Recent content by FinalPhaze987

I had a chance to stop by my parents house and found myself speaking to my dad about the hobby and how things are now. When I was a kid, he tried endless times in keeping a copperband to no avail. "They'd last a month, at best. If you're lucky" ..I was pretty proud to show him this: He...

In attempts to free up some space in the tank, I sold a large aussie branch and the largest Indo piece i used when setting the tank up..I figured the beneficial bacteria i wanted to seed the main scape had to have spread in the course of 7 months..besides, despite selling the two big pieces, I...

Man..you really assembled the avengers for this one..thats one hell of a line up..I gotta mark my calendar

Where's the pics of everyone's haul?! Let's see them colonies!

I messaged the guy asking what the dates on them are. If anything, I can stop by tomorrow and take a look, he's right down the street from where I work.

I run the pinpoint probe on an Apex, as my apex probe read a little funny straight out the box. I calibrate monthly and find ~ +/- 0.03-0.05 between calibrations, which i don't mind.

UNS makes beautiful tanks. As a plug and play system, its up there amongst the best of them in terms of craftsmanship. I wouldn't rule out IM all together, their EXT line might be right up your alley and of good quality. Waterbox ones are nice if those dimensions fit your taste. That being...

Looking good! What was your dosage for the KCl?

I got 7 females and 1 male lyretail in mine. They'll still fight and develop a pecking order, but not enough to kill the runt of the females IME. The male is just an A hole no matter which way you slice it. The only one he bows down to is the purple tang.

@Sfork2 Id defer to you expertise if I had this predicament

www.KP.org/jobs Incase your looking to go the Healthcare route..if you see something that interest you, give me a shout..

I picked up the dewalt cordless wet dry vac..to clean up the baby's mess and vacuum the detritus from my sump

I got the MOS positioned an inch higher than the optimal water line in my sump to cut power to the ATO if triggered. As long as you maintain cleaning out filter socks if you run them, it should prevent the ATO from emptying into your tank.

I think the main scape will be able to handle whatever I throw at it, that one is super solid. The smaller one is yet to be tested, but i doubt I'd be placing that much on it to have it be of concern. I may be setting myself up for alot of pruning to avoid corals from growing into one another...

Stable as can be, despite its cantilever design. I'm sure it can be drilled, the thing is solid and dense. That also is on of its downsides, as it doesn't have much porosity when compared to the rest of the rock I have. Great fit for the look, not so much for the surface area.