Recent content by seamonkey

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this is so....well, :lovestory: my husband started calling me a filthy little monkey shortly after we started dating, :flirt: when i signed on here last year it just made sense to add "sea" to the front of monkey... of course i was an awfully pissed four year old when i found out that those...

ummm, check out this DIY trap: DIY TRAP or this link has a bunch of traps for sale including for shrimp: TRAPS btw, why would you use a pistol shrimp over another type sandsifter? pistol shrimp known agressors toward other shrimp and fish... watch this video: Pistol Shrimp Blast Hotter Than...

i went with my husband. got there at 7:30 and was like 6th in line. there was a family of four that was 1st, had been there since 3pm. they opened later than 9, about 9:15(?) but it wasn't too bad to wait. at least it didn't rain this year. there was some nice live stock but we didn't get any...

we were having a problem with our chiller a few months ago. the stupid temperature probe malfunctioned (we got a new one for free from the manufacturer). anyway at one point the water got to about 72, and i freaked. i thought for sure everything would die. nothing was killed, except the cyano...

i owned ferrets. for years. i read this little tidbit a while back: ferrets are illegal in nyc cause some a-hole kept one in an apartment and abused it. then the genius left it alone uncaged and unfed with a 18 month old in a crib (left the child alone too). the said a-hole's wife/girlfriend...

um, does it look like this http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/1/5/5/9/eunicid1.jpg or this? http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/files/1/5/5/9/050611Shaws_Worm_w.sized.jpg cause then it may be a bobbit worm (eunicid worm). we have one in our 75g. it killed six cardinal fish and a...

okay so if we decided to use another substrate, say play sand, we could essentially seed that with a couple of pounds of live sand. which i suppose would be significantly cheaper than filling our tank with 270lbs of live sand. what do you recommend we use as that alternative substrate? I feel a...

i've been researching this also. we're on a well here in the highlands, and we don't want to be throwing 85% of our water down the drain. we own two different ro/di units. the one we use for our 75g (a my parents' house currently) is a typical 3 canister unit. the other is an undersink...

okay we are definitely going to do this. if we cycle our tank with lr and ls and then later on add these cooked rocks from the 75g it won't cause another cycle in the 210g will it? would it also stand to reason that the sand should be "cleaned out" too? i don't even know if that is something...

um, if i measured correctly the total height from the pump to the highest return point should be no more that 50 inches. give or take. so i am going to have to research to see if we'll be within the recommended parameters for the head or if we are exceeding them. i don't know the specs of pumps...

holy crap...i feel like an idiot. we just actually were rethinking the whole venting thing over dinner. in fact, i just asked my father for feedback (he's an architect) and my ears are still ringing from the verbal lashing i just got. so yeah, you guys are right, nix the in-house venting plan...

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WOW, thanks for the info. Just two more quick questions: I saw on here (i think) somewhere a thread or article about cycling rock in a rubbermaid outside of the tank. Can anyone tell me where that is or at least give me more info about it (benefits, etc.) Also, what do you mean by "cookig the...

I am still researching the specific direction we are going to take, but I believe that we would like to employ a deep sand bed. I am interested in creating an environment that would maximize the potential for natural nitrate reduction in addition to any other methods we use. I would also like to...