valleys gives good shadowing too which helps with the perception of depth. My tanks in past have always been 18" so I'm doubling that as you are so I'm going to love it no matter what!
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Your rocks look great. I just got my 50lbs of Pukani in tonight. Can't wait to unbox them! Tagging along!
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Steve,
Do you self a favore , cook this rock . you not on the rush you have time, so make sure this rock will not leach any PO4 in to your new tank.. i have some dry tonga branches and i am planning to use acid first then keep it in RO water for some time( changing water every 2-3 day . mike |
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Im definitely going to cook it and probably use lanthanum chloride or seaklear with the cooking. Ive been doing a lot of reading about it.
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@nightowl....do a search on seaklear or lanthanum chloride. there are a few threads where people were having tge same issue as you and now their po4 levels are normal.
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I received word today that my tank will begin to come to life on monday!!!! The waiting is killing me!!!
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Awesome build... I'm following along. I'm in the process of a 220 build and will be tagging along.
I have 150lbs of the Pukani Rock. They gave me some huge show pieces too. Great stuff! I would recommend curing them or even etching them before you cycle though. There is a lot of dead stuff on there that should come off before setting it up. I actually blasted mine with a hose, then ran it in a 50/50 water:vinegar solution for a couple days, then blasted them with a hose again. A lot of dead sponges and other stuff came off. Just a thought. Anyway... looks great. Good luck with the rest of the build. Oh, and Squan is awesome. Leggets and Osprey! Used to be a shoebie on Third Ave every Summer. One of my favorite towns of all time!
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Squan is a great town and really enjoy being here. There's a local guy that drives for one of the cab companies here that has a nice business of selling frags in between runs.
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cant wait to see it come together
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Picked up my transition/frag tank last night
Getting one step closer....last night I picked up the DeepBlue Professional 80 gallon frag tank. My plan is to move everything from current set up into this tank and then when the new tank is ready move everything again leaving this tank to be a frag/holding tank. I need to have it done by next weekend because the contractor for the basement will begin a week from Monday.
So I need to move this...... and this mess..... To here..... How much of the sand should I move? I would like to not move any of it.
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have fun with all that...
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Thanks David! your tank is looking great!!!!
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thank you....
I wouldnt move any of the sand. Your rock should handle it ok.
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