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Re: Why I Use A Sponge Pre-filter

Beau Liening — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:13:06 -0000

I haven't lost any on the filter intakes so far. Worried about losing baby shrimplets though.

Re: Why I Use A Sponge Pre-filter

mixiepixie — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:02:57 -0000

I know this is an old blog post, but I looked at the pictures of your 26 gallon planted aquarium and noticed a snail! Now, there is a VERY good reason for a sponge prefilter. Those little guys commit suicide on intake tubes on a regular basis. That's why I use them in my 55 gallon. :)

Re: Product Review: AquariumPlants.com Electronic CO2 Regulator

Beau Liening — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:51:46 -0000

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. I've never had to deal with customer service. I wonder if this was an isolated incident or if a lot of people have had problems with them.

Re: Product Review: AquariumPlants.com Electronic CO2 Regulator

peedoff — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:23:44 -0000

Aquariumplants.com
This company says they will ensure that you are pleased enough with our company to do business with us over and over again...that's our promise and our commitment. Well they don't answer their phone, they didn't help with algae problems, they don't call you back. I wouldn't recommend them given their poor customer service.

Re: Wanting To Make My House More Green

Beau Liening — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:53:16 -0000

I checked out their website and did their savings calculator. Electrical savings would be great, but add the monthly cost of the lease I'd only be saving about $300 a year.

Now that I think about it, I think I added my gas costs in with the electrical, so it probably screwed it up. I'll check again minus the gas cost. I also requested an estimate from them and keep missing their call. I'll give them a call next week when I'm off.

Re: Wanting To Make My House More Green

Beau Liening — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:57:24 -0000

I haven't heard about that. I'll have to check it out.

Re: Wanting To Make My House More Green

Billy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:04:57 -0000

What about Solar City's Solar Lease - they do 100% of your power, but you dont own the equip, you pay a fixed, say 80% of your current power bill for the next 20 years.. ive not done it, but it seems interesting

Re: New Month, New Goals

Beau Liening — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:46:18 -0000

Thanks! I'll be doing some maintenance tomorrow. It's very much needed! =)

Re: New Month, New Goals

Nature Aquariums Rock — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:30:35 -0000

Just stumbled across your site. Great information and reviews of products. I'm very much into nature aquariums and I always appreciate reading what other hobbyists have to offer. Keep up the great work and make sure to maintain your tank! If you let it slip for even a bit, it can have disastrous results.

Bookmarking the page now. :)

Re: Azurite With Malachite

Beau Liening — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:40:45 -0000

It absolutely does look edible! =) I wish I had samples of this mineral. I should start collecting again.

Re: Azurite With Malachite

Arleen Bothwell — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:34:24 -0000

I have a few modest samples of both together, but no icee-type azurite like this. I think about it like something edible - a cool flavor like blueberry.

Re: Azurite

Beau Liening — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:02:16 -0000

Thanks. =)

Re: Azurite

Guest — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:26:13 -0000

Interesting post. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

Re: My Wordpress is Seriously Jacked Up

Beau Liening — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:06:52 -0000

I've re-uploaded twice. I think I just need to do a fresh install. That might help.

Re: My Wordpress is Seriously Jacked Up

Otto — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:33:37 -0000

First troubleshooting step for WP upgrade oddities is always the same: Reupload WordPress. Basically, get a fresh copy of the WP files, and reupload all of them to your install, overwriting the existing files.

The reason is that a lot of people have problems getting all the files onto their site. I can't explain why, but one of the most common issues we see in the forums is where people, somehow, only got like half the files onto their site, leading to odd behavior like this. If it can't find the files it needs, then the script quits prematurely, and boom, there you go.

So make really, really sure that all the WP files are there.