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I received a private message from beaslbob and he asked if any flee repellent could have come in contact with the water......My reply: Oh my God I wonder if...when you said flee repellent. I put a new tick and flee collor on my dog 2 weeks ago and have not done a water change since then. I...

Yes we do have public water, which has never been a problem in the past. I will call them today and see if they did something different. Usually letting the water sit for 2 days airating gets rid of all the crap they put in it. I did RO for a while but our water bills were just off the wall so I...

Not the wife or kids. Wife likes the tank but has no interest and Kids were gone. The first question I asked if someone had used one of my pails for anything. No guilty looking faces there. I rinsed everything with hot water before I used it and let air dry. The salt is the only "new" thing in...

I use tap water with a decorticator like I always have for the last 5 years. I always let the new water aerate for at least 24-48 hours for everything to evaporate and mix well. I had a Coralbeauity, 2 Yellowtail damsels, and a Yellow Tang. I know before everyone goes blasting me for having a...

I was using a swing arm. I have 2 one is 8 months old the other is 2 months. I ran into that problem when I first started. Now I buy a new swing arm every 6 months. throw the oldest one out and always test using both. I can always see the difference with the older one. Even with good cleaning...

Having a very bad day. I'm not sure what happened. I have a 45 gal FO /w 45lb of live rock. This tank has been running w/o problems since 2001. I have always used Instant Ocean salt. Saturday I made up a 10 gal batch like I do monthly only with new box of salt. I had the water temp at 80...

Here's the deal, I have a 45 gal 24x18x12 tank that the glass is scratched up bad. I currently have a 3" crushed coarl base w/ 45+lb of LR.The tank is about 4 y/o. Problem about a year ago I got a nitrate spike from all the crap in the crushed coral. Removed it all and washed it, started over...

oops for got hte link: http://burntlatke.quibble.com/rocket.html creative minds at work. I'm glad I live in the country so I can play with this stuff and not haveing the Man breathing down my neck. We all need toys.

Here is the link to the oil proceedure. Please be carefull and kids.....don't try this at home.

Every thing you ever dreamed of is here. Check out the video clips of the Mega launcher. I have a dream! http://www.spudtech.com/ here it is 8O http://www.spudtech.com/detail.asp?id=26 This is nuts, I so have to try this!

One way to heat PVC is to use cooking oil. Water has l lower boiling point than oil so it can only get to 212 and then it boils. Oil on the other hand can be heated to over 400. Just make sure there is no water on the pipe. Put about 3-4" of oil in a pan on the stove and heat. Be carefull not to...

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Thanks for all the feed back. I feed once a day and everyone seems happy. May have been the weakend state of the snail. I was just confused when the cleaner started ripping the brains and inners out of the snail. he is not quick enough to catch the rest of the critters in the tank. Guess I'll...

I think he misses having a Tang to hang on. When I had my tang they were always together. The fish I have now want nothing to do with him. Then again maby they know something I don't. He is my oldest tank kritter so he wins by proxy. He survived my "learning stage" so I have to give him his...

Here's the killer, he was only 1" when I got him almost 4" now.