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You have the equivalent of a very short move coming up soon too. Take notes!

I bet you let the movers touch those water jugs though . It stresses me out just seeing pictures of the move! Good luck with it, I hope everything goes well.

yeah, what bige said. Your RODI unit (carbon, and then the DI resin) should remove it fully. I need to get my hands on a chloramine test kit to determine whether my carbon block is doing a sufficient job.

City of Austin uses chloramine in their treatment process.

I don't know that LFSs are nuts about fragging, they tend to just want to move out whole colonies to make room for more, and not have a fragged up piece in a sale tank. I think your best bet is to post in the "want to buy" section for frags. Quite a few members have duncans.

Teaser well done. Left me wanting 2 things: 1) pictures, 2) prices. Not so sure about the promo music.. When the GET OFF MY LAWN crowd hears it, they're gonna tell the buildmyled whippersnappers how it used to be in the old days when we were used sunlight to grow our reef. AND WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT IT. BOTH WAYS, UPHILL.

How heavy do you think your lights are? I want to do a similar thing, but I don't know the size or grade of metal I should use that won't bend or break over time Do you have a pic? i was trying to find one on photobucket, but I don't think I have any handy. I have some on my computer at home, so if I have any brain capacity left I'll rehost some to upload. This fixture was a solid Tek 4x54, so pretty heavy. If you use 1/2" conduit, no way it breaks. I have a pipe bender you can use also if you want.

did it look like this? if so, it's a bristle worm.

yeah, probably not gonna be able to get that much going on short notice. you're probably best off at the lfs.

i mounted my t5's using 1/2" conduit, bent to make an upside down "L" and mounted it to the back of my stand with U-brackets. then i used these http://www.sunlightsupply.com/p-13072-sunlift-the-original.aspx to mount the lights to the conduit.

Of course I could mix it tonight, it will probably just need more time to cure before its ready to use. I like to give it 24 hours. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I could mix this evening for pickup tomorrow depending on quantity, for a reasonable rate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have some rodi if you need it. I'm in oak hill. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i can vouch for that

welcome! the only pro sports team in town is the longhorns...

I really can't tell because it's so blue, but the polyps on my capnella look different than that (not quite as knobby).

if the LFS doesn't, grainger does.

PM on tubbs

Speaking from experience here, you probably want to keep that xenia separate from your main rockwork, as it will completely cover your aquascape if you're not super proactive about it. Unless that's what you're going for, in which case i think you will be very happy Good luck!

i don't think that it has to be continuously agitated, some of the reactions happen fairly slowly. It might be the kind of thing where semiannually you use up all of your mixed water and give the barrel a vinegar or HCL bath to remove residue.

don't know if this is applicable to you guys but i got this on my fb feed: Save 10% off any order placed at ReefCleaners.org before Thursday with the code "facebook". (No retroactive application unfortunately). Thanks for the continued support!

What you are combating against by agitating the water is elements coming back out of aqueous solution. Mixing will counteract that by churning the natural gradient of heavier saline water on the bottom of the barrel and less saline water at the top of the barrel. I don't have personal experience with storing large quantities of saltwater, but I would think that you would be OK doing minimal mixing. That pump is in pretty caustic conditions already, so turning it on/off that many times per day may not be optimal for pump longevity. I might suggest fewer on periods, but for a longer interval (2x for 30 minutes or maybe even once a day for an hour). What is the turnover like in the barrel in terms of how much SW you are using per week?