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  1. lawnboy

    OFF TOPIC: Baby almost due!

    Best of luck. I have my 3 day old son in my arm right now. I can only type with one hand anyway. Conner Joseph weighed 8lbs 14oz. His mom is upstairs still trying to figure out his food source. Cant begin to describe how awesome this is. Enjoy your treasure. Our thoughts are with you.
  2. lawnboy

    am I a dog? (halide ringing)

    No vibration from ballast. Ring tone changes when I rotate socket(like screwing bulb but I can turn the whole assembly) Thanks anyway for the ballast info steamboat.
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    am I a dog? (halide ringing)

    Ringing is from the bulb itself. All of my ballasts are under the tank. Are you saying that a bad ballast could make the bulb ring?
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    am I a dog? (halide ringing)

    Been waiting for the break in 100 hours to see if my new halide addition would stop ringing. It's got at least that long on it and still has a very high pitched whine, almost like a dog whistle. Ive tried rotating the lamp & socket to no avail. Ballast is Icecap 175, lamp is Aqualine 10K...
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    Harley vs The Tank update

    A compromise would imply she would be giving up somthing as well. She sounds rather shallow and childish. Maybe the real issue isn't your tank or you for that matter. It might just be her. Most people are secure enough with themselves not to feel jealous of a fish tank. As for talking about fish...
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    Preferred method for attaching colt

    Thanks all for the input. I'll give it a good week and then check to see if it's holding before I try anything else. It's doing great anyway. Bleached tips at LFS are coloring up. Thanx
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    Preferred method for attaching colt

    Just wanted to get a few opinions on attaching colt/colt frags. I know of zap and epoxy methods, as well as brutally stabbing with toothpick and strapping with elastic. I am trying to get a large 2" base to attach. Just wedged in rocks for now. Havent checked for bond yet it's only been a few...
  8. lawnboy

    clown sweetlips reef safety

    Well thanks for all the help again guys. looks like this one is headed back to lfs. (I hate to do that to anything) 28 inches and an appetite for worms, snails and crabs won't go well with my reef. Thanks again. After my misguided attempts at anemones, I'd hoped not to continue making these...
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    clown sweetlips reef safety

    I think the clown and the harlequin are different. Clown shouldn't get over 20" and is brown w/ white spots (tail white with brown) Doesn't the harleqin have spots within spots? Is 20" to big for reef? What about temperment? Thanks Maybe I should look into getting one of those "book" things...
  10. lawnboy

    are seaclones really that bad?

    What are the "easy mods"? I have one from my 55 now on 125 and can only afford to add another (Only $65 at fishsupply). Need to get all I can out of em.
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    clown sweetlips reef safety

    I have a 4" clown sweetlips in my 125 reef. He's picking on a percula who gets limited protection from my hammer coral. (I won't keep anemones anymore... best left in the ocean.) My searches on the fish have come up "not reef safe" Wish I knew why. I have some colts and mushrooms that I...
  12. lawnboy

    Sick Seabae?

    I lost my sebae following my hatian committing suicide on a heater. I've read that anemone's secreations are extremely polluting. The more they pollute your water the more they will secreat. Catch 22. I cant find the link from my search but someone saved theirs in a 5 gal bucket with a...
  13. lawnboy

    Other hobbies

    92 toyota w/38's & a chev 350 Banshee (my time at the beach) Challenger drag boat w/ 427 Probably all for sale when my woman has our kid any day now.
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    in over my head

    Reeferkeeper and Lu-- Thanks. Sorry cant sell the kid. Is your dsb in tank or sump? I need to prioritize. If I can scrape up $200 should I get the seaclone and biowheel with some sand? Just get more LR? Will $200 finish a DIY wet/dry? I'll post that Q on euip board.
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    Copper and LR

    Can LR from my copper treated quarentine tank ever be returned to my reef? Could a copper treated clown kill an anemone? Thanx
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    in over my head

    I ran a 55 reef fairly well for the last year. Got a deal on a 125 so I built a stand and canopy. Wired in vho's, pc's and hallide. Still only have the 70 lbs LR and 50 lbs CC from 55. added 60 lbs aquariun sand and 10-20lbs live sand to seed. Have seaclone from 55 and magnum 350 canister...
  17. lawnboy

    Anemone ID (not aptasia)

    Thanks for the guess, but not it. most of the long tentacle's I've seen are larger and this guy's tentacles are short.(not carpet short, but short) I think the foot is the key. looks almost like a sheath around animal
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    Anemone ID (not aptasia)

    Wish I could post a pic but I still live in the stone age. The one I just picked up at lfs was sold to me as a maroon but online searches yield only "ritteri"; not it. Has deep maroon tentacles, short and tapered to point. Maybe 3 rows or so. Side of foot is DARK green and bumpy. Base of...
  19. lawnboy

    VHO vs. PowerCompacts????

    This might help. Go to <a href="http://www.marineandreef.com" target="_blank">www.marineandreef.com</a> Then Product Info Choosing Custom Sealife Lighting It seemed helpful to me.
  20. lawnboy

    need some quick advise

    The bulb is a 175watt 10000k not 12000k. Just purchased and it's on the way. :) I did see another set up that was $75 and the bulb was 4300k w/$90? to upgrade to 12000k. The $144 for the ballast and bulb seemed like a good deal to me after checking out site after site.... Plus Ice Cap is...
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