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  1. Ira

    sand

    That's what I was thinking. If it's not too contaminated why would it be bad? It's just one form of calcium...And if it does dissolve fairly quick there are advantages to that too.
  2. *Puts teaspoon full on tongue, gargles coke* Ok, cough up the $100. You never said I had to dump it out of the teaspoon...
  3. Ira

    sand

    Speaking of sand, I stopped by a landscaping place and they had crushed lime, almost sandlike consistency and white. I didn't think to look very close but it was about $70/half cubic meter. how would that work for marine tank sand? At that price even if most of it washes away in rinsing and only leaves a small amount of usable substrate it would be cheaper than coral sand.
  4. Rhemus definitely seems to know what he's talking about but, as someone has said before, his ideas are...Ummm...older style of fishkeeping. Other than that, he's a good guy.
  5. Ok, I bought a 500G container of Tergo Drain Unblocker. Says it's 100% sodium hydroxide. Was $5-10 somewhere around there, didn't look at the price.
  6. I like the looks of that aquatronica. Any prices or suppliers so I can find out how much too poor I am to afford one?
  7. In nature though they don't tend to get as heavily infested with parasites when they do get them. I doubt any fish in the ocean dies from being overcome by ich.
  8. Yup, much better to sell a skimmer you bought for $700 for $400 than throw a $50 skimmer in the trash...Err...wait...
  9. By my calculations the solar panels, assuming they're putting out their max rating 8 hours a day, ignoring costs of batteries and other supporting equipment and going by the best prices I could find...They would pay for themselves in 15 years and need replaced in 20 years. The supporting equipment some would last far less than that(Batteries) or longer but I'd say bet on replacing the entire system every 20 years...So, no, not worth it unless you don't have access to electricity from any other source. Better than diesel, worse than wind if you are in a windy area... For a marine tank you'd be better off instead of powering the lighting by solar panels you could set them up under a skylight or solatube, maybe set up some kind of mirror system with sun tracking. That'd be FAR more efficient.
  10. In the case of this, the PC crashes and the webpage you set up with your tank stats because you think anyone else cares doesn't work. The AC won't crash.
  11. If I was going to set up a frag tank I'd be tempted to try skylights or setting it up in a glasshouse...
  12. All your baserock are belong to us! Take off all Zoanthids for great justice! Someone set us up the Boxfish! Ok, that's all I can come up with.
  13. Ira

    Zeovit & hair algae

    And here I am all pleased that one of my livestock is turning brown.
  14. Was $450 a month, last one was $300.
  15. I think it's better I don't punch the numbers into that...Actually, my own calculations before came out to $600/year just for my marine tank and I have 3 other tanks...
  16. Ira

    Ich

    No ich in my marine tank, an outbreak in one of my FW tanks though... <---Touching wood smiley?
  17. Pretty harmless. Calcium sulphate hemihydrate is just calcium(Harmless) sulphur(Can be in large amounts) and hemyhydrate is water(EXTREMELY toxic)
  18. Even .003 off is fine for a brackish tank as long as it's somewhere vaguely half seawater that'll be just fine for most brackish fish. I've also seen a lot of suggestions to vary the salinity with each water change and a lot of people that go from near full seawater to full freshwater depending on their mood.
  19. I think a good UV source when the tank lights are out is much more dramatic than actinics. My sebae anemone, torch, hammer, octopus, 2 out of 3 finger leathers, a flattish unidentified coral and the brown and green polyps all flouresce brightly under UV.
  20. You don't want to keep it in there permanently, coraline and stuff builds up on it.
  21. I'd personally go with a floating hydrometer. Seems like it'd be more repeatable and you can just toss it in the tank, see what it reads and take it out more easily. Mine compared to my refractometer was only off a little, .001 or something, that should be just fine for a brackish tank.
  22. How is it you haven't removed yourself from the gene pool yet? :lol:
  23. I was thinking of checking mitre 10 and bunnings.
  24. Yeah, I plan on having a look for it too. Any suggestions on which specific chains stock it?
  25. I haven't had much luck with joes juice...
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