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[X-37B]

Good morning Sven, sounds like you at least have them well contained like “ evil minds that plot destruction, sorcerer of deaths construction!”

Morning. Containment with natural predators has always been the best option for my systems.

 

[CoralB]

Morning y'all!
Enjoy your Saturday today!
Be kind to one another ️
Peace

Hi Joel !

 

[CoralB]

Good morning/afternoon everyone!

 

[CoralB]

Morning. Containment with natural predators has always been the best option for my systems.

 

[tharbin]

 

[tharbin]

Ohhhh ! you need to put the wrasses in another tank . Do they eat those ?

Yes they do. Your sand sleeper wrasses are probably fine but the more cryptic, night hunting, wrasses will think they were added just for them.

 

[CoralB]

Morning CB!

 

[CoralB]

Yes they do. Your sand sleeper wrasses are probably fine but the more cryptic, night hunting, wrasses will think they were added just for them.

Great now John is going to have a canary lol!!

 

[tharbin]

I dont have another tank

only one tank? and you call yourself a reefer?

I had to set up a 40 breeder to move all of my LPS to so that I could add the Peppermint Shrimp. It was cheaper than trying to get a tank set up for the Pintail (and Possum before it croaked).

I'm hoping to get back to one tank someday.

 

[tharbin]

Even if I was going to have many black outs I wouldn’t . For $1000 dollars you could buy a generator and have most of your home and the tank handled . Or less

I would not buy a generator any longer. The solar generators like the Bluetti and Pecron are much more practical. They use Lithium Phosphate or Sodium Nitrate batteries. You can literally just set it on the shelf unplugged for months and it will still have a full charge. They don't require any regular maintenance or liquid fuel source.

I have the smaller Bluetti than Paul's and I just pulled it off the shelf a few days ago to use to power some stuff while I was working in the yard. It had been on the shelf for around four months and was still at full charge. When I was done, I just plugged it in and it recharged in about 20 minutes. I like it so much that I'm going to buy some solar panels for it for off-grid recharging. We had a short power outage (about two hours) just before I put it on the shelf. No drama, I just plugged the return pump into the Bluetti and turned it on. You can set it up for automatic failover and have it always plugged in. I ran it that way for a while but decided I didn't need that unless we are going away.

 

[Üter]

Paul,

Did you get the email ad from Bluetti for the fridge power? I thought it was pretty neat that they showed it running a fridge and an FW tank and something else, maybe a light?

Yes, I like the slim line of it.

 

[tharbin]

Nah I probably wouldnt do that to the fish. I have a leopard, McCosker's and pink streak wrasse, not to mention two Springeri damsels that could be interested as well.

Most of them won't go after the larger ones but may go after the youngins.

 

[tharbin]

Im glad we talked about this today. Im on edge about it, because if it.doesnt work, ill probably have to tear the tank down.

John,

I can absolutely guarantee that my tank has a much worse Aiptasia problem than yours and I won't tear it down. I even purposely let the Aiptasia go unmolested for a few months before starting to try to control it to see if there is a natural die off point (if there is it is when there are so many Aiptasia that there is no room left for water.

Buckets, cheap or free used tanks, troughs even large tupperwareish containers are your friend. Berghia will almost always work as they are cryptic and can fit into astonishingly small spaces (I had three large adults that were living in the pores of an artificial sponge). The problem with Berghia is mainly in older established tanks as amphipods and bristleworms will eat the eggs. Shrimp and many crabs will eat the adults. Most wrasses will eat the young if they can get to them but again, they can fit into places no wrasse can reach and they are nocturnal unless starving.

 

[tharbin]

Why hello there Tom!

How's your inards doing?

 

[kevgib67]

How's your inards doing?

The gizzards seem to be back to normal, amazing what the right treatment can do, who would’ve knew? Still have to get my strength and stamina back up as well as put 10-15 lbs back on. Thanks for asking.

 

[tbrown]

Sales so bad I can't even get rid of 3 for $60 locally right now!

I'm selling Strats for under $25 per polyp and people aren't buying...

 

[tbrown]

My membrane is working hard today. 480 tds down to 5ppm. I forgot how much I like to pack resin but hate clean up!

You didn't get one of Stoney's resin funnel/packer combos?

 

[tharbin]

The gizzards seem to be back to normal, amazing what the right treatment can do, who would’ve knew? Still have to get my strength and stamina back up as well as put 10-15 lbs back on. Thanks for asking.

Putting on pounds is my favorite hobby. Just viewing Paul's lunch and dinner photos should put on 5-10 lbs. I'd hold off on the leafy greens for a while though. Bacon is safe and by many accounts palatable.

 

[tharbin]

You didn't get one of Stoney's resin funnel/packer combos?

More data please.

 

[kevgib67]

Had to break out the fine China for the culinary masterpiece!