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    What eats Zoas?

    I had another starfish at one point that loved to chow down on asterinas. Red Fromia, I think? As for the Zoas. . .Regal Angelfish seem to do the trick from past experience. They may nip at other LPS (or Clams) also.
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    LFS Bus Tour / *FREE to Everyone / $2500+ Raffle

    I might be able to meet up around lunchtime, if someone could drive me back to my car at the end.
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    LFS Bus Tour / *FREE to Everyone / $2500+ Raffle

    I am super disappointed, but I can’t go today. You can give my seat to someone else if there was a waiting list. :cry: Was really looking forward to this.
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    What is "show size"

    Thanks for the mentions! "The Clam", my Oregon Tort colony, and my large Cali Tort (really more of a stag) colony are getting pretty mature. ;) Me, not quite as mature. 🤪
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    Ditching Muriatic acid

    We use Muriatic Acid all the time for our swimming pool. . .not for the reef tank unless I am diluting it to clean calcium buildup from something.
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    Anyone have Weld-On 40 that I could buy/borrow?

    Thanks to all the offers for help! Cody helped me get it fixed up Wed evening. Planning to put the reactor back online later tonight to give the glue a good 48 hours to cure. In the meantime I discovered a fun fact - it took about 14 ounces of two part per day to keep alkalinity stable in my...
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    Anyone have Weld-On 40 that I could buy/borrow?

    I'll take advantage of Cody's acrylic kung-fu. Will let everyone know if the repair is successful in case anyone else runs into the same issue. Photos:
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    Anyone have Weld-On 40 that I could buy/borrow?

    Or is there somewhere in Houston that carries it? The union on my GEO calcium reactor just disconnected from the lid and I need to glue it back in place. Manually dosing two part for my Ca/Alk demand will get old really fast. Also, I need to get it running again and stabilized before I...
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    frag swap and pool party

    Clarification on my post since some folks got excited and sent me PMs - not everything in the list of corals I am bringing will be available for $5 or $10. Some will be more. Some really ugly frags might even be less. But I will probably have at least 20 frags of various things that will be...
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    frag swap and pool party

    I'm still planning to try to make it, but will be there about 12:30 at the earliest. Need to clear out my frag tank, so will be bringing lots of $5 and $10 SPS frags. Also some larger colonies of both acropora and montipora. Including: Ancient Table Acropora (lime green/purple polyps)...
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    frag swap and pool party

    Ugh. Talked with my wife/events coordinator. I have to go pick up my daughter from camp in Crockett, TX on the 29th. Not sure if the 22nd would still be an option?
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    Pool Party Frag Swap

    I am in! Try to avoid July 12-20th as I will be out of town. Sent from my SM-G950U1 using Tapatalk
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    The 11 year itch - Time to upgrade the 120?

    The tank is about 300 Gal. From my experience, Regal angels LOVE to eat Zoanthids. I don't really have any LPS, but anything meaty is probably a risk. I did have an issue with the regal picking on the clam. He got banished for a few months and hasn't bothered it since I put him back. If a...
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    The 11 year itch - Time to upgrade the 120?

    Adding a photo from March 7th as I have been messing with the tank lately and things are. . .different than they were 6 weeks ago.
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    GEO818 Conversion

    Very nice. My 6x24 Geo reactor still has the sloppy plumbing with vinyl tubing, and the union on top of the lid is wearing out. So I may have to do something similar in the near future.
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    How to dispose of broken chillers?

    The title says it all. After my tank upgrade adventure and trying to keep everything cool in my garage during the Texas summer, I now have two 1/3 HP chillers that are useless. One has a dead compressor and the other has a cracked chamber where the water flows through. I could always put...
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    Urgent! Chiller Needed ASAP.

    As most of you know, all of my livestock is currently in my garage while I get the new tank set up. I intended to have it running back in the house (and with A/C) by now, but the new setup got delayed. It has been staying cool with two 1/3 HP chillers running. However, one of those chillers...
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    Took the family out to dinner at Chuy's tonight and came home to this!

    The Hatch Chile salsa was excellent, but this didn't smell quite as good. I did a water change right before I left, and the water change water was really warm, so the tank got up to about 82. I turned the Halides off while I was gone to let it cool down faster. Looks like the water change...
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    The 11 year itch - Time to upgrade the 120?

    Back in 2002, I had a 58 Gallon reef tank that was quickly running out of room to house my growing Derasa clam. Fast forward to 2013, and I have a 120 Gallon reef tank that is quickly running out of room to house my growing Derasa clam. So I want to upgrade and fix some of the things I don't...
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    Anyone out there ever install their own water heaters?

    I need to replace my two 40gal gas units in the attic. Thinking about doing it myself - can't be any harder than plumbing a closed loop! Send me a PM if you've done it before and would be willing to help. I will trade free frags, food, and beer for assistance. Thanks, Les
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