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  1. Cool picture from tonight

    I was shooting some macro pictures this evening, and liked how this one came out. I call it "Ghostly Hammers".




    EDIT: I have a few more I'd like to add. I was editing images in Lightroom and Photoshop, comparing the results between the two. I tend to feel I have better control and get a better crisp image in Photoshop over Lightroom.

    Bartlett Anthias (edited in Photoshop CS5) ...

    Updated 03-16-2011 at 06:04 AM by melev

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    Photography/Video
  2. finally filled

    well it's been a long few months now. first i wanted to move my sump to the basement, both for a larger one, and to take advantage in the cooling, and also to set up a real refugium. so in sept, while working insane hours i started. i get most of the plumbing done except for a few parts that i didn't have time to get. my town isn't well known for having salt stuff, and the only place that sells plumbing parts that i needed was only open when i was working. i still had my small sump running ...
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    DIY projects
  3. Ugh - Tank is not bouncing back after Sunday's move

    The tank was cloudy white on Sunday after I finished getting everything put in it, not unexpected. It cleared up somewhat yesterday, but it appeared to have regressed today. My guess is that I'm getting a bacterial bloom from the sandbed being disturbed.

    The makeup of the water that filled the new tank was probably 60-70% 3 day old heated, mixed saltwater @ pH, Salinity, & Temp and 40-30% saltwater that I moved with the tank. Water temps got down to about 72-73 when moving the ...

    Updated 03-15-2011 at 11:54 PM by melev

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    NEED HELP STAT!
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