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That's pretty cool.

What do you use to cut these plugs? I need to cut the bottoms of them flush.

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I just use some wire cutters with very long handles, pop them off. They do go flying through the house at lightning speed, sometimes find them days later.
 

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I just use some wire cutters with very long handles, pop them off. They do go flying through the house at lightning speed, sometimes find them days later.
Previously I had used lineman's pliers. When I was cutting one, the plug top, plug bottom, and the coral all went flying in 3 different directions. The group of palys flopped across the room while my 8 year old girls yelled "eeewwwwwww" and my toddler tried to pick it up to run off with it. That's when I decided I didn't like that method.
 
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This has been interesting to watch. Let me know if you can guess what is going on here. We originally thought it was never going to get this long, but we were wrong. And yes, this is the top of my water outlet weirs, surrounding on all sides by GSP, mohican suns, nirvanas and xenia. Once a week I have to take some tools and clean the grate on the weirs or it gets so clogged with coral the water of the tank starts going up.

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This has been interesting to watch. Let me know if you can guess what is going on here. We originally thought it was never going to get this long, but we were wrong. And yes, this is the top of my water outlet weirs, surrounding on all sides by GSP, mohican suns, nirvanas and xenia. Once a week I have to take some tools and clean the grate on the weirs or it gets so clogged with coral the water of the tank starts going up.

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That's crazy! It looks like your plumbing is wearing a ghillie suit. Can you post a full tank shot?
 
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That's crazy! It looks like your plumbing is wearing a ghillie suit. Can you post a full tank shot?

Sure, this is a horrible shot though. I still have not picked up a good lense for the big camera on distant shots, so this is taken with a 5 year old cell phone. Even though the picture sucks, you can see even the outlets for the pumps are now covered, the one on the left is completely covered by xenia, which is fun since that head spins, the xenia takes a nice circular ride.

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Sure, this is a horrible shot though. I still have not picked up a good lense for the big camera on distant shots, so this is taken with a 5 year old cell phone. Even though the picture sucks, you can see even the outlets for the pumps are now covered, the one on the left is completely covered by xenia, which is fun since that head spins, the xenia takes a nice circular ride.

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That thing is PACKED OUT! You have gotten your money's worth out of those 90 gallons.
 

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Any way I can get a head of that from you? Will to buy or trade.
Yeah that won’t be a problem. I have another guy that wants some too. I’ll get a couple off of it this weekend, then can meet up one day next week. My office is off of Cottage Hill near University Blvd, should be around there all week next week.
 
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Yeah that won’t be a problem. I have another guy that wants some too. I’ll get a couple off of it this weekend, then can meet up one day next week. My office is off of Cottage Hill near University Blvd, should be around there all week next week.
Awesome, I will be contacting you. I really want these.
 
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Yeah that won’t be a problem. I have another guy that wants some too. I’ll get a couple off of it this weekend, then can meet up one day next week. My office is off of Cottage Hill near University Blvd, should be around there all week next week.

How about Tuesday of this coming week? I will likely be taking off that day, so I am more flexible.
 

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