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Today, 12:12 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread A potential seiryu rock hardscape for a 220 Gallon tank in Aquascaping

Just a landscaping place. Yes, it does raise the KH, but I did well with them in the past, with weekly large water changes, if they do 2x a week...

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Yesterday, 11:11 PM

Tom Barr started a thread A potential seiryu rock hardscape for a 220 Gallon tank in Aquascaping

I was out looking for rock today and found some larger stones that had some good appeal for the 200-400 Gallon tank size, such stones are incredibly...

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Yesterday, 10:22 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Why are bottoms of plants not so well...? in Are you new to aquatic plants? Start here

Trimming, good current and light spread, maybe CO2 a little bit. A horde of shrimp would also clean the detritus off pretty good.

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Yesterday, 10:21 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread FS: Rotala sunset in Trades, swaps, sales

This is what I call one stem with several tops. This is about what most will get this time per portion.

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Yesterday, 06:47 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread FS: Rotala sunset in Trades, swaps, sales

Tends to ship well, I've shipped to the UK before. Delicate plants tend to do poorly, the other thing is if they are growing well to start with, you...

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Yesterday, 06:44 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread FS:Gnarled Manzanita driftwood, batch 1#, 2013 in Trades, swaps, sales

Just use rocks to weigh the wood down, or a plastic trash can outside etc etc.

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Yesterday, 06:03 AM

Tom Barr started a thread FS: Victor single stage regulator, Solenoid, Swagelok vernier needle valve in Trades, swaps, sales

130$ shipped These are brass victor regs, with a FPT check valve and clippard solenoid, Swagelok verner handled needle valve. I have 2 of these.

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Yesterday, 05:53 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread co2 regulator w/ solenoid, b/c, and fabco nv in Trades, swaps, sales

Good, now I can post my old regs:)

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Yesterday, 05:52 AM

Tom Barr started a thread FS: Rotala sunset in Trades, swaps, sales

I think I'm going to thin the batch down for now. I'll have some larger long stems with good branching. Likely will have 4-5 batches, best to buy...

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05-22-2013, 05:56 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Co2 in a large tank, 300 gallon along with all sorts of other newbie issues in CO2 Enrichment

Threaded is better for obvious take apart reasons, or true union valve/connectors all in one. 90 El's work better. Are you planning on usign a...

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05-22-2013, 05:12 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Scrubbing to remove algae? in General Plant Topics

Best way to save a plant, is to learn to grow the plant. This is your goal, really, you did not start this hobby to learn ti kill algae, to learn to...

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05-22-2013, 05:06 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread ATI help needed ... in Lighting

No fan option in "manual mode" I was aware of. I assume it's automated based on temp.

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05-22-2013, 05:05 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Gerry's 220 Scape with Cardinal Shoal in Aquascaping

I'll be out exploring places tomorrow, so I'll post some pics.

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05-22-2013, 05:04 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Last chance - Green Thread Algae in Are you new to aquatic plants? Start here

American marine makes a decent easy to use/calibrate meter for about 90$ USD for pH. I am not fond of anything Azoo/milwaukee.

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05-21-2013, 05:48 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Last chance - Green Thread Algae in Are you new to aquatic plants? Start here

Does the algae grow mostly where the current hits the plants? If so, a little more CO2 and trimming those plants so as to NOT block the flow will be...

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05-21-2013, 05:41 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Why water change day seems to grow aquatic plants better in CO2 Enrichment

Well, you'd not dose because you are isolating and only testing the water pressure. Same if you had a potted plant and wanted to raise it up for a...

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05-21-2013, 05:39 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread ATI help needed ... in Lighting

I've had the ! appear before, but it was rare and the fan was not working right.

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05-21-2013, 07:03 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Eheim Skim350 Surface Skimmer Discount if you Pre-Order by 5/31 USA TBR Members Only in Trades, swaps, sales

Get 4-6 bushy nose baby plecos Matt. Cheap Labor.

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05-21-2013, 06:57 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Dosing Pump Questions in Aquatic Plant Fertilization

Yea. Something along those lines. Run a standard though to make sure.

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05-21-2013, 06:56 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Dosing Pump Questions in Aquatic Plant Fertilization

Why not use full strength Excel(1.5% glut) and then add the trace mix to that? It's mostly water and glut in not a reductant nor an oxidizer. So it...

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05-21-2013, 06:37 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Co2 in a large tank, 300 gallon along with all sorts of other newbie issues in CO2 Enrichment

I never use canisters if I can avoid them at all cost. Evaporational cooling. Constant water level in the tank O2 levels a full 1-2 ppm higher...

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05-21-2013, 06:30 AM

Tom Barr replied to a thread ATI help needed ... in Lighting

Sounds like computer damage to the circuit board. Wiring perhaps etc. You can take it apart and check to see if it's a ballast issue and then...

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05-20-2013, 05:27 PM

Tom Barr replied to a thread Why water change day seems to grow aquatic plants better in CO2 Enrichment

Solcielo, As long as you account for the pots and then also adjust the light intensity to match for that brief time also, this could be tested....

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