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Date:	5/23/2013 7:07:17 AM
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Pond News So the Pond has been up for almost a month and the corals are really looking good! We did have a big storm come through which blew the tarp down but no major damage to the critters. One of the poles was bent in half and the PVC we pounded into the ground to support the poles was pulled up and one of the guide strings snapped. But no other damage. I was worried about it overflowing and my Tang taking a swim in the yard! Last week the weather turned hot and humid, 97f for the high! So we in our usual "work with what ya got" manner grabbed the cooler and some ice and made a chiller of sorts! 100ft of tube coiled in the cooler,attached to a small PVC valve in the cooler's drain another tube from that to a pump in the pond add ice (22lb size x 3 over time) over the coiled tube in the pond. Pump water from pond to cooler then back to pond. Viola a chiller! Worked pretty well! This isn't the 1st time we have had to make one.. way back about 10yrs ago we made one for a tank in an 2nd story apt w/o AC. Anyway every thing made it though! Right now, as expected, the algae has started to grow but the fish are munching away and we have at least one snail that is doing a fantastic job keeping his little area clean! lol There is about a 1ft square algae free zone! Now it they would only do that in the tank! lol. They are really going to hate going back in the tank when it's to cold outside! Unless we can come up with a way to build something that will stand up to NE Ohio snows! New pictures asap.. So that's all the news from the Pond! I'll post more as things develop!
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