Diver's Paradise: Take Two!
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FeliciaLynn
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I had heard to add dilute vinegar to the bucket to help remove the oils. Do you recommend that or is just some tap water sufficient? And how long should I run it in the bucket for? A few days? Thanks!
rygh
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Vinegar might help clean, yes, but not for oil specifically.
Oil does not dissolve in vinegar. One of those polar / non-polar molecule things.
Detergent would work if you are worried about oil, but then you have to be REALLY sure
to remove the detergent.
I usually run everything for 2 days in a bucket. But ... no science to that, really just an opinion.
Oil does not dissolve in vinegar. One of those polar / non-polar molecule things.
Detergent would work if you are worried about oil, but then you have to be REALLY sure
to remove the detergent.
I usually run everything for 2 days in a bucket. But ... no science to that, really just an opinion.
FeliciaLynn
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Its super nice and gets great reviews. Its $84.99 with free Prime shipping on Amazon, so its a steal. Its 4.25" x 7" x 17".
FeliciaLynn
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Its awesome rock! I got 25 lbs but they almost always give freebies with orders, so they threw in an extra 3 lbs for free. After USPS priority shipping charges, it came out to $5.60 a lb for it. The 28 lbs I got was 9 rocks with a good size and shape variety. KPA is an awesome company to deal with. I've ordered from them sooo many times and I have been more than impressed with everything they've sent me. Definitely check out their website sealifeinc.net.
FeliciaLynn
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D'oh! I do chemistry everyday...that should be obvious hahah. Brain fart! I definitely don't want to put detergent in there, so I think I'll just throw it in a bucket with some tap water for a couple days. I'm itching to try it out anyway and I can't do anything else on the sump until my BRS order arrives Tuesday.
FeliciaLynn
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New tank video!
FeliciaLynn
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Photos from the Reef Raft grand opening.
Lounge area
Display tank by the lounge. Sorry, my iPhone spazzes out with blue lights!
Coral flats area
There's an $800 mushroom in this tank.
The elegance I bought.
Fish and invert room.
Fish only display in the fish and invert area.
Awesome sea apple in one of the invert tanks.
Drygoods
My raffle prize
T-Shirt from Reef Raft
My new scraper
Ok now some photos of my new goodies and my tank.
New Elegance partway open
Acclimating the snails I purchased. I got a fighting conch, some margarita snails, and a turbo.
The conch's eyeball cracks me up
Photo I took to prove that I still have lots of open sand bed space left. It will stay that way! My sand bed is not going to look like a frag rack again!
Orange firefish
Orange tube nem
Tiger Derasa
Plate under actinics
Plate under regular lighting
Symphyllia
Chalice
White rock flower nem
New purple tube anemone I picked up from Aquatic Collection today!
Lounge area
Display tank by the lounge. Sorry, my iPhone spazzes out with blue lights!
Coral flats area
There's an $800 mushroom in this tank.
The elegance I bought.
Fish and invert room.
Fish only display in the fish and invert area.
Awesome sea apple in one of the invert tanks.
Drygoods
My raffle prize
T-Shirt from Reef Raft
My new scraper
Ok now some photos of my new goodies and my tank.
New Elegance partway open
Acclimating the snails I purchased. I got a fighting conch, some margarita snails, and a turbo.
The conch's eyeball cracks me up
Photo I took to prove that I still have lots of open sand bed space left. It will stay that way! My sand bed is not going to look like a frag rack again!
Orange firefish
Orange tube nem
Tiger Derasa
Plate under actinics
Plate under regular lighting
Symphyllia
Chalice
White rock flower nem
New purple tube anemone I picked up from Aquatic Collection today!
aquatic mouse
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Great pics! It was nice meeting you today.
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FeliciaLynn
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It was great to meet you too! Did you get your Bangaii's? Did you get anything else?
aquatic mouse
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2 Bangaii Cardinals, 1 Nassarius snail ( lights have been out, so not a lot for him to do), and a bottle of Reef Nutrition Tigger Pods. I'm going to have to find that place I think you mentioned on another thread to get more Tigger pods. Reef Nutrition is always so expensive. I did see the Bangaiis grab a few and they aren't hiding. I'll turn the lights on tomorrow and try to get some pics.
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FeliciaLynn
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That's great! I'm glad you got your fish. The pods I suggested are the Tisbe pods from AlgaGen. They're a bit pricey too, but they seem to actually multiply in your tank so they'll be around long term. I believe Jess at Diablo was talking about carrying the AlgaGen products, so you can always ask him about it. He's very responsive on Facebook and on here.
FeliciaLynn
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Its made by Neptunes. It seems like a nice holder.
Marc
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tygunn
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Ah too big for the sump area on my tank. Skimmers have really come down in price and gotten a lot better in recent years..
It looks really nice. So much life on it! I paid $12/lb for my last piece of live rock a few years ago and it was as dead as dead can be.
In your experience how does this compare to what we can get locally?
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FeliciaLynn
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I don't know that they were selling them there. I got it in a goodie bag of Neptune stuff I won in the raffle.
FeliciaLynn
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Its definitely very colorful and full of life. I'm already seeing a decent number of pods in this tank and I didn't seed it with any, so they came in on the rock. I've only bought a little bit of live rock locally and both times I bought from Aquarium Concepts. They have live rock that is pretty close is terms of color and life, although I still think the KPA stuff is even more colorful. I know their "premium" live rock (the most colorful stuff) is usually like $8 per pound, so it was cheaper to buy it online. I haven't really checked into live rock at the other stores though, so I can't speak on quality or prices for anywhere else.