Any luck?Tim wrote:I've been waiting for UPS to arrive with a skimmer and uv filter
What did you do with your tank today
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Re: What did you do with your tank today

- Tim
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
ILoveLola wrote:Any luck?Tim wrote:I've been waiting for UPS to arrive with a skimmer and uv filter
Not yet. But it should get here before the next water change. Thats all that matters really.
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
Yeah. The wait is awful. I ordered my liquid test kit online, and it took foreeever, and when it finally did get here, one of the ammonia test bottles had burstTim wrote:Not yet. But it should get here before the next water change. Thats all that matters really.
All is good now

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Re: What did you do with your tank today
I hate the waitILoveLola wrote:Yeah. The wait is awful. I ordered my liquid test kit online, and it took foreeever, and when it finally did get here, one of the ammonia test bottles had burstTim wrote:Not yet. But it should get here before the next water change. Thats all that matters really.
All is good now
I had my Reverse Osmoses unit to occupy me with, but now that I have made the modifications to the bathroom faucet

Also going out today to get some info on the Live Rock I want to buy from a local marine aquarium specialist. Want to know what I can expect, critter-wise, and what I should be removing. And maybe actually buy the live rock
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
50% w/c 3days late!
scrubbed walls took care of protein that built up and did a "gravel vac"
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- ILoveLola
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
I vacuumed the snail tank and poured all the poops in a plastic container.
I'm saving it for my plants! My fiance thinks i have lost my mind.
I'm saving it for my plants! My fiance thinks i have lost my mind.

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Re: What did you do with your tank today
is that a good idea IloveLola?? if you mean house plants rather than aquatic plants i agree
and today was my day off. all i did was drop a few snails in the puffer tank and enjoyed watching them get excited.
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
DrK, yeah, for potted plants
PP was actually the one who mentioned it last week! Like a page or so back. But I read it after I had watered my plants, so now I'm saving up for when I water them this weekend. 

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Re: What did you do with your tank today
Fed my puffer and duked it out with green dust algae, its amazing how well a few hours less light a day works 
Going to buy live rock in a few hours as well
Going to buy live rock in a few hours as well
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
Along with the Live Rock I purchased an Electric Blue Hermit. That guy has an attitude. One of the first things he did was kick one of the bigger dwarf red legged hermits out of its shell and took it for his own.

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Re: What did you do with your tank today
So far today I've de-algaed 4 of my tanks, polished my edge, which was covered with goodnes knows what, and changed the light in Mushroom's tank for a nice blue one.
However, I have no idea who's daft idea it was to fix the light fitting to the lid of that silly tank with normal screws!!(it's second hand) Blasted things were as rusty as. Had to get them out with pliers...!! Much swearing later, and the tank looks fab.
Mushroom seems much happier with his nice new light
Just got the dwarf puffer's tank left to sort out now...
However, I have no idea who's daft idea it was to fix the light fitting to the lid of that silly tank with normal screws!!(it's second hand) Blasted things were as rusty as. Had to get them out with pliers...!! Much swearing later, and the tank looks fab.

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Re: What did you do with your tank today
today im getting new lights for my planted tank (conans cove) and treating by GSP's fpr ich. also fertilizing conans oasis.
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
be careful with those reverse osmosis machines! my father just put one in in the kitchen and it malfunctioned and caused $50,000 water damage. dont ask me how but hes pretty good with plumbing... he came home from work and his basement was a swimming pool!Tim wrote:I hate the waitILoveLola wrote:Yeah. The wait is awful. I ordered my liquid test kit online, and it took foreeever, and when it finally did get here, one of the ammonia test bottles had burstTim wrote:Not yet. But it should get here before the next water change. Thats all that matters really.
All is good now![]()
I had my Reverse Osmoses unit to occupy me with, but now that I have made the modifications to the bathroom faucet
Also going out today to get some info on the Live Rock I want to buy from a local marine aquarium specialist. Want to know what I can expect, critter-wise, and what I should be removing. And maybe actually buy the live rock.
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
This is very tiny unit only doing 40-50 gallons a day or so.plus it's not hooked up permanently, I doubt I can make it cause that much worth of water damageDrKennethNoisewater wrote:
be careful with those reverse osmosis machines! my father just put one in in the kitchen and it malfunctioned and caused $50,000 water damage. dont ask me how but hes pretty good with plumbing... he came home from work and his basement was a swimming pool!
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Re: What did you do with your tank today
Added some Coral Catfish to the quarantine tank . ( my wife suprised me with 3 and she didnt know I was stopping to get 3 ) LOL No problems though plenty of tanks to spread them out! LOL
170G Picasso Trigger, snails,Damsels, Coral Beauty Angelfish and Diamond Goby .
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