The Arid Sea

[surgicalsense]

Excellent news

[gena]

Never got around to calling marine depot today. It's on my to-do list though

[nevermore1701]

Never got around to calling marine depot today. It's on my to-do list though

 

When you do let me know what they say!

[nevermore1701]

Couple of new pics.

 

 

Happy ric and zoa cluster:

 

 

 

Can kinda see the urchin's purpling spines:

 

 

 

Star party (can't really see the last one, but that's all four of them):

 

 

 

Another happy cluster:

 

 

 

More happy rics:

 

[gena]

When you do let me know what they say!

I will. Gonna try to remember to do it tomorrow.

 

New pics look awesome! I see the purpling (is that a word? ) spines on the urchin...cool!!!!!

[nevermore1701]

I said it, you said it, it's a word!

[nevermore1701]

Couple of things that I forgot I did at the same time I took out the Koralia, I upped my SG from 1.023 to 1.025 and the temperature from 78.5*F to 80.5*F. Not sure if that contributed to the tank's increased happiness or not. Sure didn't hurt.

[gena]

I bet it all played a part.

 

I will now use the word purpling whenever I get the chance

[nevermore1701]

Outstanding!

[ScubaEthan]

Yay for happy corals! Nice photos. The urchin's pupling spines are wicked.

[nevermore1701]

Hey now, if you're going to use my made up word, at least spell it right

[gena]

Hey now, if you're going to use my made up word, at least spell it right

 

pupling is something all together different

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[ScubaEthan]

[HVani]

We have similar starfish tastes! I especially love the red brittles.

[msscha]

Looks great! I've never seen my zoas extend like that! They unfurl, look all flower-like, but only my mushrooms extend stalks. Very cool.

 

Purpling? Yeah, very good word. Widely applicable .

[nevermore1701]

Had a little bit of algae growing out of my central zoa rock (think it's caulerpa), so I pulled the rock out and gave it a peroxide bath, we'll see if that takes care of it.

[gena]

I just gave my nuclear greens a peroxide bath the other day. I get tired of having to dip those guys every few months!

[surgicalsense]

Pretty urchin ... I really like the purple in it. Coral too!

[ScubaEthan]

Pretty urchin ... I really like how it is purpling. Coral too!

Fixed that for you. AND spelled it correctly to redeem myself.

[nevermore1701]

Fixed that for you. AND spelled it correctly to redeem myself.

 

 

[gena]

I finally called Marine Depot about that loc-line. They had me call jbj because they didn't know what the size of the opening was. A woman picked up the line at JBJ. No offense to my own gender...but she seemed pretty clueless. I was hoping she'd transfer the call to a man. The only thing I got from her was that the circumference of the opening is 2 3/4". So...what do you think?

 

Marine Depot pointed out that the only way to use the loc-line would be if it will snap onto the existing opening. I really want to do this, but not sure how to go about it.

[nevermore1701]

I finally called Marine Depot about that loc-line. They had me call jbj because they didn't know what the size of the opening was. A woman picked up the line at JBJ. No offense to my own gender...but she seemed pretty clueless. I was hoping she'd transfer the call to a man. The only thing I got from her was that the circumference of the opening is 2 3/4". So...what do you think?

 

Marine Depot pointed out that the only way to use the loc-line would be if it will snap onto the existing opening. I really want to do this, but not sure how to go about it.

 

 

I hate to say this, but neither of them had a clue what they were talking about. I'll elaborate when I get back home.

[surgicalsense]

Fixed that for you. AND spelled it correctly to redeem myself.

 

Sweet..

 

silly ... you so didn't have to do that. I am always spell checking my self. Because the spelling police lurk around the corner here at NR and I can not afford another ticket

 

I finally called Marine Depot about that loc-line. They had me call jbj because they didn't know what the size of the opening was. A woman picked up the line at JBJ. No offense to my own gender...but she seemed pretty clueless. I was hoping she'd transfer the call to a man. The only thing I got from her was that the circumference of the opening is 2 3/4". So...what do you think?

 

Marine Depot pointed out that the only way to use the loc-line would be if it will snap onto the existing opening. I really want to do this, but not sure how to go about it.

 

Show me Friday.

[gena]

I hate to say this, but neither of them had a clue what they were talking about. I'll elaborate when I get back home.

This sounds promising

[nevermore1701]

I finally called Marine Depot about that loc-line. They had me call jbj because they didn't know what the size of the opening was. A woman picked up the line at JBJ. No offense to my own gender...but she seemed pretty clueless. I was hoping she'd transfer the call to a man. The only thing I got from her was that the circumference of the opening is 2 3/4". So...what do you think?

 

Marine Depot pointed out that the only way to use the loc-line would be if it will snap onto the existing opening. I really want to do this, but not sure how to go about it.

 

 

Ok, loc lines, by design, only snap on to other loc line components. To secure it through the bulkhead, you'd put:

 

 

on the tank side of the bulkhead, screwed into:

 

 

on the pump side. The bottom of the elbow is a barb fitting, the hose just slips on it. So far the only thing I haven't figured out is how to get the straight fitting out of the bulkhead, I really don't think it's molded on, but I haven't been about to get it off without messing it up (which I don't want to do quite yet). But get that straight fitting off and everything else is just plug-n-play.