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    LFS in SCV?

    Thanks... I may just have to take a drive down to the North Hollywood area tomorrow evening.
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    LFS in SCV?

    1kOaks is a bit far, unless it's a really good one. I live in El Cajon, but am working in Valencia for several weeks... I need some substitute tanks to stare at occasionally while I'm away from my own ;)
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    LFS in SCV?

    Are there any decent SW LFS in Santa Clarita/Valencia area, or within a 20-30 minute drive?
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    Rubys Mantis Shrimp Tank

    LOL... my wife's favorite tank critter is a n. wennera mantis - she named him BamBam too. Handsome devil you have there!
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    Looking for custom tank builders..

    Can't forget about Lee-Mar..
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    Mg dosing = wacked out skimmer???

    Thanks Steve. I really didn't expect it, especially with only the small amount that had dripped in.
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    Mg dosing = wacked out skimmer???

    1st time adding Mg. I started dripping Mg (Salifert mg powder mixed w/ RO/DI) about an hour ago... maybe 100ml so far, and about 15 minutes afterward my skimmer started just about blowing the lid off with huge bubbles, and just dumping water into the cup. I shut it off for now, but is this...
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    Temp home for you sdreefers

    My sentiments exactly, Dave. Based on what little I have been able to determine, I have a hunch that there was a catastrophic hardware failure.
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    Temp home for you sdreefers

    Nope, last year ('08) was. The widely-reported leap year bug in the Zune, if that's what you were referring to, was that the Zune firmware couldn't handle the 366th day of 2008. Easy rule... if the year divides evenly by 4, it's a leap year.
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    Temp home for you sdreefers

    sdreefs.com is not resolving for me (with Cox DNS), but I'm on using a host file entry with the new IP address.
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    Temp home for you sdreefers

    Blake is doing system maintenance; among other things, he had the server moved to a beefier box. Connectivity may be spotty for a few more hours while waiting for DNS to update to point to the new server address.
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    DIY Kalk Reactor

    Thanks, Ed! I love making stuff like this...
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    DIY Kalk Reactor

    With work at a seasonal low, I've had some time to putter in the garage.... I have two projects in the works, and here is the first: a magnetically-stirred kalk reactor. I have no dry space available inside my stand, so the reactor has to fit in or above the sumps. I have 3 interconnected...
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    Eheim 1103

    Not available in North America... yet (I hope it will be soon!)
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    ATO modification

    Not a mod... just an adjustment built into the unit.
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    ATO modification

    See here
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    RO Membrane

    Fixed!
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    RO Membrane

    Air Water Ice. Good products and prices, great service, plus they're a SDMAS sponsor.
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    What Kind Of Canister Filter Do You Recommend???

    yOU sHOULD bE fINE rUNNING a cANISTER. iF tHE fLOW rATE oF tHE fILTER iS wITHIN tHE pROPER rANGE fOR tHE cHILLER, tHEN yOU cAN jUST dAISY-cHAIN tHE fILTER aND cHILLER. iF nOT, yOU'LL hAVE tO uSE tWO pUMPS. iMPROPER cAPILATIZAION iN pOSTS lOOKS pRETTY sTUPID, dOESN'T iT?:D
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