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Well, Popped another 4 more colonies into my collection from there... Really cool colours....

I have them too. Noticed that they have one claw much larger than the other. Jus like pistols.

Over here, its summer 365 days round... Jus curious, do you guys ever need chillers during the not so summer days????

Heh heh.... finally decided to part with it...

I'm thinking of addin a 250W DE pendent to my current light setup...

Well, that is if there's any left for you to rob...

Great!! You can provide transport from his reef to mine...

Good news!!! You can start your downgrading project immediately and without any hassle with just the simple action of handing over some colourful stuff...

I got mine from 2 places.. Marine Life and Eaquarist. Flub, yes, that kind.

Heres somemore updates.. 1) 1 pair of Yashias White Ray 2) 6 pieces of Eviota gobies 3) 3 Heli shrimps 4) 2 Peppermints 5) 6 ###### Shrimps 6) 3 Pom Pom Crab 7) 20 Dwarf Zebras Hermits 8) 1 pistol shrimp 9) 1 pair of Janns pipefish 10) Tigertail Seacuke

A public display of skimmers versus skimmers would be better.... believe everyone is interested in the results... of course it would be a friendly skimming session .. And after that, if enough foam is created... we can have a foam party!!

That's strange..... From my understanding, screwed up items don't skim well...

Not gonna spare you, Typrobin .. demand also to see the Robskim Master in action.... !!!

Really... That is one piece of excellent work there. Keep on the good work.

If this skimmer test ever comes to pass.... I would really like to see a Bubble King in Action.....

Impressive work !! Well done And real cool lookin skimmate there.

I will buy the "sissy" fish from you if you don't like them... Jus curious, anyone experience fishes with less flesh after the addition of the so called eels?

Hi Surfedelic, The so called breaking in time normally only happens on the first run.. There's a number of reasons that do attribute to this long initial period.. mostly have to do with chemicals or oils from either the acrylic manufacturing processes or even the equipment that runs them jus like what Weileong had mentioned. Do take note that this only happens on the very first initial run. After the first run, you will begin to notice skimming within minutes of running the Becketts.... I also noticed that the breakin in time differs esp. when the acrylics used comes from different batches. I have build skimmers that starts foaming immediately and others that took 3-4 days before any results are shown..maybe resulting in " that skimmer only draws out water " rumour going around... but once the initial run is completed.... results would often be satisfying... Thats why reefers here suggest giving the acylic tubes a good wash before firing up new skimmers.

Any chance I get a better price than 300USD if I stick colour sticks on the Pom Pom Crab??

Oops.... My apologies. Now back to where we left off...

Thanks for pointing out my typo... heehee... 72 hours instead of 72 days... I think I need to sleep more...

Hi JC, One issue to clarify... That skimate pic of 72 days worth of skimming comes from the result of a MD 40 firing up the unit? You did not switch pumps ... did you? and mind if I pay a visit to your lair to look look see see... You don't happen to have colourful stuff, do you ??

soon ... soon .... after the stuff colour up.

You will get the Salmon Pink Milli... and of course... the frag which reefers here call "HOT PINK".

Excellent.. so you did place Stags in between the colonies to break the reef shape up.... real cool. should see some tremendous results once these stags take hold and grow out jus the rest of your colonies.. Very nice. And thanks for allowin a tank raid a few days ago..