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03-31-2008, 03:39 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
Posts: 4,788
  
|  Out of town...Missing tanks/fish
Am finding it increasing difficult to enjoy out of town trips as I wind up both missing and worrying about about tanks/fish nearly all the time.
Left in good hands, but still fret as I know that no one can do as good a job as I.
Wind up checking home weather reports every day to make sure no storms that may result in power outage...etc... 
Visiting So. Cal. with wife and kids for spring break trip...at least I have along laptop so can keep in touch with 3Reef.
That cures some of the jones's. 
(and thank God for ambian...  ) _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | 
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03-31-2008, 03:43 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
Posts: 2,113
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Me too, i go on vacation and hope the 14 yr old neighbor, my age , doesnt kill livestock  _________  | |
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03-31-2008, 03:48 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
Posts: 1,158
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I fully understand. My next business trip is in about 6 weeks and I am already worrying about the care of our tanks... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
"The more you learn, the more acutely aware you become of your ignorance" | |
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03-31-2008, 03:51 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 4,078
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LOL I know how everyone feels. Thats why I say having a reef tank is like having another child, you just cant trust it to just anyone. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | 
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03-31-2008, 03:55 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
Posts: 491
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I wonder if a webcam pointed at the tank would help...if you had the cash to drop you could probably get probes that would post temp. and other levels online as well.
Of course, part of vacation is unplugging from the interwebs...maybe you should just find a public aquarium to visit.......
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20 High (started 5/18/06)
20 lbs live rock and 3" sand bed - Remora w/ MJ1200 & Prefilter - 10 gallon sump/fuge - MAG7 & SCWD return - 65W 10,000K PC - 15W Actinic - Red-legged Hermits - Cerith Snails - Nassarius Snails - Royal Gramma - 6line Wrasse - Maroon Clown - Wheeler's Goby - Bubble-Tip Anemone - Green Star Polyp - Button Polyps - Frilly Brown Mushroom - Green Bullseye Mushroom - Kenya Tree Coral | |
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04-01-2008, 10:13 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
Posts: 1,027
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a friend of mine has a linksys wireless camera on his network pointed at his tank, he just goes to a website he forwarded to his home website using DDNS and logs into the camera, then again he dropped about 20k when he setup this 210g display so I dont blame him for wanting to see it all the time _________ 24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 40# Live Rock
Rose BTA, Kenya Tree, Frogspawn, Xenia, Shrooms, Green Candy Cane, Duncans
Blue/Green Chromis, 2x Black & White Percs, Dragon Goby, Six Line Wrasse, Mandarin Dragonette
58G Oceanic, 60# LS, 60 LR, Lots of goodies 
Up and coming 90g stay tuned  | |
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04-02-2008, 01:54 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,437
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Omard -
If you are in Southern California right now, you might want to check this out: MarineAquariumExpo.com - Homepage
If you go and take pics of cool stuff and send them my way or upload to the site, I'll give you 100 karma. I wish I were going. I was a little late on this one.
That goes for anyone who lives down there too! | |
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04-05-2008, 12:07 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
Posts: 4,788
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Am home after long arduous drive down to LA and back up 101 to Seattle...
& Wowser am glad got back day early...
Somehow (  ) person taking care of tank forgot about topping off sump...or just underestimated amount of evaporation.
Found pumps sucking air!!! --- doubt another day left before major, major disaster. 
Even though a good family friend, there would be teenager body parts cluttering up street if anything serious occured. 
Nitrates also up...so am dubious whether feeding directions followed. 
Doing some serious water changes in both tanks now.  | |
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04-05-2008, 12:11 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
Posts: 2,113
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At least you came home on time! Man! Whata disaster would that be! Glad to have you back omard, we missed ya  | |
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04-05-2008, 12:16 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle area Age: 36
Posts: 448
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Originally Posted by omard  Am home after long arduous drive down to LA and back up 101 to Seattle... | Welcome home Omar!
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Marty
72g Bow Front, 2x250w MH (10 hrs), 4x65 Act (14 hrs), 6xDual Moonlights (10 hrs), 300 gph from cannister filter and powerhead, Prizm hang-on protein skimmer, 50 lbs LR, CC Bed
Yellow Tang, 2 Clowns, Bubble Tip Anemone, 2 Yellow Tail, Humbug, White Spot, Ornate Goby, Emerald Crab, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 2 Blue Legged Hermits, 15 Scarlet Hermits, +Snails with no names (margaritas, turbos, astraeas) | |
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