New water change record.

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Wow.. Just cleaned out the sponges... swapped out the phosban media in the reactor and did a water change in an hour flat. I RULE! heheheh.... I love when I get lucky and nothing explodes. ;D :biggrinbo
     
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  3. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    heh. thanks. It's a silly post, but I get so proud when I don't spray water all over the walls and pumps don't jam. ;D
     
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  4. Bruce

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    yes...u know what u should never do? not have a sump...with shag rug lol...so im adding water at the top and i miss w00t! not good eats :)
     
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  5. amcarrig

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    Silly posts are my favorite! :)

    I know how you feel though. Any time that I clean out my tank and don't cause a flood or accidentally "frag" a coral, I feel like da reef bomb :)
     
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  6. Matt Rogers

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    Yeah I 'frag' corals all the time! ;)

    That's too true about the shag. They don't mix with aquariums. In college I dropped a dead anemone into my shag carpet. YUCK!!
     
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  7. seawillow

    seawillow Coral Banded Shrimp

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    OMG...there's almost nothing worse than a dead anemone :uhoh2: Nasty smell!
     
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  8. skennelly

    skennelly Coral Banded Shrimp

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    the only thing worse than a dead anemone is picking a dead anemone out of a powerhead after its been sucked in and died. That's nasty :-X
     
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  9. forestal

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    I have done weekly water changes on my 400+ system(4 tanks tied together by carefully adjusting pumps) by not once but twice, resetting the pumps incorrectly so the fail safe method of preventing overflows doesnt work...i wish i had a better way than multiple pumps running back and forth and having to slightly tweak the gate valves
     
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  10. amcarrig

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    Hi Dan. Didn't know you were a member here too! :)
     
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