Recent content by pyrrhus

Steve, What about securing agreements with your suppliers that they will not sell direct to retailers, similar to what some manufacturers do in the dry goods arena?

When I make it back east I will definitely check it out. I've heard good things about Ali's place too, one of the local guys was there a few months back, he loved everything he saw.

Yeah, check the price of the average home in that zip code and you wont feel so bad... Its over 1.5m for the median price, which is over 1600% higher than the national average on homes...

Most of the places here in AZ seem to be hanging in there, it seems like a couple stores are having a hard time, but we will have to see how it goes. The company I am with is actually building a new store in our market. The basic plan is to open with the largest, best equipped, fully QT'd all...

From back of Oatey clear low-VOC pvc cement. "15 minutes for good handling strength and 2 hours above 60 degrees before pressure testing. Longer cure times may be required at temperatures below 60 degrees" And from what I recall the IPS PVC glues (at least the clear) are 45 minutes to fully cured.

I signed up for it yesterday, hoping it is a place where "industry" types can feel a little more free discussing things where it cant be viewed by the general public. With a little luck Wayne will keep his promise.

That stuff looks great, and to think I have been busting my hump with the 3m 1-30 micron adhesive backed disks all these years.

oops, missed that, thanks :)

Saw this show up on another board and from what I have read it would seem that the marine hobby should be unaffected by this regulation. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/ ... ndex.shtml Does anyone have any other info on this? Is this only applicable to terrestrial and freshwater aquatic...

I have heard of issues with the shaft seals on the reeflo pumps when running Ozone on a NW pump. Do any of you have any experiences with this? Is there an upgraded seal available? Alternate methods of ozone injection to consider with this type of skimmer?

Hello everyone, I am in the process of designing a central filtration system for a new shop in my area. In the process of looking into sterilization I was fairly disturbed by the size of a UV unit necessary to effectively sterilize a system of the size I am planning (approx. 3500gallons...

Apparently they are counting rings in the Otoliths (ear bones) of the fish. Currently the researchers are assuming the rings are annual, though they admit that each ring could change in value by as much as +/- 1 year. The oldest fish indicated in that study was 35.5, not 40.5, assuming the...

Oceanfish, I read your article by Parrish and Claisse. I found a few things interesting about your interpretations of this data. It is clearly stated in the article that this data was taken from Protected areas, how are you interpreting this as showing that the MO industry is depleting said...

Funny that the 2 of you are posting conflicting information and citing reports that counter your own claims. edited for clarity

Where are you getting this information? It has been my understanding that the average life expectancy for most reef fish was around 7 years.