thecoralbeauty Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 What? i'm just as lost. did you want it or something and harry didn't text you?? Have you ever gone to bishops castle? no, i haven't heard of that... unless its the weird castle thing down by the springs. i lived in fountain for a year when my husband was stationed at ft. carson. but I'm from denver and since he passed away i moved back. in any case, do tell. Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Oh my I'm sorry to hear that It's in San Isabel National Forest, my grapdpa lived in Colorado city. It's a man made castle by Jim bishop himself. Did everything him self over the last 40 years. I seen it about once a year for about 15yrs straight. Was my favorite part about going to see my grandpa. The drive to it threw the mountains was awesome. Worth a trip if you ever go that far south. I have a whole bunch of funny inappropriate iPhone pics from my last visit with my brothers. That and going to the Royal gorge http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2047 Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Oh my I'm sorry to hear that It's in San Isabel National Forest, my grapdpa lived in Colorado city. It's a man made castle by Jim bishop himself. Did everything him self over the last 40 years. I seen it about once a year for about 15yrs straight. Was my favorite part about going to see my grandpa. The drive to it threw the mountains was awesome. Worth a trip if you ever go that far south. I have a whole bunch of funny inappropriate iPhone pics from my last visit with my brothers. That and going to the Royal gorge http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2047 royal gorge isn't more than two hour's drive from me... if that. i'll have to check it out! Link to comment
righttirefire Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 No.im teasing. I want an apex. But don't want to spend money. Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Last time I went to the royal gorge was 22 and bungee jumped. That was epic and also 8 years ago. Shit time flys Link to comment
nanolutionary Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 To me at least the green acro on the top left is giving me a peace sign. Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Params this morning: Temp: 79 SG: 1.024 Ca: 490 Alk: 8.9/3.19- Mg: 1250 N:0 Link to comment
gena Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 come to Chicago =P. We been getting lots of thunderstorms lately.I was just there and missed all the storms . Storms came through the day before or so and then the day we left. Unbelievable...didn't get to enjoy a single storm the whole time we were there lol. Heck Ya! Colorado is a wonderful place to live- where did you visit last week? You want thunderstorms we got'em especially this year- really pretty coming over the mountains. Sorry to hijack your thread !I was through the very southeast corner. I've never been to Denver but really want to check it out. That area is high on the list of places to move . l,,lk, <----- Nora says hello no worries, haha. thanks for the help trying to convince them to all move here! lol yea, we get tons of thunderstorms. in fact, we had rain every single day this spring/summer up until last week, i'm pretty sure. and they're pretty epic storms too. Sounds perfect . Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 reef link should be here saturday! thanks to Phi and HARRY FOR BEING A BARGAIN ALERT SHOPPER! now only to see harry's teal clams... Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 ok. water is super cloudy. no idea what's up, except that my alk shot SUPER HIGH overnight- (what??) water changes, perhaps? hm. guess i'll get to mixing. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 reef link should be here saturday! thanks to Phi and HARRY FOR BEING A BARGAIN ALERT SHOPPER! now only to see harry's teal clams... Not teal in the end. There was fine print of "Our pick" under a picture of dozens of teal clams. Dark blue and not unique whatsoever- didn't end up buying them from the dude. My search continues ok. water is super cloudy. no idea what's up, except that my alk shot SUPER HIGH overnight- (what??) water changes, perhaps? hm. guess i'll get to mixing. Picture? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 ok. water is super cloudy. no idea what's up, except that my alk shot SUPER HIGH overnight- (what??) water changes, perhaps? hm. guess i'll get to mixing. Did you dose anything? Cloudiness with something being elevated is usually precipitation. Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Did you dose anything? Cloudiness with something being elevated is usually precipitation. that's my suspicion. I dosed calcium and alk yesterday (b-ionic) and then posted the params that tested after i dosed. it's possible it got properly mixed over night and something precipitated out. i need to get my alk down, its around 15. Link to comment
Mom2many Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 ok. water is super cloudy. no idea what's up, except that my alk shot SUPER HIGH overnight- (what??) water changes, perhaps? hm. guess i'll get to mixing. Something spawn? Mine got cloudy when my pocci spawned. It cleared in about six hours. Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 it's possible. did a 5 gal water change, preparing ro/di for another. hoping to just get the alk back down. also, discovered that my HOB filter was not working. hauled it out, ran it under hot tap water, got the motor back up and running. i believe chemipure is good for up to 6 weeks, no? i installed it a week ago, so the water running through that should help a lot too, i hope. it certainly won't hurt it. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 If it is precipitation, then what you are seeing in the water is simply aragonite, CaCO3. It will only be removed from the tank by mechanical filtration or a protein skimmer pulling it out, chemical media won't do it. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 She had no protein skimmer and no floss- the HOBbis filled with chaeto If it is precipitation, then what you are seeing in the water is simply aragonite, CaCO3. It will only be removed from the tank by mechanical filtration or a protein skimmer pulling it out, chemical media won't do it. Link to comment
gena Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 If it is precipitation, then what you are seeing in the water is simply aragonite, CaCO3. It will only be removed from the tank by mechanical filtration or a protein skimmer pulling it out, chemical media won't do it.Maybe stick some filter floss in the HOB temporarily? Link to comment
righttirefire Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Chemipure is 3 months I believe Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Realistically, any type of media will be covered in bacterial films in a few weeks' time, rendering it nearly useless. This is a problem for high-capacity medias like ROX carbon, Purigen, so every couple of weeks I will take my media out and hit it with the garden hose to forcefully push the films off of it. This helps extend the life of the media with relatively little effort. Link to comment
gena Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Realistically, any type of media will be covered in bacterial films in a few weeks' time, rendering it nearly useless. This is a problem for high-capacity medias like ROX carbon, Purigen, so every couple of weeks I will take my media out and hit it with the garden hose to forcefully push the films off of it. This helps extend the life of the media with relatively little effort.I take Chemipure blue out and rinse it in my old water from a water change. Hopefully that helps somewhat. I never felt that the media could actually last 3 months. I'm ok with the cost of replacing it once a month. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I take Chemipure blue out and rinse it in my old water from a water change. Hopefully that helps somewhat. I never felt that the media could actually last 3 months. I'm ok with the cost of replacing it once a month. It will help, but I don't think it would last nearly that long, either, especially in a tank that is actually being fed and taken care of lol. Link to comment
kimberbee Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I like this reef, and the conversation is amusing as well!! Link to comment
thecoralbeauty Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 She had no protein skimmer and no floss- the HOBbis filled with chaeto i don't have any cheato in there. just a bag of chemipure. i also have no floss. guess I'm going to petco. i did a 50% water change (5 gal then another 5 gal) this morning and still kinda cloudy water. i'll dash off for some more filter media. ugh. i swear, as soon as this is happily in balance i'll be so happy!! Link to comment
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