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and solved it by using waterproof
tape; the
kind used on air conditioning ductwork,
to affix precut sheets of sandpaper
to a strong (floating) cleaning magnet
and simply scrub away from the outside
of the tank! Of course, this
will still take time and is still
a royal PITA but at least you stay
dry and in this hobby, eventhe
smallest breaks are like finding money
in the street. As for sandpaper grit
sizes, Mr. (or Ms.) 'ldrhawke' recommended
1500 to get out any scratches and between
2500-3000 to finish. I may go
a bit finer all around and go as high
as 8000 to polish if everything else
goes well. The sandpaper squares
are available from Micro Mesh (Click
here for site) and are available
in grits up to 12000. The
tape is available at Home Depot but
it's in the air conditioning
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| Refugium Go! |
| Things
are pretty good here. I'm
still battling to eradicate the Caulerpa
in hopes of maintaining Chaeto exclusively
but the stuff never seems to go completely
away. For s short while, it seemed
that the Cheato was the algae that
was going away, but the issue seemed
to resolve itself (I wonder if that
was also due to high alkalinity). My
other problem is that more and more
I find myself using the fuge to hold
my frags. While I guess this
does no real harm,it does make me jealous
of those of you with real holding tanks. I
did talk to Brent, over at Barr Aquatics
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of incorporating one into the sump
he's working on and he thought
it was a good idea. I'll
let you know (and hopefully see)
the results of this next time |
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Room Go! No
Changes. |
| Workroom Go! Cramped,
hot, no changes. |
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there have been so many changes
here that I'm just going
to let the pictures and descriptions
speak for themselves. Remember
also that we have revamped the
images in most of the categories
to reflect what the specimen
looks like today. I did NOT renumber
the corals in the Acropora section
however because I thought that
would be confusing. Therefore,
if one of your favorites (and
its number) is missing, I refer
you to the new Archives section
to read up on its disposition.
But for now… |
| Acropora Go! |
| Acropora
#1 (Pix)Doing
very well. Seems to be having
both a little growth spurt and
color (tip) change due to the
addition and redistribution
of the lights. Some die off underneath
the branches due to insufficient
light |
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