How long until retirement? Also, you going to move to another part of the country or another part of NY?
Yes, WHEN and WHERE???
Nj is not an option YUCK! lol. (Sorry FF). It’s either north of the city in Ny state ( not too far from city as all my children and grandchildren live here) or Long Island and I can retire right now if I want but with a penalty to my NYC pension. Actually headed downtown in a few weeks to see what I will walk away with if I go now. Love my job and my staff but dam times have changed. It’s not fun anymore and if I have to take one more BS training class (you all know what I mean) I’m going to snap! lol all said if I wait 2 more years I’ll be at full pension which is 85% of my salary at retirement
I use a screen I printed to keep fish, snails, and Nems from the return pump but I removed the sponge that came with the sump.Yes, I believe so. I hope there isn't another one that is bigger. The snapping I have heard lately was louder coming from the sump. We shall see!
Do you guys use filter pads in your sump to keep debris from the return area? I have an area between the refugiums (keep live rock in) and the return section that is made for pads. I have never placed the filter pads down. Is that a good idea to use or no????
But you’re not old in Florida! lolLOL I must be getting old...I actually started dancing to that song
You got that right!
Just heard the louder snapping/clicking from the sump again.
for gods sake!
What's in the sump though? Any reason a pistol shrimp isn't welcome in the refugium?
I have no problem if it's a pistol. As long as it's not a mantis. I had gotten of a mantis a year ago that was in my display. It had come in on the KP Aquatics rocks. It took months to catch it. It had killed 4 fishes. Just hope it doesn't make its way into the return pump to the DT.
Even if it's a Mantis in the sump you should be fine I'd hope. You can add a grate/screen to the overflow between the return chamber and refugium chamber to help keep it in there? Toss a snail in occasionally for food. You might end up with a pretty one and eventually you could potentially sell it or trade it in.
Out and about and doing well so far
I don’t know about adding more rock. Have you thought about carbon/gfo reactor! I got the small one with pump from BRS and it’s fantastic.The 3 older fish are doing well. The Firefish and Midas blenny don't come out of their hiding hole. They do eat as I observe them when the mysis shrimp floats by their spot their heads grab the food. The Leopard wrasse is up from 4 PM to midnight and spends time following the Radiant wrasse during the time it's awake. One wrasse has been MIA since it entered the tank.
My PO4 and NO3 are high. When I had the 40g DT those numbers were dangerously too low. Should I add more live rock from KP Aquatics and/or biomedia plates like Polyp Lab or MarinePure bricks to help with the PO4 and NO3 numbers?
I may be able to go to Lowes today...after I watch my mom. I need to get conduit pipes to make brackets for my ATI T5 lights.
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