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Ira

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  1. 2 bloodworms doesn't seem like much. My brazilian could eat most of a cube on his own.
  2. I disagree. They won't last long if they're not immersed. They're not airbreathers so they'll suffocate, they're intended to be immersed in water like most fish. Now being emersed, THAT can be bad for them. :lol:
  3. I found utorrent all around better than bittorrent.
  4. Draining the tank, giving everything a rinse, refilling and draining again will probably reduce the salt levels to undetectable. And a bit of salt isn't going to hurt anything anyway.
  5. That's not even necessarily true. Many are quite happy hosting in rocks, macroalgae, corals, heaters, powerheads, corners and depressions in the sand.
  6. Yeah, it's an ok start for a basic setup.
  7. Or eztv.it, much better for TV series, register and it will keep track of the series you tell it to, when there are new torrents, what you have and haven't watched...
  8. So, basically you want everything? It won't be good enough for anemones, not enough light, not skimmed well enough. You'll be fine for a couple clowns and some soft corals though.
  9. Usage? What usage? Unlimited man! Do you mean what client am I using? utorrent.
  10. Only fish items are allowed in the trade and exchange forum.
  11. What problem? My upload and download speeds have increased by about 6 times in the last couple weeks.
  12. Sick of Sky? Download everything instead! Torrents have made NZ TV practically obsolete.
  13. I doubt it, usually if the starter is faulty then it doesn't flicker at all. But starters are the cheapest to replace so try it first. Although, if the starter isn't preheating the elements in the tube(you should see an orange glow at each end before it lights) then it won't be able to properly light up.
  14. + solar panel controller to control the charging of the car battery, Jaycar has then for $35. There are more than enough 12v pumps around, no need to add inefficiencies and cost of an inverter. A car battery will be destroyed pretty quickly if you draw more than about 5 amp hours or 60 watt hours from it before recharging. They really suck for anything but high instantaneous loads, even the 5 amp hours will slightly damage it. You'd probably want to limit yourself to a pump that won't draw more than that over about 20 hours. So that leaves you about 3 watts maximum draw. You'll need a solar panel that will top that off each day even in bad weather, so on top of the 3 watts you'll want a solar panel that will top the battery off even mid winter when you'll get some 8 hours of daylight, but it will be cloudy frequently so probably need something that can produce that 60 watt hours in full sunlight in 2 hours. If you don't you'll never even top off the battery on a dark day damaging it So, at a minimum you'll want a 30 watt solar panel. Your options from Jaycar are a 20 watt for $180 that isn't really good enough so you'll want a pair or a 40 watt for $455. So we have, a car battery $100ish, Solar panel for $360ish, controller for $35 and then you have the pump. This is all before buy the pump. First place I'd improve though is the battery, like I said, lead acids SUCK for this kind of thing. If you build a 10 series nimh pack though, you can get buy the batteries off Trademe for about $120 and they don't mind being discharged more than a tiny percent. So they'll probably last a LOT longer.
  15. Ira

    Would this work?

    I don't put anything on the backs of my tanks. I'm too busy looking at what's in the tank to care about the backing.
  16. Or like with threads titled similar to "OmgomgomgHELP me PLEEEEEEEES" I ignore it completely.
  17. Ira

    polystyrene

    Yeah, it should work fine. May be a little leaky, but if you were to line them with a plastic bag to keep them water tight that should be fine for short term. Longer than that you could probably seal it with a polyurethane or similar painted on the inside.
  18. Yeah, should be fine. Since your tank's glass is made from it as well as the silicone sealing it, possibly the sand in the bottom...It's one of the most inert substances you'll find anywhere.
  19. http://www.basic-mathematics.com/volume-of-solids.html
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